From October to December, Pampers and UNICEF, the
world’s leading children’s organisation, come together for the eighth year to
launch the “1 pack = 1 vaccine”
campaign. This year, Tesco has upped the stakes and set the challenge to its
shoppers to help raise the cost of one vaccine every second of the campaign
period – that’s nine million life-saving vaccines helping to protect the lives
of 3 million women and their newborns!
A team from Tesco and Pampers visited Senegal,
West Africa, to see the success of the UNICEF vaccination programme and meet
those who have witnessed the devastating effects of MNT first-hand:
Ami
Seck tragically lost her first baby boy to tetanus;
“After a few days, we noticed the child was
trembling excessively,” Mame Touty, Ami’s mother-in-law says, “We spent nine days in hospital, but the boy
died on the tenth day. When it happened we were very dejected. After the regretful
incident, Ami became pregnant again, but we learnt lessons, we had an antenatal
care package, and everything went smoothly. Everyone knew that our baby boy
died but we are a living example of how you can get out of the maze.”
Moussa Pouye is the
Chief Nurse at Dabaly Health Post, Nioro District, Senegal talk about dealing
with a case of tetanus;
“I had to deal with a case
of tetanus where the lady had no antenatal care or tetanus vaccinations. I met
with the Supervisor of the Health Centre and he gave me 200 doses of tetanus to
do an immediate campaign in the area to avoid another case. We made sure all
other women in the village were protected. The village, Touba Saloum, now has
its own Health Hut and all the women are subscribing.”
Ways you can help:
Visit your local Tesco today
and pick up your pack of Pampers or buy online at Tesco.com:
1 Pack = 1 Vaccine
During October – December 2013, for each Pampers®-
UNICEF pack purchased, Pampers® will
donate the cost of one tetanus vaccine to support UNICEF in the fight against
Maternal and Newborn Tetanus.
UNICEF Pledge Donations
By becoming a monthly donor to UNICEF today you can join thousands of
other parents who donate every month to improve the lives of these vulnerable
children. Visit www.supportunicef.org/Pampers to see the
difference that you can make.
Guest post hosted in association with Pampers.