The Department of Health in Western Visayas achieved 60.37 percent accomplishment for measles-rubella vaccination coverage and 59.14 for oral polio vaccines as of Sunday, DOH Regional Director Emilia Monicimpo said today, February 15.
Negros Occidental was ranked fourth and Bacolod City sixth in vaccination accomplishments in the region, the DOH data also showed.
The accomplishment figures are based on the first two weeks of the Measles-Rubella Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Activity (MR OPV SIA) of the DOH in Western Visayas.
This translates to 399,017 children aged nine to 59 month old already vaccinate with measles-rubella out of the regional target of 660,406, Monicimpo said.
She also said 457,734 out of the regional target of 770,279 children aged 0-59 months old have received polio vaccines.
Western Visayas was the second highest among the MR OPV SIA Phase 2 regions in terms of vaccine coverage as of February 14, next to Central Luzon, Monicimpo added.
In WV, Iloilo province topped the measles-rubella immunization coverage at 74.96 percent, followed by Guimaras with 72 percent, Capiz – 58.75 percent, Negros Occidental – 57.54 percent, Antique – 54.50 percent, Bacolod City – 51.60 percent, Aklan – 49.25 percent and Iloilo City – 47.66 percent.
Guimaras topped the oral polio vaccine coverage at 74.35 percent, followed by Iloilo province at 72.83 percent, Capiz – 57.43 percent, Negros Occidental – 56.26 percent, Antique – 53.87 percent, Bacolod City – 49.76 percent, Aklan – 49.30 percent and Iloilo City – 47.52 percent.
The DOH goal is to ensure no eligible child is left unvaccinated, Monicimpo said, adding that they are administered for free and have long been proven to be safe and effective.
MR OPV SIA will be conducted up to the end of February.*