East Kalimantan Well being Workplace ensures the security of DHF vaccination, dad and mom don’t have to delay MEDIA KALTIM

SAMARINDA– Final March, the East Kalimantan Well being Service (Dinkes) efficiently administered dengue fever vaccines to 9,700 youngsters in Balikpapan. The outcomes are very passable, with out too many unwanted side effects and may even cut back the quantity of people that endure or die on account of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF).

On this foundation, East Kalimantan Well being Workplace will put together dengue vaccine for 10 provinces/cities. On Thursday (4/7/2024), on the agenda of the DHF Immunization Pilot Program Social Assembly on the Mercure Resort, Samarinda, the Well being Workplace requested 2,750 vaccines for kids in Samarinda.

“The vaccine was given by the East Kalimantan Provincial authorities, then actively carried out by the Samarinda Metropolis Well being Service,” mentioned Setyo B Basuki when interviewed on the facet of the occasion.

He additionally emphasised the significance of entry to village leaders, group well being facilities and the faculties concerned. This goals to supply an understanding of the significance of dengue vaccination.

Then, the goal is main colleges in areas with the very best instances. With this, North Samarinda is the precedence.

“So we solely have the vaccine for two,750 youngsters. “So you possibly can select sub-districts or sub-districts the place the incidence fee is excessive, together with North Samarinda,” defined the Director of Illness Prevention and Management (P2P).

Later, the administration of vaccinations in colleges will probably be finished by Neighborhood Well being Heart officers and along with the Samarinda Metropolis Well being Workplace.

The TAK 003 vaccine will probably be launched to youngsters in grade 3 in main college and above. Though it is usually protected for kids aged 6 years and above. Setyo appealed to oldsters to not hesitate as a result of the dengue vaccine is greater than 60 % efficient. Thus it could actually present a protecting impact towards dengue fever.

“The recommendation then is for fogeys, do not be afraid that their youngsters will get the vaccine. It’s protected and has been examined by 9,700 individuals in Balikpapan. “Thank God, he’s protected and the group can really feel the impression as properly,” he mentioned.

Though there have been small incidents of youngsters with fever, he continued, the numbers have been very small and the fevers didn’t final lengthy. Crucial factor for him is the impact after the vaccination which supplies extra advantages.

Narrator: Khoirul Umam
Editor: Nicha R