In order to protect and avoid diseases that can threaten the health of boys and girls under one year old, the Oaxaca State Health Service (SSO) will start an immunization campaign on September 11 in eight regions of the state.
The target is to vaccinate 38,273 doses of the vaccine for girls and boys, which will be delivered by 6 October in fixed and semi-fixed locations in primary care units.
For this group of people, hexavalent cell-free biologics (DPaT+vip+HB+Hib) will be distributed, which can prevent diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and influenza B in children aged 2, 4, and under 6 years old. Haemophilus and poliomyelitis..
They will also give conjugated pneumococcal vaccine to infants 2 months and 4 months old, rotavirus vaccine to infants 2 months and 4 months old, and hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
65,800 doses of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will also be administered to girls in fifth and sixth grades of primary school, girls aged 11 and 12 who are not in school or in the first year of secondary school, and 13-year-olds who are not in school.
In addition, girls in the second and third grades of secondary school who have not completed the vaccination program, 14- and 15-year-old girls who are not in school, and cisgender and transgender women aged 11 to 49 who live with their parents. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
This biologic is important in the sense that it is safe and estimated to be more than 80% effective against cervical cancer, the second leading cause of death among women in the country.
The virus, considered a sexually transmitted infection (STI), affects more than half of sexually active women and men at some point in their lives, and more than 200 genotypes have been identified.
In addition to visiting primary and secondary schools, SSO staff will be involved in this activity through permanent and semi-permanent positions.
Finally, mothers and fathers are urged to protect their daughters and sons and join this free campaign to complete their vaccination programme, as “vaccines literally save lives”.