Continue to deploy IPV vaccine dose 1 and dose 2 in EPI in 2023

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The Ministry of Health has just issued the operational plan of the project to Support the implementation of Polio Vaccination (IPV) in the expanded immunization program in 2023, funded by GAVI as a non-refundable aid.

According to the plan, localities will continue to deploy the first and second doses of IPV vaccine in the Expanded Immunization Program (EPI) in 2023.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has requested the Institutes of Hygiene and Epidemiology/Pasteur and the Departments of Health of provinces and cities to review and propose the need for IPV vaccine so that in the second quarter of 2023, additional vaccinations can be implemented for children who have not received 2 doses of polio vaccine. The cases to be vaccinated are children born in 2021 and 2022.

Risk of polio cases due to genetically modified virus photo 1

Vaccination for children. Photo: Ngoc Duong

More than 3.1 million doses of vaccines have been donated by GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization). Vaccination supplies including syringes and safety boxes have been distributed to the provinces.

Previously, in 2021 - 2022, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing, many localities had to temporarily suspend regular vaccination, leading to the lowest vaccination rate for many types of vaccines in the past 20 years.

Of which, the rate of taking bOPV (oral polio vaccine) and IPV injection in 2021 only reached 69.4% and 80.4%; in 2022 it reached 70.1% and 89.2%; the rate of injecting the second dose of IPV reached 73%, leading to a decrease in the demand for these vaccines compared to the plan, increasing the amount of IPV vaccine inventory at all levels.

In the context of low global polio vaccination rates due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the world has recorded cases of wild polio virus spreading from endemic countries to polio-free countries.

At its November 2022 meeting, the WHO Western Pacific Regional Committee for Polio Eradication Verification (Committee) classified Vietnam from the group of low-risk countries to the group of countries at high risk of wild polio or the emergence of polio cases caused by genetically modified viruses. The Committee recommended that Vietnam urgently restore the vaccination rate of vaccines in the EPI program (Ministry of Health), especially polio, measles, and rubella vaccines, and at the same time carry out activities of catch-up vaccination and supplementary vaccination for subjects in high-risk areas.

Original article link: https://thanhnien.vn/nguy-co-xuat-hien-cac-ca-bai-liet-do-vi-rut-bien-doi-di-truyen-185230411221918164.htm

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