Bacolod urged to step up prevention of measles, polio outbreak
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- 02 May 2023
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The Department of Health-Western Visayas (DOH-6) has urged the city government here to step up efforts to prevent measles-rubella and polio outbreak after registering a low immunization rate among children under a year old in the previous year.
DOH-6 Regional Director Adriano Suba-an issued the call during the regional launching of the Measles-Rubella (MR) and bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (bOPV) Supplemental Immunization Activity (SIA) at the Bacolod Government Center grounds on Friday.
Set from May 1 to 31, the “Chikiting Ligtas Sa Dagdag Bakuna Kontra Polio, Rubella at Tigdas” campaign seeks to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases and the continuous rise of measles in the country.
Citing records, Suba-an said that Western Visayas’ fully immunized child (FIC) accomplishment in 2022 was only at 59.52 percent, way below the 95 percent to establish herd immunity.
“Kinakabahan po tayo dyan (We are getting nervous about it). Kasi mababa po ang FIC natin (because we have a low FIC), there would be a great possibility of an outbreak. That’s the new threat here in Bacolod City,” he added. READ MORE…
