{"id":19104,"date":"2024-04-25T14:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19104"},"modified":"2024-04-25T14:35:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:35:26","slug":"first-lady-arya-ali-advocates-for-immunization-during-world-immunization-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/first-lady-arya-ali-advocates-for-immunization-during-world-immunization-week\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lady Arya Ali Advocates for Immunization during World Immunization Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>As World Immunization Week marks its 50th anniversary, First Lady Arya Ali emphasizes the critical importance of vaccination in reducing vaccine-preventable diseases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout this week, health centers across Guyana have been actively conducting vaccination drives, administering essential vaccines such as MMR, Tetanus, HPV, and Hepatitis B in schools, organizations, and communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This concerted effort commemorates five decades of the Expanded Programme on Immunization, underscoring the collective commitment to saving and improving countless lives through vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on Guyana&#8217;s achievements in providing equitable access to vaccines over the past three decades, First Lady Arya Ali underscores the significance of this milestone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stresses that accessible vaccination should not be taken for granted, urging all individuals to avail themselves of the necessary vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite persistent myths surrounding vaccination, the First Lady debunks misinformation with evidence-based facts, emphasizing the role of vaccines in preventing diseases and saving lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her advocacy seeks to dispel doubts and encourage widespread acceptance of immunization as a cornerstone of public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Immunization Week, observed from April 24 to 30 under the theme &#8220;Humanly Possible: Saving Lives through Immunization,&#8221; serves as a poignant reminder of the lifesaving impact of vaccination efforts worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Guyana commemorates this important week, the First Lady&#8217;s advocacy resonates as a call to action for all citizens to prioritize immunization, thereby safeguarding individual and community health against preventable diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting for NCN News, Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As World Immunization Week marks its 50th anniversary, First Lady Arya Ali emphasizes the critical importance of vaccination in reducing vaccine-preventable diseases. Throughout this week, health centers across Guyana have&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19106,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19104\/revisions\/19106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}