{"id":19718,"date":"2024-07-06T13:48:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T13:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=19718"},"modified":"2024-07-06T13:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T13:48:56","slug":"global-citizen-festival-drives-vaccination-effort-reaches-over-1million-ghanaian-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=19718","title":{"rendered":"Global Citizen Festival drives vaccination effort, reaches over 1million Ghanaian children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the second-anniversary approaches since the\u00a0Global Citizen Festival: Accra<\/a>\u00a0took place in the iconic Black Star Square,\u00a0Global Citizen<\/a>, the world\u2019s leading international advocacy organisation, has outlined some of the impact achieved across the country as a result of commitments made at the festival.<\/p>\n

The 2022 Global Citizen Festival\u2019s\u00a0End Extreme Poverty Now\u00a0<\/a>six-week advocacy campaign concluded with a nine-hour festival across two stages, on September 24 2022, which began in Accra\u2019s Black Star Square and ended in New York City\u2019s Central Park.<\/p>\n

During the festival, Global Citizen and partners announced key pledges across health, food security, agriculture, environment, education, finance and innovation.<\/p>\n

The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework convenes more than 22 United Nations agencies with the ambition of reaching all regions in Ghana, responding to the needs of the most vulnerable and seeking to leave no one behind.<\/p>\n

Through Global Citizen\u2019s advocacy work, the United Nations brought forward this commitment and as a result the EPI programme was scaled to achieve greater impact.<\/p>\n

One commitment to improve the lives of Ghanaian children was made by the United Nations in Ghana. Since the festival, the UN in Ghana has vaccinated over 1.2 million children via routine immunizations across the country. This was primarily achieved through the\u00a0Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI)<\/a>, a programme supported by UNICEF and WHO. EPI was scaled as the result of the commitment made at the Global Citizen Festival in Accra.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe immunisation of children is one of the world\u2019s most effective public health tools, having prevented millions of deaths worldwide,\u201d said Charles Abani, United Nations Resident Coordinator, Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the support of partners such as Global Citizen, we can continue our work to enable the country to provide this vital element of healthcare to all Ghanaian children,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlobal Citizen is proud to support the essential work of the United Nations Expanded Programme of Immunisation in Ghana,\u201d said Liz Agbor-Tabi,\u00a0Global Citizen\u2019s Vice President of Global Policy and Strategic Relationships.<\/p>\n

Photo: Unicef.org<\/p>\n

\u201cThis programme demonstrates that\u00a0vaccinating Ghanaian children from an early age protects them from avoidable diseases, saves lives and thus protects the wider community.\u201d<\/p>

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