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Ilocos Norte joins massive immunization campaign

By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter

Laoag City—Responding to the national government’s call to vaccinate all children aged 5 years old and below against measles, rubella and polio, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) has already started reaching out to Ilocano families here to have their children immunized for free.

Targeting a total of 147, 878 children in the entire province of Ilocos Norte, Dr. Artemio Gambalan, acting provincial health officer, said “Regardless of the previous immunization status, 68,024 children nine months to below five years old will get a dose of German measles vaccine while each of the 79,854 children zero to below five years old will get two drops of oral polio vaccine.”

For the whole month of September, Dr. Gambalan urged mothers, fathers and families here to bring their children for immunization at the nearest health centers.

The Ilocos Norte government likewise tapped local media practitioners in the province to boost the information dissemination campaign and instill public awareness on the value of this program.

Targeting a 100 percent coverage of all children at risk of contracting these diseases, Dr. Gambalan hopes that there will be “no missed child” in Ilocos Norte.

“Together we can help in this noble task of protecting our children from the risk of being afflicted with measles and polio,” he added.


In the Philippines, about 11 million to 13 million people are at risk from measles, polio and rubella, according to the Department of Health.

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