In spite of a measles outbreak last year, Zimbabwe is close to eliminating the disease along with polio, a World Health Organisation official has said.
“We are glad that a number of notable achievements have been made under the leadership of national governments and partners. A number of countries have eliminated measles and Zimbabwe is near eliminating it too,” WHO technical officer responsible for immunisations Maxwell Rupfutse said.
Speaking at a United Nations Children’s Fund Press briefing on immunisation, Rupfutse said vaccination has helped the country overcome the 2022 fourth quarter outbreak.
“We had a huge measles outbreak last year and vaccination response was used to control the outbreak and we are currently experiencing an outbreak of polio in the sub-region, and one of the response measures is the use of vaccination and Zimbabwe has done two rounds of vaccinations in response to the sub-region outbreak of polio,” Rupfutse said.
He said there is need to utilise all available vaccines to counter about 32 diseases that can be prevented through vaccination and therefore WHO is going towards increased use of vaccines.
Typhoid, cholera and HPV are among some of the diseases that one can be vaccinated against.
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