Vaccination by the Mandaue Metropolis Well being Division in varied public colleges in opposition to measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, and human papillomavirus (HPV). | 📸: File Picture
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue Metropolis Well being Division is extending its vaccination program for vaccine-preventable illnesses for focused college students in public colleges all through the town.
Metropolis Well being Officer Dr. Debra Maria Catulong stated on Wednesday, Nov. 13, that they revisited some colleges and even visited college students at house to vaccinate those that had been missed throughout the intensive two-week school-based immunization program final October.
The Metropolis Well being Workplace is vaccinating focused college students in opposition to measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, and human papillomavirus (HPV).
That is a part of the Faculty-Primarily based Immunization (SBI) program, dubbed Bakuna Eskwela, initiated by the Division of Schooling and the Division of Well being.
In Mandaue Metropolis, the anticipated variety of Grade 1 and Grade 7 college students to be immunized in opposition to measles-rubella and tetanus-diphtheria is 5,378 and 5,813, respectively.
Round 2,700 feminine Grade 4 college students are additionally anticipated to obtain HPV vaccines for defense in opposition to cervical most cancers.
Catulong stated the prolonged vaccination effort will proceed all through November.
“We aren’t simply making an attempt to hit numbers right here or meet the goal; it’s about making certain they obtain these essential vaccines throughout this era, sa October and November na gyud, kay these are vital vaccines to stop illnesses. Adtuon gyud nato sila,” stated Catulong.
In October, Mandaue was capable of immunize solely about 50 % of the goal inhabitants resulting from hesitancy from some college students and oldsters attributable to misconceptions.
Catulong added that the division, in collaboration with DepEd-Mandaue, is conducting an training marketing campaign to tell dad and mom and college students of the advantages of the vaccine and deal with their issues.
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