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Solopos.com, KARANGANYAR — Village or sub-district level health workers in Karanganyar continue to do so sweep Children who have not received polio vaccination.
Karanganyar Health Service (Dinkes) recorded National Immunization Sub-Week (Sub-PIN) compliance against polio reaching 98 percent. The remaining two percent of children did not receive polio vaccination for several reasons.
Karanganyar Health Department Director Purwati said there are still several community health centers that have not completed the first stage of polio vaccination.
The health department still does it sweep Involving health workers in their respective areas through direct visits to vaccination targets.
The health department still does it sweep Involving health workers in their respective areas through direct visits to vaccination targets.
Sweep Conducted for children who have not received vaccinations for various reasons such as fever, diarrhea or absenteeism.
“We remain committed to increasing the number of polio vaccination successes. “There are still a number of health centers that have not yet reached 95 percent,” he told reporters on Tuesday (01/23/2024).
Polio vaccination refusals are highest in Tawangmangu and Jatiyoso areas. Currently, his party is still investigating whether residents who refuse the vaccination are from Karanganyar or not.
“At the moment we are still busy mapping. “We don’t know yet whether they are all residents of Karanganyar or not,” he said.
Meanwhile, Head of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) Department of Karanganyar Health Service, Warsito said that the National Polio Immunization Week (PIN) was held twice in Karanganyar.
The first phase will begin from January 15 to 20 and the second phase from February 19 to 25, 2024. The target number is 95,824 children in Karanganyar district.
Warsito said that the polio vaccination is done to immunize the child’s body against polio.
Especially for children aged 0 to 7 years and 11 months. The health department is also introducing a system to increase vaccination success door to door to different areas in Karanganyar.
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