The Government of Southern Sudan has begun vaccinating indigenous people, teachers from public and private schools, people with disabilities, and people with comorbidities against influenza. The new audiences are part of the fifth phase of the campaign, which already included health professionals, the elderly, children from 6 months to under 5 years old, pregnant women and postpartum women.
The campaign goal is to vaccinate 90% of the target audience, and so far, only 40% have been vaccinated, with just over 5.1 million people vaccinated. In some audiences, coverage is less than 20%. All groups that are part of the campaign should look for immunization flyers.
Even with doses available since March 27, only 357,400 doses have been administered to children (13.5% of vaccine coverage), 24,700 to pregnant women (6%), 535,800 to health professionals (34.5%), 3.6 thousand to postpartum women (5.3%) and 4.1 million in the elderly (45.1%).
“It is essential that priority groups look for vaccination centers to take a dose of the influenza vaccine. With lower temperatures, influenza can develop into more severe cases, so it is essential that everyone attend the posts to be vaccinated,” says the Director of Immunization in the Secretariat, Nuba Araujo.
The final stage begins on May 16, reaching professionals from the security and rescue forces, the armed forces, prison system personnel, truck drivers, workers in mass road transport for urban and long-distance travelers, port workers and residents deprived of liberty, adolescents and youth under socio-educational measures .
Butantan’s trivalent and national influenza vaccine is 100%, consisting of H1N1 viruses, strain B and H3N2 of the Darwin subtype, which caused the outbreak at the end of last year.
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Source: SES / SP
