HARIANHALUAN.ID – The West Sumatra Health Office (Dinkes) will promote additional polio immunization (Crash Polio Immunization Program) in February 2023. This was said by the Head of P2P Dinkes West Sumatra, Yun Efiantina who was met I want toMonday (30/1/2023) at his office.
“The plan will be promoted from February 20 for a week, plus five days sweeping children who have not been immunized aged 0-59 months,” he said.
This activity in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Health, as an effort to prevent polio cases in West Sumatra (West Sumatra), sets a target of above 90 percent. He added, the vaccines given were two OPV or polio vaccine drops and IPV or an injected vaccine.
“The existence of an Extraordinary Event (KLB) in the case of polio in Pidie District, Aceh Province, makes it important for West Sumatra to prepare strategic steps, so that the same case does not occur in West Sumatra. Because Aceh is quite close to West Sumatra,” he said.
He admitted, since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, it had caused a decline in immunization participation rates for children. In 2019 the achievement of the MR vaccination was 80.8 percent, then in 2020 it was only 58.8 percent, in 2021 it was also only 59.8 percent and in 2022 the achievement was 72.4 percent. Though to form herd immunity (herd immunity) is required 90 percent and 95 percent if in an outbreak. “You can see the impact of the pandemic,” he said.
The low effect of immunization is also very influential on a number of diseases including measles, polio, rubella. In addition, the West Sumatra Health Office has also promoted the National Childhood Immunization Month (BIAN) program from May to November 2022. However, the achievement is still low, namely 49.7 percent.
