Zacatecas, the first national site for childhood vaccinations

Results from the National Center for Children and Adolescent Health

Zacatecas – Because Gov. David Monreal Ávila’s top priority is to guarantee quality health care to the population through full compliance with these programs; today, this effort is gaining Results, thanks to the efforts of the Ministry of Health (SSZ) and other agencies in the sector, Zacatecas achieved the first place in the country in terms of vaccination of children in the first quarter of 2023.

José Luis Díaz Ortega, director of the National Center for Child and Adolescent Health (CENSIA), sent the agency’s review of the Mexican government’s current nationwide childhood vaccination program measurement results. territory.

The state of Zacatecas achieved 99% coverage of the BCG vaccine for boys and girls under 1 year of age, the same rate as the hexavalent vaccine, which protects infants against diphtheria, whooping cough, hepatitis B and Attacks of tetanus, polio, pneumonia and meningitis.

Likewise, the state achieved 99 percent of its rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccination targets in the second dose; and 99.4 percent of its hexavalent vaccine for 1-year-old girls and boys.

Other vaccines in the program include the SRP vaccine against measles, rubella and mumps, and the DPT against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus, which have also reached 99 per cent coverage.