Monday's emergency was declared both to alert donors and to pressure the affected countries to organize vaccination drives, Mr. Hartl said.
The provincial government has joined with NGOs to organize vaccination campaigns to combat malaria and provide free consultations and surgeries to those who cannot afford them.
Although this is not enough time to develop and produce large quantities of a vaccine, from a public health perspective, a delay of even 1 or 2 weeks can be a big help in preparing for vaccination, developing public awareness, instituting social distancing, organizing vaccination centers, and preparing other means of disease containment.
However, we do not think that these results suggest that PR is ineffective in organizing vaccination programs.
A very broad range of national and international NGOs, religious leaders, teachers, community leaders and others are also involved in mobilizing the public and organizing vaccination centres.
UNICEF in Bosnia and Herzegovina symbolically marks the International Children's Day, organizing vaccination of Roma children with the assistance of Pediatric Association and health personnel from Health Center.
The low card retention rate after a short period of mass immunization (3 months) may suggests programmatic or logistical challenges in organizing vaccination activities.
Additionally, the operational feasibility to organize vaccination service delivery among infants of the displaced population clustered en masse within the district or in surrounding districts would have also contributed to the observed high vaccination coverage.
UNICEF in Bosnia and Herzegovina symbolically marks the International Children's Day, organizing vaccination of Roma children from Gorica, in health centre Vrazova, with the assistance of Pediatric Association and health personnel from Vrazova.
