DED Launches Vaccination Campaign in Manakha [Archives:2000/37/Local News]

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September 11 2000

Report & photo: Hisham Qubati, Manakha
A high ranking delegation from Deutscer Entwicklungsdienst (DED) (German Development Service) headquarters in Germany attended an extensive vaccination campaign in Manakha last Saturday. As the delegation approached vaccination location, tens of people gathered welcoming them with fireworks and traditional dances. In their reception also were Anett Sander, the German baby nurse supervising health centers of the whole area which amount to 19 centers over the district, Mohammed Salah Al-Anisy, Ahmad Saleh Al-Anisy and Abdullah Ahmad Hussain from the health office.
As the vaccination kit was staged tens of women carrying their babies and others by themselves started to flow to the location. The vaccination team included Rajaa Muhsen, chairwomen of vaccination department in Manakha, Ali Nasser Ali, Fatima Ahmad Al-Harazi and Ibtisam Yahia Ateeq.
In a short interview with the Yemen Times Anett Sander who had been working in Manakha for ten months said that her job is confined to supervising health work process in Manakha centers.
As part of the DED strategy in health development, they train Yemeni cadres so that they can replace them in the course of time. In this context, Anitt organized, in cooperation with the health office, a three-day training course on vaccination during May 27-29 this year. Representatives of the whole centers took part in the course. Sander said that she was even planning to organize more courses on family planning in the future. On the other hand, many trainees come to Manakha center and stayed there for weeks to be trained by watching. About peoples cooperation, Anett said that many people come to them, specially when she paid field visits through the villages of the district.
In the afternoon of the same day the visiting delegation made a tour of Al-Hajjarah tourist city and enjoyed watching its tall building crowned with fogs.
Health development is the main focus of DED in Yemen. Besides, the DED has various activities involving the technical and vocational training, small business promotion, management and administration, construction and infrastructure, agriculture, forestry and national resources management, general education, community and social work, rural development and promotion of women.

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