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DOH, DepEd ready to vaccinate 165,000 school children in Ilocos

Published Oct 15, 2024 10:53 am

DAGUPAN CITY – The Departments of Health and Education are ready to vaccinate 165,000 school children from Grades 1 to 7 in all public schools all over the Ilocos or Region 1 under the Bakuna Eskwela immunization program.

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THE Departments of Health and Education explain the Bakuna Eskwela immunization program in a press conference in Bauang, La Union on October 14.

In a joint press conference in Bauang, La Union on Monday, October 14, DOH-1 Director Paula Paz M. Sydiongco said that there are enough vaccines to accommodate the target number of students for immunization. 

“We will be prioritizing the vaccination of students from the public schools at pagkatapos ay amin namang babakunan ang mga grade school students sa mga private schools dahil kasama sila sa mga dapat mabigyan ng proteksiyon laban sa mga vaccine-preventable diseases.” 

(We will be prioritizing the vaccination of students from the public schools after which grade school students from private schools will follow as they are included among those who should be vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases) 

Sydiongco said that the Bakuna Eskwela program is a school-based immunization program for school-aged Filipino children to protect them against vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles, rubella, diphtheria, and human papilloma virus (HPV). 

“Sa mga magulang naman ng mga batang edad 0 months old pataas ay maaring magpabakuna sa kanilang mga barangay health stations para sa kanilang routine immunization schedules.” 

(Parents can have their children aged 0-months-old up inoculated in their barangay health stations for their routine immunization schedules)

Data from the DOH-Regional Family Health Unit said the province of Pangasinan has provided measles-rubella (MR) vaccines to 5,738 students and tetanus-diphtheria (TD) vaccines to 5,730 grade school students; La Union has 2,859 students immunized for MR and 2,855 for TD; Ilocos Norte has 2,319 for MR and 2,319 for TD; and Ilocos Sur with 2,387 for MR and 2,388 for TD as of October 2024.

DepEd-1  Director Tolentino G. Aquino said they continue conducting information campaigns on vaccine-preventable diseases to reduce vaccine hesitancy among students. 

The Bakuna Eskwela implementation is guided by the DOH National Immunization Program (NIP) Department Memorandum No. 2024-250 entitled “Interim Guidelines on the Resumption of School-Based Immunization (SBI) after the Covid-19 Pandemic.” 

The program will run until next month.

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