AMMAN — In an interview on Wednesday, September 13, the
secretary-general Epidemics at the
Ministry of Health, Raed Shboul, said that
the Ministry had launched a nationwide vaccination campaign a month ago, which
is being carried out in several stages. The first stage targets individuals who
are either completely unvaccinated, partially vaccinated, or who frequently
move within their residence, while the following stages will focus on
vaccinating schools, care homes, nurseries, shelters, and reform and
rehabilitation centers.
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The first phase, which aimed to vaccinate about 120,000
people, has already successfully vaccinated 95 percent of them, he added in his
interview with Jordan News Agency, Petra.
He explained that the vaccines, provided for free for
children of all nationalities, are approved by
international health institutions and national medical committees and used worldwide.
History of the vaccination program
Since its inception in 1979, the national vaccination
program has successfully reduced the incidence and spread of diseases in the
Kingdom and lowered the rate of diseases and deaths among children, noted
Shboul.
Jordan has accomplished numerous feats thanks to its
implementation of this program, with the most notable being the cessation of
transmission of the oral polio virus since 1992, the eradication of neonatal
tetanus since 1995, and the management of other
diseases that are transmitted,
such as measles and rubella, he added.
Sights on the future
Shboul said that the ministry introduced more
vaccines to
provide better protection for children in recent years, such as the rotavirus
and hepatitis A vaccines, and seeks to also include the pneumococcal vaccine
and the chickenpox vaccine in the national vaccination program.
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