Official allocation of '5 in 1' vaccine for expanded immunization

This evening, December 27, the Ministry of Health announced that the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (Ministry of Health) has sent a document to the institutes of hygiene and epidemiology, Pasteur Institutes, and disease control centers of 63 provinces and cities regarding the allocation of the "5 in 1" vaccine DPT-VGB-Hib (diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis B, and pneumonia and purulent meningitis caused by Hib bacteria) for the expanded immunization program.

490,600 doses of DPT-VGB-Hib vaccine sponsored by the Australian government to Vietnam are being distributed to provinces and cities for free vaccination for young children.

Previously, on December 16, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology received 490,600 doses of DPT-VGB-Hib vaccine sponsored by the Australian government for Vietnam through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

After receiving, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology sent samples and inspection request documents to the National Institute for Control of Vaccines and Biologicals for quality inspection before putting into use according to regulations of the Ministry of Health.

On December 26, the National Institute for Control of Vaccines and Biologicals issued a certificate of origin, qualifying the above vaccines to be put into use.

The distributed DPT-VGB-Hib vaccine has been delivered to the Institutes of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Pasteur in 4 regions including the North, South, Central and Central Highlands, ready for distribution to provinces and cities.

DPT-VGB-Hib vaccine is deployed at commune and ward health stations nationwide, providing free vaccination to children in the expanded immunization program, from the beginning of January 2024.

The vaccine will be given priority for the first injection for children aged 2-18 months; then it can be used for the second and third injections for children who have not received all three injections.

On average, each month, the expanded immunization program in our country needs about 200,000 doses of the "5 in 1" vaccine. With the number of vaccines sponsored by the Australian government, it is expected to be used for about 2 and a half months.

Previously, most localities across the country had been short of the "5 in 1" vaccine for many months, causing many children to not be able to get vaccinated on schedule, according to the expanded immunization schedule. One of the reasons for this situation was the difficulty in establishing prices for the Ministry of Health to implement vaccine procurement in the expanded immunization program.

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