With the motto “Get up to date, every shot counts”, the Ministry of Public Health started in Jimaní the Vaccination Week of the Americas (SVA)in which it plans to inoculate 1,296,861 people of different ages against different diseases.
When pronouncing the central words of the act, the minister daniel rivera highlighted that the VWA is an initiative that promotes equity and universal access of the population to health services vaccination.
“We have come here, to Jimaní, because on average it had 112% coverage according to the vaccination programRivera said.
The day will cover the entire national geography and will last for the remainder of April. It also contemplates vaccinating around 203,552 farm workers and construction workers against tetanus and diphtheria.
Rivera said that some 19,611 children from two months of birth to six years, that inhabit the border communities, will receive the vaccines against the diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and poliostarting and completing the scheme of vaccination.
The doctor stressed that when we talk about a healthy country it is because it has good vaccine coverage.
Biologicals, in addition to being available in the 1,421 national positionswill be offered in visits House for house aimed at populations more susceptible to contracting the aforementioned diseases.
“The cases, many come from the presence of non vaccination of Haitian foreigners”, indicated the head of Health.
On her side, the director Immunopreventables by Vaccines, Aida Lucia (Luchy) Vargasrecalled that the vaccination It is the most cost-effective health intervention, which is universal and equitable throughout the country.
Vargas explained that the actions of vaccination are focused on all family members, with special attention to the children, pregnant women, adolescents, people at risk and those in emergency situations.
Vaccination against covid
The Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy, Alexander Titolopointed out that “the rate of Covid pediatric vaccination is lower than necessary to keep the event under control.”
He said that “the The United States has donated six times more Covid vaccines to the Dominican Republic than any other country”, and that “they are being put to good use”.
