{"id":336,"date":"2011-05-31T12:15:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T17:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=336"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:18:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T17:18:04","slug":"polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Peter and Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionaries to the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is an entry on their blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Animator with microphone and external power supply<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Thursday last week, we traveled to Bogose-Konu where we observed the kick-off for the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign. The local health center had been publicizing this day well ahead of time, so there were a lot of mothers and small children showed up.<\/p>\n

One part of the publicity was to have this \u201canimateur\u201d go through the village with his loudspeaker telling them when to come and singing an anti-polio song. He repeated this before the moms and kids. It was great!\u00a0 Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n

Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Peter and Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionaries to the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is an entry on their blog. On Thursday last week, we traveled to Bogose-Konu where we observed the kick-off for the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign. The local health center had been publicizing this day well ahead of time, so there were a lot of mothers and small children showed up. One part of the publicity was to have this \u201canimateur\u201d go through the village with his loudspeaker telling them when to come and singing an anti-polio song. He repeated this before the moms and kids. It was great!\u00a0 Continue Reading Report This Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[13,12,47,404],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-africa","tag-children","tag-congo","tag-health"],"yoast_head":"\nPolio Vaccinations in DR Congo - Serve Globally Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo - Serve Globally Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Peter and Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionaries to the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is an entry on their blog. On Thursday last week, we traveled to Bogose-Konu where we observed the kick-off for the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign. The local health center had been publicizing this day well ahead of time, so there were a lot of mothers and small children showed up. One part of the publicity was to have this \u201canimateur\u201d go through the village with his loudspeaker telling them when to come and singing an anti-polio song. He repeated this before the moms and kids. It was great!\u00a0 Continue Reading Report This Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Serve Globally Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-31T17:15:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-05-31T17:18:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2011\/05\/animator-with-microphone-external-power-supply-05-2011-300x224.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"pattys\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"pattys\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"pattys\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/64c4fa5c4307344d6e3fdf67e01f1a2a\"},\"headline\":\"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-31T17:15:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-31T17:18:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":127,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"Children\",\"Congo\",\"Health\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo - Serve Globally Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-31T17:15:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-31T17:18:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/64c4fa5c4307344d6e3fdf67e01f1a2a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/2011\\\/05\\\/31\\\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/\",\"name\":\"Serve Globally Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/64c4fa5c4307344d6e3fdf67e01f1a2a\",\"name\":\"pattys\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9093dd83a467b142c0a0c65b8e3d85f0c67317f9f8033b2ff90192c76cf44bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9093dd83a467b142c0a0c65b8e3d85f0c67317f9f8033b2ff90192c76cf44bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f9093dd83a467b142c0a0c65b8e3d85f0c67317f9f8033b2ff90192c76cf44bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"pattys\"},\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/serveglobally\\\/author\\\/pattys\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo - Serve Globally Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo - Serve Globally Blog","og_description":"By Peter and Cindy Ekstrand, Covenant missionaries to the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is an entry on their blog. On Thursday last week, we traveled to Bogose-Konu where we observed the kick-off for the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign. The local health center had been publicizing this day well ahead of time, so there were a lot of mothers and small children showed up. One part of the publicity was to have this \u201canimateur\u201d go through the village with his loudspeaker telling them when to come and singing an anti-polio song. He repeated this before the moms and kids. It was great!\u00a0 Continue Reading Report This Post","og_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/","og_site_name":"Serve Globally Blog","article_published_time":"2011-05-31T17:15:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-05-31T17:18:04+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2011\/05\/animator-with-microphone-external-power-supply-05-2011-300x224.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"pattys","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"pattys","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/"},"author":{"name":"pattys","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/#\/schema\/person\/64c4fa5c4307344d6e3fdf67e01f1a2a"},"headline":"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo","datePublished":"2011-05-31T17:15:45+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-31T17:18:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/"},"wordCount":127,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Africa","Children","Congo","Health"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/","name":"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo - Serve Globally Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-05-31T17:15:45+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-31T17:18:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/#\/schema\/person\/64c4fa5c4307344d6e3fdf67e01f1a2a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2011\/05\/31\/polio-vaccinations-in-dr-congo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Polio Vaccinations in DR Congo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/","name":"Serve Globally Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/#\/schema\/person\/64c4fa5c4307344d6e3fdf67e01f1a2a","name":"pattys","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9093dd83a467b142c0a0c65b8e3d85f0c67317f9f8033b2ff90192c76cf44bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9093dd83a467b142c0a0c65b8e3d85f0c67317f9f8033b2ff90192c76cf44bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f9093dd83a467b142c0a0c65b8e3d85f0c67317f9f8033b2ff90192c76cf44bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"pattys"},"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/author\/pattys\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}