PORTAL JEMBER – Indonesia has carried out massive vaccinations in 1995-1997 to prevent it from happening polio. This effort was made through the National Immunization Week (PIN) program.-
Immunization does have an important function to build body resistance against certain diseases.
This was conveyed by the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) Advisor, dr. I Nyoman Kandun MPH during a productive dialogue held by the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPC-PEN) on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.
“Giving vaccine oral polio in 1995-1997 given to anyone, regardless of someone it was given vaccine polio regularly or not, “
“For those who have been immunized polio routine, then giving back vaccine polio will strengthen his endurance. Those who haven’t got it vaccine polio, then it can be said to get basic immunization, “he said.
According to him, people need to know the stages of handling infectious diseases, namely controlling, eliminating and eradicating them.
Controlling is reducing the incidence of infectious diseases. Meanwhile, eliminating is an effort to push down to a very low number. Meanwhile, eradicating is the way to do it until the incidence of disease is completely lost.
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Quoted from JEMBER PORTAL from the official website of the Task Force Covid-19, in the event with the theme Learning from the Success of PIN Polio, also attended the immunization and surveillance consultant for the CDC Atlanta disease prevention and control agency, dr. Jane Soepardi.
Said by dr. Jane that Immunization through vaccine, proved to be the most effective public health approach. That is, without it vaccine the presence of a virus will be difficult to control.
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