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Atasi KLB Difteri, Kemenkes Lakukan Imunisasi TD di Tiga Provinsi
Reporter: Antara
Editor: Ninis Chairunnisa
Rabu, 6 Desember 2017 14:44 WIB
Google translation:
Overcome Disease Outbreak, Ministry of Health Conducts TD Immunization in Three Provinces
Reporter: Between
Editor: Ninis Chairunnisa
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 14:44 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta- The Health Ministry is scheduled to schedule TD (tetanus-diphtheria) vaccine immunization to cope with the extraordinary incidence of diphtheria in West Java, DKI Jakarta and Banten provinces. The acute disease that attacks the respiratory tract has spread in 95 districts in Indonesia throughout 2017.
Director General of Disease Prevention and Control of Ministry of Health Muhammad Subuh said immunization to respond to outbreak response immunization was conducted from December 11, 2017 simultaneously in 12 districts in three provinces. "We will do in the near future," he said at the office of Ministry of Health on Wednesday, December 6, 2017.
These districts and cities include West Jakarta Municipality, North Jakarta Municipality, Purwakarta, Karawang, Bekasi, Bekasi City, Depok City, Tangerang, Serang, Tangerang City, Serang City, and South Tangerang City.
Immunization of the diphtheria outbreak will use TD vaccine given to a one-year-old child plus an expansion until age below 19 years. "It means that until high school age we do outbreak response immunization," said Father.
Read: Jakarta and Palembang Must Be Free Diponotes Before the Asian Games
Immunization is done three times with the scheme 016. That is, immunization done on December 11, 2017, then performed one month after that is January 11, 2018, and last done again six months later. Entirely implemented within a period of 8 months.
Subuh said the reason for immunization in West Java, DKI Jakarta and Banten provinces was due to the heaviest cases of diphtheria outbreaks in the area after East Java. While East Java has already done immunization impact of outbreak in initiative without waiting for instruction from central government.
All vaccines for immunization are prepared by the central government with operational funds financed by the local government. Based on data from the Ministry of Health mentioned as many as 593 cases of diphtheria found in 95 districts in 20 provinces from January to November 2017. Of the total number of 32 cases led to death, with the percentage of deaths to 54% of cases.
Atasi KLB Difteri, Kemenkes Lakukan Imunisasi TD di Tiga Provinsi
Reporter: Antara
Editor: Ninis Chairunnisa
Rabu, 6 Desember 2017 14:44 WIB
Google translation:
Overcome Disease Outbreak, Ministry of Health Conducts TD Immunization in Three Provinces
Reporter: Between
Editor: Ninis Chairunnisa
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 14:44 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta- The Health Ministry is scheduled to schedule TD (tetanus-diphtheria) vaccine immunization to cope with the extraordinary incidence of diphtheria in West Java, DKI Jakarta and Banten provinces. The acute disease that attacks the respiratory tract has spread in 95 districts in Indonesia throughout 2017.
Director General of Disease Prevention and Control of Ministry of Health Muhammad Subuh said immunization to respond to outbreak response immunization was conducted from December 11, 2017 simultaneously in 12 districts in three provinces. "We will do in the near future," he said at the office of Ministry of Health on Wednesday, December 6, 2017.
These districts and cities include West Jakarta Municipality, North Jakarta Municipality, Purwakarta, Karawang, Bekasi, Bekasi City, Depok City, Tangerang, Serang, Tangerang City, Serang City, and South Tangerang City.
Immunization of the diphtheria outbreak will use TD vaccine given to a one-year-old child plus an expansion until age below 19 years. "It means that until high school age we do outbreak response immunization," said Father.
Read: Jakarta and Palembang Must Be Free Diponotes Before the Asian Games
Immunization is done three times with the scheme 016. That is, immunization done on December 11, 2017, then performed one month after that is January 11, 2018, and last done again six months later. Entirely implemented within a period of 8 months.
Subuh said the reason for immunization in West Java, DKI Jakarta and Banten provinces was due to the heaviest cases of diphtheria outbreaks in the area after East Java. While East Java has already done immunization impact of outbreak in initiative without waiting for instruction from central government.
All vaccines for immunization are prepared by the central government with operational funds financed by the local government. Based on data from the Ministry of Health mentioned as many as 593 cases of diphtheria found in 95 districts in 20 provinces from January to November 2017. Of the total number of 32 cases led to death, with the percentage of deaths to 54% of cases.
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