Maintain full vaccination rate of more than 90%

Vaccination targets in the Expanded Immunization Program include: The rate of full vaccination of all vaccines for children under one year old (tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis B, Hib, oral polio, measles) reaches 90% or more; the rate of tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccination for 7-year-old children, pneumococcal vaccine in the deployment area reaches more than 90%, the measles-rubella vaccine alone sets a vaccination target of 95% or more.

The Expanded Immunization Program sets the following disease surveillance targets: No wild polio virus, 100% of districts nationwide achieve the goal of eliminating neonatal tetanus...

To achieve the set goals, the Expanded Immunization Program recommends that localities maintain regular vaccination and achieve vaccination progress; review subjects, plan to implement catch-up and catch-up vaccination to achieve the 2024 goals, paying attention to industrial zones, urban areas and hard-to-reach areas.

Continue to deploy Td vaccine (tetanus-diphtheria) for 7-year-old children nationwide; deploy Rota vaccine in areas approved by the Ministry of Health ... At the same time, deploy medical history review and vaccination for children entering preschool and primary school.

Monitoring measles vaccination for children in Long Bien ( Hanoi ).

Notably, in the coming time, there will be changes in administrative units at the provincial, district and commune levels, so localities need to maintain regular vaccination work as well as campaigns...

Professor, Dr. Phan Trong Lan, Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said that the vaccination system is unique and requires strict supervision from production, distribution to vaccine use. Even if the organizational model changes, localities must still ensure the cold chain and the progress of vaccination implementation according to schedule.

By 2024, the whole country will have more than 1.25 million children under one year old fully vaccinated, reaching a rate of 96.3%, exceeding the set plan (from 90%).

However, the progress of vaccination of some types of vaccines has not yet met the requirements, especially in the group of young children and children over one year old. In the group of children under one year old, the vaccination rate of hepatitis B vaccine for infants, oral polio and injectable polio has not met the requirements. In the group of children over one year old, the progress of regular vaccination of DPT4 vaccine (diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus) reached 78.6%...

With the Rotavirus Diarrhea Vaccine, deployed since December 2024 in some localities, more than 156 thousand doses have been used to date, with no serious reactions recorded, only some mild reactions such as vomiting, mild fever, and diarrhea. This vaccine will continue to expand in 2025 and is expected to be deployed nationwide in 2026.

In 2025 and 2026, 1-2 more vaccines will be added to the vaccination schedule in the Expanded Immunization Program to prevent diseases in children.

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