UNICEF donates refrigeration equipment to Odesa children’s polyclinics

In Odesa, all children's polyclinics and primary care centers received additional refrigeration equipment from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The Odesa City Council reports this on Telegram.

What is the problem?

Due to Russia's war against Ukraine, Ukraine's medical system is focused on helping the soldiers of the Ukrainian army and those civilians who have been injured as a result of shelling by enemy forces. The least that Ukrainians can do to reduce the burden on the doctors is to vaccinate themselves in order to avoid serious diseases.

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What is the solution?

In times of war, vaccination is a matter of national security because it prevents outbreaks of infectious diseases. Doctors urge everyone to protect themselves and their children by getting vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases.

Currently, the storage of immunobiological drugs in Odesa medical institutions has become even more reliable, as all city primary care centers and children's polyclinics have received additional refrigeration equipment from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

Фото: Телеграм Одеса. ОфіційноВідповідно до Національного календаря щеплень, дітей у пологових будинках вакцинують від туберкульозу та гепатиту В.

Наступна вакцинація дітей проводиться у дитячих поліклініках

How does it work?

Modern freezers and refrigerators allow maintaining the desired temperature for up to five days even in the event of a power outage. Each refrigerator has a special device – a thermologger, which continuously records all temperature fluctuations. This guarantees compliance with the temperature regime when storing immunobiological drugs.

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Medical institutions of Odesa joined the Ukrainian Week of Immunization, which this year is being held under the theme "Great catch-up." Doctors urge everyone whose children, due to the war or for other reasons, missed the required vaccination according to the calendar to contact a pediatrician and make up for it as soon as possible.

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According to the National Vaccination Calendar, children in maternity hospitals are vaccinated against tuberculosis and hepatitis B.

The following vaccination of children is carried out in children's polyclinics:

• in 2 months – from hepatitis B, whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis, hemophilic infection;
• at 4 months – from whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis, hemophilic infection;
• at 6 months – from hepatitis B, whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, and hemophilic infection;
• at 12 months – from measles, mumps, rubella, and hemophilic infection;
• 18 months – from whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, and poliomyelitis;
• at the age of 6 – from measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, and poliomyelitis;
• at the age of 14 – from poliomyelitis;
• 16 years – against diphtheria and tetanus, and then adults are vaccinated every 10 years: at 26 years, 36 years, and beyond.

Vaccination against COVID-19 is also ongoing; vaccination offices are working in all primary care centers of Odesa.

Odesa medical facilities have vaccines against all infectious diseases according to the National Vaccination Calendar. Vaccination is provided free of charge to both city residents and internally displaced persons.