FOLLOWING THE successful anti-polio campaign here in February, Mayor Beng Climaco has urged parents to have their children immunized against polio, a highly contagious disease transmitted through the fecal-oral route and may result in life-long paralysis and even death.
Climaco said the City Health Office (CHO) is now gearing up for the “Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio 3” for the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) which will begin on July 20 until August 2 for children aged zero to below 10 years old in an effort to contain and eradicate polio here.
Hardworking health workers also underwent a series of orientation on the minimum health standards, as well as infection control protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Climaco, who thanked the World Health Organization for its technical assistance, and Department of Health (DOH) for providing logistics.
“Even as the City Health Office takes the lead in contact tracing and treatment of Covid-19 cases, it is likewise immersed in its other mandated tasks such as the Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio round 3 slated on July 20 to August 2 for children aged zero to below 10 years old in Zamboanga City,” she said.
Climaco reminded the public, especially children, to constantly wash hands with soap and for parents to always observe sanitary preparation of food and drinks. She said there is no cure for polio, but it can only be prevented with three doses of the polio vaccine.
In the last anti-polio drive, the local government vaccinated 221,917 children – more than 8% from the target.
Last September 19, the DOH announced a polio outbreak in the Philippines and launched a synchronized polio vaccination campaign which aims to boost immunization coverage against polio by giving three doses of the oral polio vaccine to all children regardless of their immunization status.
The Philippines has seen a decline of immunization coverage in the past few years, including for protection against polio. In 2018, at least 66% of children completed their oral polio vaccine (drops) doses and 45% received their inactivated polio vaccine (injection) dose. (Zamboanga Post)
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Climaco said the City Health Office (CHO) is now gearing up for the “Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio 3” for the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) which will begin on July 20 until August 2 for children aged zero to below 10 years old in an effort to contain and eradicate polio here.
Hardworking health workers also underwent a series of orientation on the minimum health standards, as well as infection control protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Climaco, who thanked the World Health Organization for its technical assistance, and Department of Health (DOH) for providing logistics.
“Even as the City Health Office takes the lead in contact tracing and treatment of Covid-19 cases, it is likewise immersed in its other mandated tasks such as the Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio round 3 slated on July 20 to August 2 for children aged zero to below 10 years old in Zamboanga City,” she said.
Climaco reminded the public, especially children, to constantly wash hands with soap and for parents to always observe sanitary preparation of food and drinks. She said there is no cure for polio, but it can only be prevented with three doses of the polio vaccine.
In the last anti-polio drive, the local government vaccinated 221,917 children – more than 8% from the target.
Last September 19, the DOH announced a polio outbreak in the Philippines and launched a synchronized polio vaccination campaign which aims to boost immunization coverage against polio by giving three doses of the oral polio vaccine to all children regardless of their immunization status.
The Philippines has seen a decline of immunization coverage in the past few years, including for protection against polio. In 2018, at least 66% of children completed their oral polio vaccine (drops) doses and 45% received their inactivated polio vaccine (injection) dose. (Zamboanga Post)
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