Morocco will be celebrating the national vaccination week under the theme “vaccination, a hope for life,” from April 25 to 30.
This international event is an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of vaccines as guarantors of health security, as evidenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccination has played a significant role in curbing the fatal affects of the virus, allowing a gradual return to normal life.
This year’s theme aims to “remind people that vaccination is a key measure of primary health care, an indisputable human right and one of the best investments in health,” says the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in a statement issued today.
In its statement, the ministry added that vaccines are essential for the prevention and control of infectious disease outbreaks.
Great strides have been made in Morocco in terms of vaccination against target diseases previously responsible for a heavy burden of mortality in children under the age of 5 years old.
The efforts made in this area have achieved a national immunization coverage against diseases exceeding 95%.
In addition, the Ministry of Health indicates in its statement that the celebration of immunization week provides an opportunity to contribute to make the population increasingly favorable to immunization, “by complying with all doses required in the national vaccination schedule for effective protection of both individual and collective against diseases prevented by vaccines.”
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