Illustration. The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has increased the number of routine immunizations for children, from 11 to 14 types of vaccine antigens. (Source: Ministry of Health)
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.TV – The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has increased the number of routine immunizations for children, from 11 to 14 types of vaccine antigens.
Director General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, said that the government is targeting 95 percent of children to receive complete basic immunization.
“Because I see that there are several districts/cities that can approach the national (target), but there are districts/cities that are very far from complete basic immunization,” said Maxi, as reported by the page healthynegeriku.kemkes.go.id, Thursday (8/2 /2024).
“Indeed, 95 percent of our children must have received immunizations. “Therefore, we are expanding immunization to 14 antigens and that is national,” he added.
There are three additional vaccines, namely Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) for cancer, Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) for pneumonia, and Rotavirus Vaccine (RV) for diarrheal disease.
The Ministry of Health also provides a second dose of injectable polio immunization or IPV2 to strengthen protection against polio.
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With this addition, 14 types of vaccines given in routine immunization include BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) for tuberculosis (TB), DPT-Hib for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B, and other infections Haemophilus influenzae tipe b.
Then, hepatitis B, MMR and MR immunization for rubella measles, OPV or drop polio vaccine as well as IPV and IPV2 or injectable polio vaccine, TT, DT, and td vaccines for diphtheria tetanus, vaccine Japanese Encephalitis (JE) for inflammatory brain disease, as well as HPV, PCV, and Rotavirus.
Maxi explained that the HPV vaccine is given to protect girls from cervical cancer when they grow up.
Based on data compiled by the Ministry of Health, more than 103 million women aged 15 years and over in Indonesia are at risk of developing cervical cancer.
“Apart from that, around 36,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year and around 70 percent of them are at an advanced stage. The death rate due to cervical cancer is also relatively high, namely around 21,000 deaths in 2020,” said Maxi.
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Meanwhile, Globocan data for 2021 recorded that there were 36,633 cases of cervical cancer in Indonesia with the death rate increasing.
Expansion of the HPV immunization program to safeguard the future of Indonesian girls so they are always healthy.
“This HPV vaccine will be provided free of charge and is very important to protect girls from cervical cancer or cervical cancer. “The death rate from this cancer reaches 50 percent because they arrive too late,” he explained.
“Immunization is the cheapest effort. If you have cervical cancer, it will definitely be expensive. “Please tell the public, especially those who have girls aged 11 and 12 years, to immediately take advantage of this government program,” he continued.
Writer : Dina Karina Editor : Edy-A.-Putra
Source: KOMPAS TV
2024-02-08 20:15:00
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