Keynote address for the Honorable Minister of Health Official Handover of the Vaccine Van

25th September, 2024; Pharmaceutical Warehouse @ 12noon

Lau Susuga le Ta'ita'i o le Sauniga; Rev. Saaga Tuiletufuga

Australian High Commissioner to Samoa - H.E Will Robinson

and the Australian Department of Foreign and Trade in Samoa

UNICEF Chief of Field Office in Samoa - Ms. Khin Moe Aye and

the UNICEF office in Samoa

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Samoa has been making steady progress in terms of reaching all

eligible children with the vaccines as per the National

Immunisation Schedule. There has been successful roll out of 4

lifesaving childhood vaccines in the last 3 years like Rotavirus

vaccine, Pneumococcal Vaccine, HPV vaccine and Typhoid vaccine

to protect our children respectively from Diarrhoea, Pneumonia,

Cervical cancer and Typhoid fever. This year the coverage for the 2

doses of Measles vaccine has been quite encouraging for Samoa.

The coverage of first dose of Measles has reached 91% for the first time in the last 5 years after the Measles outbreak and the 2nd dose of Measles vaccine is around 64%. I am confident that our

Immunization Program or EPI team will be able to reach the

missed children in the remaining months of this year to achieve a

good coverage for the year through our continuous and existing

outreach vaccinations.

The new vaccine introduction initiative, Post-Measles Outbreak

recovery plan and COVID-19 Pandemic, brought in a C-change to

the immunization domain of Samoa. There are significant

developments in Cold Chain, capacity building of health workers,

documentation and reporting to strengthen the Health System

with regards to Immunization with technical support from UNICEF.

The transportation and distribution of vaccines in the country was

identified as a gap. Now with this new vehicle procured with the

funding support from Australian Government, transportation of

vaccines will be faster, which means a boost in efficient and timely

vaccine supply of vaccines and logistics to the healthcare facilities.

The vehicle is also covered to protect vaccines against

unfavourable weather conditions. Though this vehicle will have

priority for vaccines, it may be considered to accommodate the

pharmaceutical supplies for distribution to the health facilities

across the country to improve the cost efficiency.

We are immensely grateful to Australian Government for their

timely support and also to UNICEF for their able technical guidance

and support for strengthening our Health system to get equipped

to provide quality services in a cost-effective way.

SOIFUA MA IA MANUIA!

Lauga a le Afioga le Minisita o le Soifua Maloloina

Tatala Aloaia le Tauaaoina o le Ta'avale mo le tufaina/kilivaina o Tui Puipui ma Vailaau

Lau Susuga le Ta'ita'i le Sauniga - Rev. Saaga Tuiletufuga

Lau Susuga le Komisina Maualuga o Ausetalia i Samoa, H.E

Will Robinson

Lau Susuga le Sui o le Ofisa o le Faalapotopotoga o le UNICEF i

Samoa - Khin Moe Aye

Le paia o le aofia ua potopoto,

Ua molimauina e tusa ai ma fa'amaumauga lata mai, le alualu i

luma o taumafaiga a Samoa, e ala i le to'atele o alo ma fanau ua

fa'atino o latou tui puipui fa'aauau. I totonu o le 3 tausaga talu ai,

na fa'amauina le lelei o le faatinoina o nisi o tui Puipui fou na

fa'amanuiaina ai lo tatou atunu'u mo le puipuiga o alo ma fanau

mai le tele o fa'ama'i.

O nei tui Puipui e aofia ai tui e puipuia mai fa'ama'i e pei o le

manava tatā, o fa'ama'i e aofia ai le nimonia, o le fa'ama'i o le

taifoi, faapea ma tui puipui mo alo ma fanau teine e puipuia mai

nisi o Kanesa o tama'ita'i.

O le tausaga lenei, e fa'alototeleina lava le auaunaga, ona o le

maoa'e o le tulaga ua o'o iai le fa'atinoga o tui Puipui o le Misela.

O le tui muamua lava o le Misela (MR1) e 91% le faitau aofa'i o alo

ma fanau e agava'a na faia tui Puipui. Ao le tui lona lua o le Misela (MR2) e 64%. O lo'o mafanafana lava, o le a fa'aauau le una'i a le aufaigaluega ina ia ausia le 90-100% o le tui puipui lenei o le Misela i nai masina o totoe o lenei tausaga.

O le o'o mai o nisi o tui Puipui fou e faaopoopo i tui Puipui fa'aauau a le fanau e puipuia mai fa'ama'i e pei ona ou ta'ua, o

taumafaiga o le una'i o le faia o tui ina ua mae'a le pipisi o le

Misela, faapea ma le KOVITI-19 o ni matati'a sili ia mo le

Polokalame o Tui Puipui mo Samoa. Ua si'itia fo'i le tulaga o le

mata'itūina o le mālūlū ma le vevela talafeagai e teu malu ai tui

Puipui, aemaise le taimi e feavea'i ma kiliva ai i tua i falema'i ma

nofoaga o lo'o faatino ai tūiga.

O lo'o fa'aauau pea a'oa'oga mo le si'itia o le silafia o tausi soifua

i le fa'atinoga o tui Puipui. E le gata i lea a'o le si'itia o le silafia e

fa'aleleia atili ai fa'amaumauga e ala i metotia fa'aona-po-nei. O

le naunautaiga o nei taumafaiga uma, ina ia mautinoa e faia uma

tui Puipui o alo ma fanau faapea ma tagata matutua e agava'a. Ia

mafai ai ona puipuia mai le tele o fa'ama'i pipisi. E le galo Afia i si

ona vao, ma e faafetai ai le lagolago a le Faalapotopotoga o le

UNICEF faapea ma le Polokalame mo Tui Puipui Fou o lo'o

faatupeina e le ADB mo nei taumafaiga.

A'o le meaalofa o le a tau'aaoina nei, e pei ona iai le ta'avale

faapitoa mo le kilivaina o tui Puipui, o se foa'i sili lea ua

fa'aopoopo e unaia ai le auaunaga o tūiga. E le gata ina ia mautinoa e vave ona taunu'u le tufaina ma le kilivaina o Tui Puipui mana'omia mo falema'i uma. Ae faapea fo'i ma le puipuia mai o nei vailaau ma tui mai le vevela ma vave ona fa'aleaogāinaai.

O lenei foa'i o le a fesoasoani tele, e le na'o le fa'aaogaina mo Tui

Puipui, ae mo le kilivaina o nisi o vailaau mo'omia i tua i falema'i

fa'aitūmalo ma nofoaga mamao o lo'o faatinoina ai le auaunaga

fa'asoifua maloloina.

O le agaga fa'agae'etia mai le Malo o Samoa e tauala atu le

Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina, e fa'afetaia ai le Malo o

Ausetalia faapea ma le Faalapotopotoga o le UNICEF mo lenei

foa'i, ina ia si'itia le auaunaga mo le mamalu o le atunu'u.

Ia fa'aauau ai pea le tatou galulue fa'atasi aua se Samoa

maloloina mo nei ma le lumana'i.

SOIFUA MA IA MANUIA

October 8, 2024

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