Mia farrow polio slideshow

From 12 to 22 February 2012, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow travelled to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to promote expanded polio eradication efforts and to review other UNICEF-supported programmes. Ms. Farrow met with children affected by polio; with religious leaders to help raise critical support for increased immunization coverage; and with partner representatives from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative – a public-private partnership led by governments and spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and UNICEF.

Her visits follow an important milestone towards eradicating the highly infectious disease: In January, India – one of just four polio-endemic countries remaining in the world – for the first time reported a full year with no new polio cases. (Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan are the other three endemic countries.) Ms. Farrow also visited vaccination and other project sites; and with children and families affected by ongoing conflict; community, traditional and local leaders; and senior government; donor and partner officials.

In Chad, circulation of an imported wild poliovirus has persisted for over a year, and malnutrition remains one of the biggest threats to children’s survival and development. Ms. Farrow participated in the launch of the nationwide polio immunization campaign in N’Djamena, the capital, and also visited health, rehabilitation and therapeutic feeding centres, a cold-chain centre, displacement camps, and a UNICEF supply warehouse.

Image UNI122006: © UNICEF/NYHQ2012-0062/Asselin

On 16 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow gives a girl a dose of oral polio vaccine at an immunization site in the Gueljem neighbourhood of the town of Moundou in Logone Region. The vaccinations have been organized by CELIAF, a national women’s civil society organization network. Ms. Farrow’s T-shirt bears the UNICEF logo.

On 16 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow gives a boy a dose of oral polio vaccine, at an immunization site in the Gueljem neighbourhood of the town of Moundou in Logone Region. The vaccinations have been organized by CELIAF, a national women’s civil society organization network. Ms. Farrow’s T-shirt bears the UNICEF logo.


On 16 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow chats with health workers at the health centre in the town of Moundou in Logone Region. The workers are administering oral polio vaccines to children at the centre. Ms. Farrow’s T-shirt bears the UNICEF logo.


On 16 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow meets with women and their children at the health centre in the town of Moundou in Logone Region. Oral polio vaccines are being administered to children at the centre. Ms. Farrow’s T-shirt bears the UNICEF logo.


On 16 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow chats with 7-year-old Massi Hassan, whose leg brace is being adjusted by a health worker, at the Notre-Dame de Paix rehabilitation centre in the town of Moundou in Logone Region. Massi has been paralyzed by polio. The centre provides custom-made braces, crutches and other treatment for children with physical disabilities, with support from international doctors who visit the health facility several times each year. Ms. Farrow’s T-shirt bears the UNICEF logo.


On 16 February, 6-year-old Ephraim, his crutches beside him and a cast on his leg, sits on a bed at the Notre-Dame de Paix rehabilitation centre in the town of Moundou in Logone Region. Ephraim, who has been paralyzed by polio, has just had surgery to recover some of the mobility in his leg. The centre provides custom-made braces, crutches and other treatment for children with physical disabilities, with support from international doctors who visit the health facility several times each year.


On 16 February, 6-year-old Terrance Denerobo, who has been paralyzed by polio, fixes his shoe while a health worker adjusts his leg braces, at the Notre-Dame de Paix rehabilitation centre in the town of Moundou in Logone Region. The centre provides custom-made braces, crutches and other treatment for children with physical disabilities, with support from international doctors who visit the health facility several times each year


On 16 February, 4-year-old Abakar Mahamat, who has been paralyzed by polio, watches as a health worker adjusts his leg brace, at the Notre-Dame de Paix rehabilitation centre in the town of Moundou in Logone Region. The centre provides custom-made braces, crutches and other treatment for children with physical disabilities, with support from international doctors who visit the health facility several times each year.


On 17 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow prepares to give a baby a dose of oral polio vaccine, during the launch of the UNICEF-supported nationwide polio immunization campaign, in N’Djamena, the capital. Her T-shirt bears the campaign’s slogan in French, English and Arabic.


On 17 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow chats with Chadian Minister of Public Health Mamouth Nahor N’Gawara during the launch of the UNICEF-supported nationwide polio immunization campaign, in N’Djamena, the capital. Ms. Farrow’s T-shirt bears the campaign’s slogan in French, English and Arabic, as well as the logos of the campaign’s partners, including UNICEF.


On 17 February, a vaccination team member gives a child a dose of oral polio vaccine, during the launch of the nationwide polio immunization campaign, in N’Djamena, the capital. Her vest bears the logos of the campaign’s partners, including UNICEF.


On 17 February, a child receives two drops of oral polio vaccine during the launch of the UNICEF-supported nationwide polio immunization campaign, in N’Djamena, the capital. Two drops of oral polio vaccine are needed per child in each of several vaccination rounds to ensure complete immunity against the disease.


On 19 February, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow chats with Malusi Husseini, who is in a wheelchair, at the health centre in Kasambondo Village in Katanga Province. Ms. Husseini contracted polio at age five and is paralyzed in both legs.


Mia farrow polio slideshow

Health & Medicine

Transcript of Mia farrow polio slideshow