SOLOPOS.COM – Illustration of a child getting an oral vaccine. (Freepik.com)
Solopos.com, KARANGANYAR — Officer health the village or sub-district level in Karanganyar continues to do so sweeping children who have not received vaccinations polio.
The Karanganyar Health Service (Dinkes) recorded that the achievement of the National Immunization Sub-Week (Sub-PIN) for polio reached 98 percent. The remaining two percent of children have not received polio immunization for several reasons.
Head of the Karanganyar Health Office, Purwati, said there were still several Community Health Centers that had not completed the first stage of polio vaccination.
The Health Department is still doing it sweeping involving health workers in their respective areas by visiting immunization targets directly.
The Health Department is still doing it sweeping involving health workers in their respective areas by visiting immunization targets directly.
Sweeping carried out for children who have not received immunizations due to several reasons, such as fever, diarrhea, or absenteeism.
“We continue to strive to increase the number of polio immunization achievements. “There are still a number of health centers that have not reached 95 percent,” he told reporters, Tuesday (23/1/2024).
Polio immunization refusals are highest in the Tawangmangu and Jatiyoso areas. Currently, his party is still mapping whether residents who refuse immunization are from Karanganyar or not.
“Right now we are still mapping. “We don’t know yet if they are all Karanganyar residents or not,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Head of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Karanganyar Health Service, Warsito, said that the National Immunization Week (PIN) for polio in Karanganyar was held twice.
The first phase starts from 15-20 January and the second phase from 19-25 February 2024. With a target number of 95,824 children in Karanganyar Regency.
Warsito said that polio immunization is given to provide immunity to the child’s body against polio.
Especially for children aged 0 to 7 years 11 months. In increasing immunization achievements, the health department also implements a system door to door to various areas in Karanganyar.
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