Early November 27, Binh Duong Provincial Department of Health held a preliminary conference summing up stage 1 of rubella-measles vaccination for children aged 1 to 14 years old and to deploy the second stage.According to the Center for Preventive Medicine, the 1st CD was deployed from October 1 days to November 15.In this stage, the compaign concentration was for children aged 1 to 5.
As a result, the number of children vaccinated in the 1st campaign are 133,002 children, accounting for 95.06%, with the highest result in Bau Bang district with 99.58%, Thuan An Town 99.09%, and the lowest of 89.27% in Thu Dau Mot City...
The second stage of the campaign started from November 10 last to the middle of December 2014. Children to be injected in the second stage age from 6 to 10, with more than 132,000 children in total.The locations for vaccination include 148 schools and 91 health centers.
For the best outcome of the second stage measles-rubella vaccination drive and the whole drive, the Department of Health asserted that localities should review the quantity of children in the age of vaccination and carry out the full vaccination to ensure targets as set.Through the communication channels, information dissemination regarding the effective prevention by vaccines has been intensified to improve awareness of parents in such vaccination.
Reported by Hong Thuan – Translated by Vi Bao
