Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF warned that the global vaccination community is neglecting the roll out of new vaccines among crisis-affected children in Yida camp.
MSF said in statement said it faced multiple barriers trying to purchase new vaccines due to bureaucratic policies that exclude the needs of conflict-affected populations.
The organization planned to carry out vaccination of children in Yida camp but hampered by the bureaucracy of Global vaccine community.
MSF’s Vaccines Policy Advisor Kate Elder said “refugee children are incredibly vulnerable to developing vaccine-preventable diseases, so why do we keep hearing the players in the global vaccination community tell us these kids aren’t their problem.”
He added that “we should be making every effort for refugee children to benefit from the newest vaccines, instead of letting them languish in the global community’s blind spot.”
MSF Project Coordinator in Yida Audrey Landmann said “the situation last year was painful, with children dying of diseases that vaccines could have protected them against.”