OVER 50,000 children have been immunized here as the local government pushed the last leg of the anti-measles immunization program of the Department of Health in partnership with the local health office.
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The program, which started October 26 and ends on November 25, targets to immunize children 9 months to below 5 years old.
The Department of Health (DOH)
and the World Health Organization (WHO) lauded Mayor Beng Climaco for her strong
support to the program.
Dr. Augusto Alpichi, of the DOH;
and Dr. Minerva Vinluan, of the World Health Organization-Manila; together with
CHO's National Immunization Program Coordinator Cora Pagotaisidro also briefed
the mayor on the progress of the immunization drive.
Nearly
27,000 children here are expected to receive the immunization before the end of
the program.
Climaco
renewed her calls on parents and guardians to have their children
immunized against Measles Rubella. “Please have your children vaccinated
against Measles. This is for their own good,” she said.
She also thanked health workers who braved different
barangays to immunize children despite the Covid-19 pandemic. “Muchas gracias
for you hardwork and dedication and love for our children. Our health workers
and everybody behind this hardwork are all heroes,” the mayor said.
This was also echoed by Christine Lim, the City Health
Office’s Health Education and Promotions Officer, who said: “Regardless of
the circumstances, our hardworking health workers are always on the go for the
sake of the children.”
The
DOH said an estimated 2.4 million children under the age of 5 are susceptible
to measles - one of the most contagious diseases in the world. About 9 out of
10 people exposed to the measles virus - who are not immune - will contract the
disease.
It
can cause high-grade fever, rashes, cough, and eye infection and can lead to
complications such as pneumonia, ear infection, blindness, severe diarrhoea, and
swelling of the brain. (Zamboanga Post)
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