Picking Up The Ball To PAUD And SD, Manokwari Regency Government Admits There Are Schools Rejecting Immunization

Children undergoing immunization in Manokwari, Papua. (Between)

PAPUA - The Manokwari Regency Government is pursuing the achievement of immunization for children aged 9 months-12 years until the end of July 2022. "Our target is 95 percent can be achieved, but if we can reach 80 percent that is enough," said Chairperson of the Family Empowerment and Welfare Movement, Febelina Indou here. Manokwari, Papua, quoted from Antara, Thursday, July 21.Febelina said that in order to achieve the immunization target, a number of teams will be mobilized to go to school both in Early Childhood Education (PAUD) and Elementary School (SD). Reports regarding the course of this immunization will be reported on July 28. "The target is still far away. There are also many obstacles, one of which is parents who do not understand that immunization is different from Covid-19 vaccination," he said. because they don't understand it. "So what we said earlier, we hope that we understand and that school principals work together actively so that our children's health rights are accepted in schools in the near future," said Febelina.

The declaration of child immunization in Manokwari has actually been running since last May but temporarily stopped because of the school holidays at the end of the even semester. School activities in Manokwari only started on July 18. During the Mass National Child Immunization Month (BIAN) at the Manokwari Women's Building Courtyard, Head of the Health Office, Alfred Bandaso, expressed hope that complete immunization could be achieved. Alfred said that the achievement of BIAN immunization as of July 18 was still rather low. Alfred hoped that there would be PKK assistance at the Posyandu so that immunization for children could run well considering that there are still parents who do not understand the difference between immunization and Covid-19 vaccination. Talking directly to parents at the Posyandu is easier than the medical team who convey the importance of immunization," explained Alfred. Alfred confirmed that school age measles immunization was hampered by the semester break. For this reason, the team immediately visited the school to catch up with the missed target. As of July 18, the catch-up immunization for the age group of 12-59 months in the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) category in Manokwari reached 1,428 from a target of 5,774, Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) 529 from a target of 8,847 and DPT-HB-Hib totaled 1,090 out of a target of 3,444 children. Measles rubella in Manokwari so far reached 3,308 out of 14,672 targets for ages 9-59 months, while ages 5-7 years reached 2,714 out of 5,985 targets and 7-12 years old reached 7,671 of the targets. 17,688 children.