The City Health Office (CHO) of Victorias takes an active part in the Ligtas Tigdas campaign, promoting vaccines as cost-effective health interventions from April 4 to May 30 of this year.
“Iligtas sa Tigdas ang Pinas” is the theme of Ligtas Tigdas which aims to terminate measles by 2012 and accelerate the control of rubella.
Furthermore, the objectives of this campaign are to reduce the number or pool of children at risk of getting measles or being susceptible to measles and to achieve at least 95 % measles-rubella immunization coverage of all children 9 – 95 months old.
The CHO targets 19, 742 children of Victorias, whose ages are from nine months to below eight years old to be receive the measles – rubella vaccine.
City Health Officer Dr. Jerry Pahamtang and Expanded Program on immunization EPI/Nurse Mary Ann Salar together with the city health personnel help conduct the door-to-door campaign as they also have tapped the different barangays to support in whatever way they can. -by Jemaimah Taladico
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