The Ministry of Health announced this Wednesday the start of the “Vaccination Week of the Americas 2022” in which it contemplates vaccinating against polio, measles, rubella to the child population from 1 to 5 years of age, with a view to maintaining the control and eradication of these diseases in the country.
Leading the launch event, the Minister of Public healthDaniel Rivera, explained that “the scheme of vaccination it is a very clear standard in children and it is duly established” and on this occasion it is contemplated to immunize 951,554 children via 1,420 vaccination centers scattered throughout the national geography with 4,080 doctors and nurses at the service of the population.
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Through the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), equitable access to biologicals is promoted and the coverage of vaccination that guarantee to keep under control these and the other diseases contemplated in the Regular Vaccination Scheme, reason why it will avoid at all costs that the country loses the certification that accredits it as polio and measles freeas has happened with other countries in the region.
The minister explained that the importance of adhering to the scheme of vaccination It is evident that diseases such as polio, for which no case has been reported in the country since 1985, do not resurface, a situation that was possible through an imported case.
Rivera recalled that the country recently received a donation from the Brazilian government worth DR$180 million which helps to cover the demand for vaccines, with which there are enough injections. “We are reinforced,” she assured.
The launching ceremony was held at the Santo Socorro hospital, in the National District, with the presence of the representative in the country of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Oliver Ronveaux; the Deputy Minister of Collective Health, Dr. Eladio Pérez; doctor Melvin Brioso, governor of the Rotary club; and the director of the Expanded Program on Immunization (PAI), Dr. Aida Lucía Vargas.
Dr. Ronveaux raised the idea that each citizen has a QR code in which the entire history of vaccination with their dates to have in one place the complete immunization plan of each person.
For her part, Dr. Vargas indicated that in addition to the permanent posts, these preventive actions will also be carried out in the Early Childhood Comprehensive Care Centers (CAIPI), house-to-house and mobile posts strategically located in remote areas of all the country.
the week of Vaccination ends on April 30.
