{"id":68694,"date":"2015-08-12T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T13:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeburmarangers.org\/?p=61269"},"modified":"2015-08-21T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T14:36:24","slug":"jsmk-staff-vaccinate-children-in-local-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2015\/08\/12\/jsmk-staff-vaccinate-children-in-local-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"JSMK Staff Vaccinate Children in Local Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"

JSMK Staff Report: JSMK Staff Vaccinate Children in Local Villages<\/h1>\n
8 September, 2015<\/address>\n
Karen State, Burma<\/address>\n
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A child is vaccinated during the current JSMK vaccination campaign.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Within the next month FBR medics will have completed the full series of\u00a0vaccinations\u00a0for children living in two villages near our school. A third village has consented, and\u00a0vaccines\u00a0are being purchased for them. Though\u00a0vaccination\u00a0is a basic public health measure in much of the world, most children in Karen State, Myanmar have never received them, leaving them susceptible to illnesses that have been largely avoided in more wealthy countries. This shortfall is the result of isolation brought on by many years of war.\u00a0Vaccines\u00a0must be kept refrigerated or they spoil within hours. The lack of reliable refrigeration and electricity along with lack of easy access by roads are finally being surmounted.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean that children enjoy getting immunized. Each village visit by our\u00a0vaccination\u00a0team elicits unhappy anticipation by young children and tears with protests at the moment followed by a small candy as reward for all the pain. We number and photograph each child so as to avoid any duplication or mixups<\/p>\n