The Ghana Health Service is to begin the Round two Polio Vaccination Campaign in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions from Wednesday, February 5 to Saturday, February 8, 2020.
The Round two vaccination, which the Oti Region and Central Gonja, is part is expected to vaccinate 570,864 children under 5 years.
The Bono Regional Deputy Director of Health Services, Dr. John Ekow Otoo revealed this at a News Conference in Sunyani called on well-meaning Ghanaians, particularly parents and guardians to cooperate with the Vaccination Teams as the exercise unfolds.
The GHS Round Zero campaign of the Polio vaccination was organised in six districts in the Bono region namely, Jaman North and South, Berekum Municipal, Berekum West, Banda and Tain from the 19th to 22nd December 2019 where the first case in the country was identified.
The Round One campaign was also organised from the 8th to the 11th January 2020.
In the round one campaign, a total of 579,740 children were vaccinated representing 101.6 per cent coverage. In the round one, 120,352 children were vaccinated in the Ahafo region with 235,526 and 223,862 children vaccinated in the Bono and Bono East regions respectively.
The round two campaign of the vaccination which is expected to begin from the 5th to the 8th February, 2020 is expected to vaccinate 570,864 children under 5 years.
Announcing this at a News Conference in Sunyani, the Bono Regional Capital, Sunyani, the Deputy Director of Public Health in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions, Dr John Ekow Otoo said the GHS will enhanced surveillance on Acute Flaccid Paralysis with the Inactivated Polio Vaccination campaign which would be on the 19th to 25th February 2020.
“Other activities Ghana Health Service is conducting to ensure Poliovirus is eradicated include an Enhanced Surveillance on Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP), Intensification of the routine vaccination program (Bopv&IPV), Monitoring and analysis of service data to identify poorly covered areas to conduct mop-ups and the Conduction of an Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) catch-up vaccination campaign.”
“The dates for the IPV vaccination campaign would be the 19th to 25th February, 2020. Dr Otoo assured the public that the GHS will be on ground to respond to any reactions after the immunisation exercise and called on well-meaning Ghanaians, particularly parents and guardians, to cooperate with the Vaccination Teams as the exercise unfolds.”
“The Ghana Health Service with its partners is entreating all parents and guardians as well as all well-meaning Ghanaians to cooperate with the vaccinating teams and ensure that all children less than 5 years are vaccinated.” “By so doing, we will all help kick Polio out and give our children a better future.”
Story filed by Daniel Donkor.
