Children in developing countries will receive lifesaving vaccinations from UNICEF thanks to a donation of €5,000 from Midlands Louth Meath Community Healthcare Organisation (MLM CHO ) as a part of its ‘Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine’ campaign.
Under the ‘Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine’ campaign, for every flu vaccine received by a local health care worker the HSE made a matching donation to the UNICEF’s campaign.
Thanking the MLM CHO Flu Steering Committee CHO for their work and the participation of health care workers, Aine McKeown, Business Development Officer with UNICEF, outlined the positive effect the donation would have in the fight to eradicate polio in children of developing countries.
CHO Chief Officer Des O’Flynn said: “I’m delighted to make this presentation to UNICEF which was raised through the ‘Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine’ campaign. As well as protecting themselves and those they care for, through this campaign staff helped raise valuable funds to help to protect vulnerable children against serious disease and death. Yours and every vaccination counts!”
The Midlands Louth Meath CHO Peer Flu Vaccination campaign is organised as a preventative measure to help protect healthcare workers who have a higher than standard risk of being infected with flu, at least 20% of healthcare workers become infected with flu every year. Healthcare workers may spread flu to patients, family and colleagues because:
- flu is highly transmissible
- many people do not get any symptoms of flu
- some people may only have mild symptoms and continue to go into work
The Peer Flu Vaccination Programme provides easily accessible free flu vaccinations to healthcare workers across Midlands Louth Meath CHO.
