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School children deworming, immunization set
- Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2015/07/19/school-children-deworming-immunization-set-419809
- Sunday, July 19, 2015
- By Bong Garcia
THE Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), is conducting deworming and immunization of public school children in Zamboanga Peninsula.
Dr. Joshua Brillantes, DOH regional office’ local health support division chief, said the deworming is scheduled to be held during the National School Deworming Day on July 29, while the school-based immunization starts on August 3 and will be completed in 20 days.
Brillantes said the targets for the deworming are public school children enrolled in Kindergarten I to Grade VI aged five to 12 years old.
They are targeting to deworm 658,018 school children from pre-school to Grade 6 in the entire region, said Brillantes.
He said that 145,819 of 658,018 school children are enrolled in Zamboanga City, while the rest are in the provinces of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay.
The DOH is also targeting to immunize 102,419 Grade I pupils and 62,516 Grade VII students for the school-based immunization in the entire region.
Brillantes said the Grade I pupils will be immunized for measles and tetanus diphtheria vaccines, while measles rubella and tetanus diphtheria vaccines for Grade VII students.
He added that 20,212 Grade 4 students under the Zamboanga del Sur Schools Division Office and 4,352 of the Pagadian City Schools Division Office will also be immunized with human papillomavirus vaccines.