A total of 3,527 students have been vaccinated as part of this year’s Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (TdaP) vaccination campaign by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).
The Ministry recently announced the annual campaign to vaccinate 10 graders in private and public schools against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis diseases.
Vaccination at private schools by trained medical teams from the Ministry will continue until early next week. At Independent schools, medical teams from the Primary Healthcare Corporation will start vaccinating students from March 12 to March 16. The campaign against tetanus ,diphtheria and pertussis diseases is organised by the MoPH’s vaccination section, which represents the Health Protection and Communicable Diseases Control Department for the seventh year in collaboration with the PHCC and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The campaign is aimed at the grade ten students (first secondary). These three diseases targeted by vaccination are considered dangerous that may cause death or disability in young adults.
Health protection and Communicable Diseases Control Department at the MoPH has also urged parents to take the opportunity and give consent to vaccinate the children as it has a major impact on their health protection and prevention of serious diseases.
