The Ministry of Health and Population announced the launch of a national campaign to vaccinate once morest polio, during the period from December 11 to 14, 2022, pointing out that the campaign will target children from one day to five years old for free, and the Ministry of Health confirmed that the national campaign Vaccination once morest polio will be launched in all governorates of the Republic, noting that the campaign aims to vaccinate regarding 16 million children.
The national polio vaccination campaign
The Ministry of Health indicated the importance of vaccination for all children in the age group from one day to five years, noting that the ministry launches the national campaign annually to keep Egypt free from this disease, as the Ministry of Health said that the last polio case was recorded in Egypt in 2004. The World Health Organization also confirmed that Egypt is completely free of the disease in 2006, and despite that, the ministry launches annual national campaigns to increase the immune status of children under five years of age and to raise immunity among children coming from countries where there is a circulation of the polio virus. , in order to preserve Egypt free of disease.
In this context, Dr. Amr Qandil, head of the preventive medicine sector at the Ministry of Health, said that the vaccination will be carried out through a group of fixed teams in health offices, health units, train stations, medical centers, major squares, subways, buses, gathering places, and next to mosques, churches, clubs, markets and public parks. And travel car parks, and vaccination starts from apartment to apartment to reach all the children targeted for vaccination in all governorates of the Republic, at exactly eight o’clock in the morning until five in the evening, and the head of the preventive medicine sector at the Ministry of Health added that the campaign will be attended by regarding 90 thousand people representing vaccination teams, They were excellently equipped and trained, noting that the campaign’s work is monitored periodically from the Central Chamber of Preventive Affairs in the Ministry
The head of the preventive medicine sector also explained that the expanded vaccination program aims to provide ten types of routine vaccinations for children, vaccinations for travelers, and seasonal flu vaccinations, in light of the ministry’s endeavor to preserve the public health of citizens, noting the need to work to increase the number of vaccinations provided to citizens through the program. Expanded vaccinations, pointing to the implementation of the program in all governorates of the Republic.
The head of the preventive medicine sector referred to the continuous training of all health teams on vaccination work in health units, which number more than five thousand units in all governorates, in addition to training the concerned teams on surveillance work.
The Ministry of Health and Population organized a huge ceremony to coincide with World Polio Day as part of the expanded program for vaccinations under the slogan “Vaccination Protects Millions”. The role of vaccination campaigns in making Egypt free of targeted diseases.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the ministry seeks to preserve the country’s achievements in making Egypt completely free of polio, as approved by the World Health Organization in 2006.
The official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that no cases of polio have been recorded in all governorates of the Republic, appealing to citizens and parents not to get carried away by incorrect information that is published on social media.
