Nur-ul-Ainnie Kazi, District Health Consultant, Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan: Evolving humanitarian needs; development of response by the King Salman Relief foundation making the most vital work for children a possibility. Aiding to enhance quality of life promoting a healthier lifestyle of new-born babies. Being able to achieve their dreams; live-play-repeat; encapsulate a visionary meaningful lifestyle. A goal reaching many new-borns that require a relief and aid to the families of Pakistan- a toughest place reaching children most at risk and in urgent need. Saving lives reviving their future against all vaccine preventable diseases.
Encouraging families by this initiative to avail cost effective vaccination services for their new-borns. Improving lives of the most disadvantaged first children who are living in vulnerable, hard-to-reach areas. Providing health care services for babies that can participate in the future and shine in the next generation era. This is the power of perseverance all children of Pakistan are not being missed out, are not left alone to suffer, or be crippling with vile diseases.
Factors associated by low access and utilisation with an overburdened labour room staff and lack of availability of female vaccinators. In response to this situation strategy framework was hiring of new female vaccinators to provide 24/7 birth dose in all District headquarter hospitals to vaccinate new-borns at birth in priority-based EPI hospitals. Immediately at birth the new-borns would be vaccinated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine, Bacillus Chalmette-Guerin (BCG) and oral polio vaccine (OPV). Establishing systems and strategies ensuring implementation has assisted and overcome these challenges in Pakistan.
Developing an aesthetic sense of companionship amongst frontline health care workers, creating a desire of unity. As one cannot complete every task by themselves as they say: ‘ensemble unisons-nous.’ to deliver a life-saving assistance to the vulnerable children. Front line health care workers playing a crucial heroism role striving to make a swift response and shedding light for a brighter future.
Establishing a connection and communication with all the health workers vaccinators, monitors at hospitals working tirelessly for every child participating in day till night shifts. Heroic health care workers are determined to deliver better quality services as pregnancy and childbirth may be life-threatening if not treated with delicacy and sufficient care. Relentless in their pursuit with an innate drive to do good symbolising a harmony. Changing the lives of many across communities and cultures, closing the immunisation equity gap, deliver lifesaving to the most vulnerable children, and monitors consistently vigilante checking for the quality of vaccines, immunization supplies and related services health.
Not only these crucial gains strengthen health systems the 24/7 birth dose routine immunisation interventions accelerate to empower healthcare workers to bring awareness and promote uptake of vaccine because the aim is to ensure no child suffers from any disease. As of the baby boom era the population momentum looms. Other essential components awareness on nutrition for pregnant women to eat healthy a balanced diet; the uptake of important multi vitamins; handwashing techniques; encouraging mothers for a regular antenatal postnatal care visit; counselling on family planning and breastfeeding for the growth development of child.
This effort directly contributes to Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 aiming to end preventable deaths of new-borns and children under 5 years of age. By providing timely vaccinations, UNICEF helps protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases, promoting child survival. The 24/7 Birth dose initiative by UNICEF achieves Universal Health Coverage by focusing on new-born health and survival. Aiming to end preventable new-born deaths and stillbirths by 2030. Reduce all disabilities, and ensuring high-quality care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first month of life, UNICEF shines the way for optimal child development and lifelong health and well-being.
Extraordinary individuals working in a vulnerable situation beyond the way efforts for a safer and healthier future amongst the limited access of communities. During such devastating times maintaining health by effective communication keeping that spark making things bearable with staff as a coping mechanism. Ensuring a connection between places so that all informative materials brochures, calendars can distribute, presentable banners, wall mounts, counter tables, digital standees with eye-catching key messages and vaccines for injection.
Now an eco-friendly approach going paper less is not to be underestimated since this application is inevitably in usage by all the enrolled staff. This project conducted rigorous trainings to all enrolled vaccinators, lady health care workers on the national electronic immunisation registry (NEIR) recording of baseline data and registering all new-borns with an unique QR scan code. The selected timings and days of vaccination at the hospital’s availability was a mayhem got parents desperate, worried returning home with disappointment not having new-born vaccinated at that moment some would make the effort to seek an appointment for vaccination and others simply neglected.
A paving a path resilient path towards equity ensuring no one is left behind, reaching the marginalised with life affirming information to unequivocally commit to inclusion and an added value to component of urban immunisation strategy by accumulating vaccination.
