The call for health centers and clinics across the public sector remains active as the plan ensures the implementation of the essential vaccination programme.
Mexicali, Baja California, September 17, 2023. – Baja California has a permanent universal vaccination program committed to maintaining vaccination coverage for newborns, girls, boys and adolescents.
Adrian Medina Amarillas, head of the entity’s Ministry of Health, mentioned that the vaccine is a protective shield for the people, which is why he emphasized its application throughout the year, adding in this strategy that targeting priority groups Intensive activities are arranged. Ages requiring priority attention.
He said supplies are available in all cities, so he invited families to ensure their daughters and sons receive these vaccines and complete the basic schedule, for which they simply need to go to the nearest health department and apply.
He pointed out that currently, the Ministry of Health and the entire health department of Baja California have BCG vaccine, meningeal tuberculosis vaccine, hepatitis B vaccine, polio vaccine, measles vaccine, rubella vaccine, mumps vaccine, diphtheria vaccine. Pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal and rotavirus.
A campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is also underway, targeting girls in the fifth, sixth and first grades of primary school, as well as children aged 11, 12 and 13 who are not in school.
As of the end of August, Baja California had administered a total of 388,406 doses of vaccines to newborns, children, adolescents and pregnant women under the universal vaccination plan.
Medina Amarillas stressed that vaccines are an effective tool to prevent diseases in girls, boys, adolescents and adults, which is why the vaccination program is permanent and free.