June 2022: Syria conducts national immunization campaign

Syria conducted a national vaccination campaign June 5-9. The initiative targeted unvaccinated children ages 1-5 with routine inoculations against polio, tuberculosis, tetanus, measles, rubella, diphtheria, mumps, whooping cough, hepatitis C, H. influenzae, meningitis, pneumonia, septicemia and otitis media. During the five-day campaign, 1,209 health centers, 777 field teams and 9,500 health workers were mobilized, reaching over 775,000 children. Syria Arab News Agency; UNICEF Syria