Zahedan University of Medical Sciences

Zahedan University of Medical Sciences begins polio vaccination campaign

Reportfrom : ZAUMS Communicable Diseases Control Department

Published on: 1 March 2018

Zahedan University of Medical Sciences with support from Iran’s Ministry of Health launched a one week oral polio vaccination campaign in February 2018, targeting 260303 children under 5 years of age in 8 districts covered by ZAUMS PHC network. This target population included a total of 20787 non-Iranian children under 5 years of age.

Islamic Republic of  Iran has been polio free since December 2000, when the last case of polio was reported from Chabahar district in Sistan and Blouchestan Province. Given the fact that Sistan Balouchestan has a long common border with Pakistan and Afghanistan, two of three polio-endemic countries in the world, it is imperative that all children under 5 years of age in this province, whether previously immunized or not, receive 2 drops of oral polio vaccine to prevent the circulation of the wild polio virus in the region. All families in the region has been urged to get their children vaccinated to protect them against this dangerous disease.

The campaign will be conducted in 2 rounds through house-to-house visits by  more than 1500 vaccination teams, including healthcare workers and Community Health Volunteers. The first and second round will involve the use of oral polio vaccine for children under 5 years of age.

This campaign has been carefully planned to make sure that all children across the province, particularly those living in areas with population movements across the border are reached.

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