Zambo gears up for new anti-polio drive

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.

Anti-polio drive successful in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY has again overshot its target as the local government ended the second vaccination drive for the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) for children ages 0 – 10 years old.

‘Miles de gracias’

MAYOR BENG Climaco praised health workers and volunteers, including barangay leaders for their effort in the anti-polio campaign of the local government of Zamboanga. 

Zamboanga tops anti-polio campaign in Region 9

THE SECOND round of Zamboanga’s anti-polio campaign was successful, according to Mayor Beng Climaco who said over 112,000 children below 5 years old were vaccinated.

Zamboanga City achieved the highest number of children vaccinated in Western Mindanao followed by Dipolog City in Zamboanga del Norte with 107.9% and Pagadian City at 107.8%.