Ministry of Health is planning three rounds of immunization of children against polio in Ukraine
Ministry of Health plans to conduct three rounds of immunization nationally using oral polivaktsyny (OPV) to all children under six years, regardless of whether they have been immunized against polio before. In the third round is planned to immunize children under 10 years. This decision established the Ministry of Health of command for response to polio outbreak in Ukraine, based on the recommendations of WHO, announced during a press conference, Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine Igor Perehinets. "At no new cases of polio detected in Ukraine, but the situation remains dangerous. Given thatthat the number of mutations in the virus, which was discovered in children in the Transcarpathian region, indicates that the virus could circulate in Ukraine over the past 2 years and due to low immunization against polio, we have to take drastic and very operational measures to counter the spread of disease . I emphasize that it is no longer routine imution, a response to an outbreak, "- said I. Perehinets. According to him, the first round will be conducted in stages: from Transcarpathian region and adjacent Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk region, and within two weeks should be covered throughout Ukraine. Immunization should be aimed at covering 95% of children. All regional health managementHealth will receive the vaccine and emergency immunization plan approved with explanations, to have the means and information to complete the necessary steps in the fight against polio in Ukraine. "The vaccine, which is now in warehouses SE" Ukrvaktsina "Health of Ukraine should be rozvezena the regions from next week. However, until such time as the wonand get to hospitals, we recall - regions with another 60 thousand. residues doses of polio vaccine that can and should be used ", - said I. Perehinets. Also, OPV vaccine, which Ukraine has received as humanitarian aid from UNICEF funded the Canadian government, and that will rozvezena the regions for large-scaleth is National Immunization quality and safety. This was stressed by participants of the press conference held in the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Deputy Health Minister Igor Perehinets, representative of the WHO Country Office in Ukraine Dorit Nitsan, the representative of UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine Dragoslav Popovich and chief freelance children's immunologist m. Kyiv Fedor Lapminutes. This was reported in Zhytomyr Regional State AdministrationSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/