TO ensure the success of its Periodic Intensification of Routine Immunization (PIRI) program, the City Health Office, in partnership with Relief International, conducted a coordination and orientation seminar to barangay and district health workers.
A total of 55 barangay functionaries, district health doctors, nurses, and health workers from Poblacion and Talomo Districts were invited to participate in the orientation on Monday, April 15.
Monday’s seminar is the first of the series of four seminars that aims to enjoin officials and health works in the barangay and district health centers to convince parents to have their children vaccinated.
Dr. Julinda Acosta, Head of the CHO Technical Division, said the campaign will stress on ensuring that children between 0-23 months old will receive their primary series of vaccines which is available for free in any barangay and district health centers. The primary series, she said, will help young children avoid contracting Pertussis, measles, Hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria, and influenza. The series also includes shots against polio.
