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聯合國為敘利亞兒童接種疫苗

2013年11月8日
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Syrian health workers administer polio vaccination to a girl at a school in Damascus, in this file photo taken by Syria's national news agency SANA on October 20, 2013. Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria after probably originating in Pakistan and poses a threat to millions of children across the Middle East, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on October 29, 2013. The crippling disease, which is caused by a virus transmitted via contaminated food and water, could spread especially fast in Syria, where civil war has led to falling vaccination rates. The picture taken on October 20, 2013. REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST HEALTH) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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在過去兩年裡,脊髓灰質炎(小兒麻痺症)在飽受戰火蹂躪的敘利亞爆發。現在聯合國在該國和該地區的其他六國發起了一項大型疫苗接種項目。世界衞生組織和日內瓦聯合國兒童基金會稱,目前已有約65萬名兒童接種了小兒麻痺症疫苗,其中11萬6千人住在該國東北部戰區代爾祖爾。該項目計劃為2000萬名兒童接種疫苗。

今年10月底,世界衞生組織證實了敘利亞的數例小兒麻痺症病例,儘管該病症自1999年起被認為是已經絕種。代爾祖爾的22例疑似病例中有10例得到證實。根據聯合國的數據統計,敘利亞在過去兩年中有50萬兒童沒有接種過針對該高度傳染性疾病的疫苗。脊髓灰質炎病毒可侵入神經系統,在數小時內導致癱瘓,甚至死亡。