MAYOR BENG Climaco has lauded all health workers in the frontline of the local government’s anti-polio campaign, saying, their hard work ensured the protection of the children against the disabling and life-threatening disease caused by a virus that spreads from person to person.
“We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all our health workers and medical frontliners for their sacrifices and hard work amidst unprecedented public pandemic to immunize our children,” Climaco said.
Health workers underwent a series of orientation on the minimum health standards, as well as infection control protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic prior to the start of the anti-polio program, according to the mayor.
The local government, in collaboration with the Department of Health and World Health Organization, recently concluded the “Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio Round 3” after extending the program for a few days to allow health workers ample time to conduct intensive vaccination in different barangays that were placed under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The anti-polio drive began July 20, with health workers trekking through dirt roads and far-flung areas - rain or shine - in order to vaccinate children aged 0 to 119 months old in all 98 barangays here.
Despite challenges in the implementation due to Covid-19, the vaccination drive was a success. In the last anti-polio drive in February, 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 country 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. With additional reporting from Jasmine Mohammadsali)
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Health workers during the recently concluded anti-polio drive in Zamboanga City. (CSWDO)
“We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all our health workers and medical frontliners for their sacrifices and hard work amidst unprecedented public pandemic to immunize our children,” Climaco said.
Health workers underwent a series of orientation on the minimum health standards, as well as infection control protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic prior to the start of the anti-polio program, according to the mayor.
The local government, in collaboration with the Department of Health and World Health Organization, recently concluded the “Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio Round 3” after extending the program for a few days to allow health workers ample time to conduct intensive vaccination in different barangays that were placed under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The anti-polio drive began July 20, with health workers trekking through dirt roads and far-flung areas - rain or shine - in order to vaccinate children aged 0 to 119 months old in all 98 barangays here.
Despite challenges in the implementation due to Covid-19, the vaccination drive was a success. In the last anti-polio drive in February, 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 country 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. With additional reporting from Jasmine Mohammadsali)
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