Damascus-Sana
Today, the Ministry of Health announced the launch of the national vaccination days between the 14th and 18th of this month for children under five years of age.
In a statement, the Ministry called on a copy of it for parents to take their children to health centers or mobile teams on the specified date to assess the vaccination status and give them the required vaccinations and bring the child's vaccination card during the campaign, noting that in the absence of a vaccine card, parents will be provided with a new card.
In its statement, the ministry emphasized that common diseases such as cold, diarrhea, or a slight rise in temperature or giving medicines such as anti-inflammatory do not prevent the child from being vaccinated.
The Director of Primary Health Care in the Ministry, Dr. Fadi Kassis, explained in a statement to the SANA delegate that the national vaccination days target all children under the age of five and include the routine vaccines included in the national vaccination program, which are 11 vaccines, in addition to following up children who drop out of the vaccine to complete their vaccines.
A priest said that it is expected to benefit from the campaign within the framework of providing routine vaccine 10524 children under the age of five, while the number of children who drop out is expected to benefit from the campaign to 239477 children.
Vaccines are provided to children in the health centers distributed in the governorates, and there are 1002 centers in addition to 545 mobile teams. Temporary centers have also been established in some areas, and there are 666 centers, according to Dr. Qassis, indicating that more than 8 thousand health workers will work within the campaign distributed on fixed and updated health centers and communication teams.
It is noteworthy that the national vaccination program that was launched in 1978 succeeded in eliminating tetanus Al-Walid in 1997 and polio in 1995, which returned to Syria in 2013 and was eliminated again in 2017. The program also made important strides in eliminating measles.