The Ministry of Health received Wednesday a shipment of vaccines from the World Health Organization, funded by the European Union’s Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (Madad), to support the national immunization program.
The free-of-charge shipment of vaccines included 61,570 doses of the measles vaccine, 54,900 doses of the DTP vaccine, 308,000 doses of the polio vaccine, and 144,710 doses of the hexavalent vaccine.
Additionally, the shipment included the double viral vaccines, which are given to first-grade students, tenth-grade students and pregnant women; the DTP vaccine, given to children at the age of 18 months as a booster dose; the hexavalent vaccine, given to children in three doses at the age of two, three and four months; the measles vaccine, given to children at the age of 9 months, and the hepatitis A vaccine, given to children in two doses at the age of one years old and at a year and a half years old.
Assistant Secretary-General for Primary Health Care Affairs, Ghazi Sharkas, lauded the support, noting that it will enhance acquired immunity among the target groups.
The ministry, he pointed out, is committed to providing an adequate supply of vaccines in its warehouses to ensure their regular delivery to children, and that a comprehensive and ongoing coverage rate is obtained in implementing the national program for vaccinations.
Source: Jordan News Agency