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Sudan targets the vaccination¹ of six million children in its latest campaign against polio after the disease reappeared in the African country in 2008.

Sudan's new vaccination campaign against polio, which is aimed at reaching six million children, is the African country's latest attempt to eradicate² the disease.

The campaign, which began Monday, is supported by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), and will be conducted over three days in northern Sudan. Forty thousand volunteers will move house-to-house, vaccinating³ children under five years, in every community in the country's north.

Last week over three million children were vaccinated⁴ in southern Sudan in a similar immunization program against polio, the disease which can cause total paralysis⁵, hours after its virus reaches the nervous system.

The representative of UNICEF in Sudan Nils Kastberg says he hopes Polio will be completely eradicated⁶ through these vaccination programs.

"I certainly hope that we will have no cases this year in the north, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm hoping we will not have a single case in the south either," said Kastberg.

UNICEF says Polio, which had been eradicated from the African country, re-surfaced in 2008 with 27 cases. Last year 40 cases were found in southern Sudan, and 5 more cases were discovered in the country's north.

Kastberg says the main challenge for full Polio eradication⁷ in Sudan is limited access to reach all children in the remote areas in Southern Sudan.

"We don't have other than mainly logistical problems in reaching all the places," he added.  "We're talking about a country that is huge. 2.5 million square kilometers."

Three more vaccination campaigns are scheduled to be conducted this year.

 

1 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

2 eradicate   

v.根除，消灭，杜绝

参考例句：

• These insects are very difficult to eradicate.这些昆虫很难根除。
• They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。

3 vaccinating   

给…接种疫苗( vaccinate的现在分词 )； 注射疫苗，接种疫苗

参考例句：

• At first blush, vaccinating the wolves against rabies seems a simple solution. 乍一看来，为狼群注射防狂犬病疫苗是一种简单的办法。
• Also vaccinating children against misers (measles) has saved many lives. 还有，给儿童进行疫苗接种防止麻疹也挽救了许多生命。

4 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

5 paralysis   

n.麻痹(症)；瘫痪(症)

参考例句：

• The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
• The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。

6 eradicated   

画着根的

参考例句：

• Polio has been virtually eradicated in Brazil. 在巴西脊髓灰质炎实际上已经根除。
• The disease has been eradicated from the world. 这种疾病已在全世界得到根除。

7 eradication   

n.根除

参考例句：

• The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
• This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。