Press Release May 22, 2023
The Department of Health- Center for Health (DOH-CHD) CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) has intensified its campaign for Measles- Rubella Oral Polio Vaccination to generate demand and increase the uptake of supplemental immunization amongst children 5 years and below.
Through the collaborative effort of the DOH CHD Calabarzon Health Education Promotion and Communication Management Unit (HEP-CMU) and the National Immunization Program (NIP), in coordination with the Provincial Health Team Office and the Local Governments of Dasmariñas, Cavite, and Taytay, Rizal, barangays that were selected as sites for the demand generation activities to reach as many children at risk of measles, rubella, polio and its complications.
DOH CALABARZON Regional Director Ariel I. Valencia and Dasmariñas City Mayor Jennifer Austria-Barzaga led the house-to-house campaign in Dasmariñas City, Cavite.
DOH CALABARZON Regional Director Ariel I. Valencia and Dasmariñas City Mayor Jennifer Austria-Barzaga conducted a house-to-house campaign
and onsite immunization in Phase 2, Barangay Paliparan 3, Dasmariñas Cavite, on May 22, 2023 (Monday).
"Ito ay bahagi ng inilunsad na kampanya sa dagdag na bakuna. Katuwang natin ngayon ang pamahalaang lungsod ng Dasma sa pangunguna ni Mayor Barzaga at ng ating kapitan. Patuloy ang mga programang naglalayon na protektahan ang kalusugan ng mga kabataan. Walang gamot sa mga sakit na ito ngunit maiiwasan sa pamamagitan ng bakuna na ating inilalapit sa kanila ngayon.” Director Valencia said.
"Ito ay bahagi ng inilunsad na kampanya sa dagdag na bakuna. Katuwang natin ngayon ang pamahalaang lungsod ng Dasma sa pangunguna ni Mayor Barzaga at ng ating kapitan. Patuloy ang mga programang naglalayon na protektahan ang kalusugan ng mga kabataan. Walang gamot sa mga sakit na ito ngunit maiiwasan sa pamamagitan ng bakuna na ating inilalapit sa kanila ngayon.” Director Valencia said.
In the province of Rizal, Director Valencia and Dr. Aldwin S. Aguinaldo, Municipal Health Officer, Ms. Charrylyn Reyes, NIP Coordinator and Ms. Belinda Alcantara, Development Management Officer, have also conducted an onsite vaccination, where several parents had their children vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs).
DOH CALABARZON Regional Director Ariel I. Valencia administered the polio vaccine to a child during the house-to-house campaign of MR-OPV SIA in Floodway, Brgy. San Juan, Cainta Rizal on May 22, 2023.
Based on the MR OPV SIA unofficial quick count data, as of May 22, 2023, DOH CALABARZON logged a total of 798, 064 (58.68%) children aged 9-59 months have already received vaccines against measles-rubella (MR).
Laguna logged the highest accomplishment with 187,682 (68.70%), followed by Batangas with 143,458 (59.30%); Lucena with 15,313 (59.12%); Rizal with 167,954 (57.79%); Quezon with 99,837 (56.94%); Cavite 183,820 (52.05%).
For bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine (bOPV) among children aged 0-59 months in priority areas, DOH CALABARZON recorded 151,086 (51.39%) total accomplishments; Quezon topped the provinces with 11,926 (71.00%), followed by Batangas with 24,298 (64.36%); Laguna 30,645 (51.18%); Lucena 17,978 (58.87%); Rizal 43,136 (45.11%); and Cavite 23,103 (37.56%).
With 9 days left, DOH CALABARZON targets to vaccinate a total of 494, 053 children until May 31, 2023, to achieve the 95% of the total population of 1,360,123 children 9 to 59 months for the MR vaccine and 294,014 children 0 to 59 months for the OPV.
The DOH continuously encourages all parents and guardians to take their children 5 years old and below to the nearest health centers and avail the vaccines intended for them.
