The Ministry of Health has just sent a document to the People's Committees of provinces and cities on the implementation of measles vaccination in the area as planned.
The recognizable symptom of the child with measles is redness all over the body.Photo: vnvc
Accordingly, the Ministry of Health requests the People's Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government based on the situation of measles translation in the locality, the rate of vaccination, testing capacity, treatment, available resources in the prevention and control of epidemics..., coordinating with epidemiological hygiene institutes, Pasteur Institute shall assess risks, identify risk areas;Review the subjects, propose additional areas and subjects to implement the vaccination campaign to prevent measles in case of necessity.
Regularly monitor the situation of measles epidemic, proactively strengthen the supervision, early detection and thorough handling of outbreaks, not to outbreak in the community.
According to Mr. Hoang Minh Duc, Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) at the end of 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a notice of many countries around the world with increased number of measles.Vietnam warns about measles may flare up.
Therefore, right from the beginning of 2024, the Ministry of Health had plans to compensate and dredge all kinds of vaccines in the expanded immunization program, including measles.
Since the beginning of the year, Vietnam has recorded more than 2,000 cases, of which in Ho Chi Minh City recorded more than 500 cases, 209 positive cases (39.8%).The representative of the Ministry of Health also warned that the back -to -school season is approaching, the risk of measles and disease transmission is huge;Severe rate, death in the group of children has not been vaccinated.
According to WHO, in Vietnam the raging Covid-19 epidemic has interrupted the supply of vaccines, as well as the vaccination.This creates a vaccine in many children.
Currently, the Ministry of Health is in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and localities to organize a vaccination campaign of 1,134,200 measles vaccine doses to cover children's vaccines, prevent the risk of disease and severe changes.
The campaign of more than 1 million measles vaccines is deployed this time will be different from the previous campaigns, which is the subjects that are expanded from 1 to 10 years old, except for cases that have been fully injected 2.The vaccine tip contains measles.Injection scale in 18 provinces and cities.
Measles is an acute infectious disease with symptoms of fever, rash, runny nose, cough, red eyes ... The disease can be seen in children, adults without immunity to prevent disease, which can cause epidemics.
Measles is a very fast disease with a coefficient of up to 12-18 (an individual with measles that can transmit viruses to 12-18 people without immunity in the surrounding).For measles, vaccinations are considered the most effective "weapon" to control fluid.