Bulacan intensifies anti-measles drive
March 5, 2010 12:58 pm
MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, March 5 — The provincial health office has intensified its province-wide vaccination against measles to prevent the occurrence and spread of the disease during summer season.
Dra. Jocelyn Gomez, head of Bulacan's Public Health Office (PHO), said a number of health teams have been mobilized to roam around the 569 barangays in the province for a wider coverage of the anti-measles vaccination.
Gomez said that amid the measles outbreaks declared in other parts of the country, there were no significant cases of measles reported in the province.
Record from the DOH regional office showed that there are 48 cases of measles reported in Bulacan.
Gomez urged parents to submit their children to free anti-measles vaccination in their respective rural health units or barangay health centers.
She said that although regular immunization for measles has been available at health centers for years, many fail to take advantage of this service.
Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus. It is easily and very rapidly transmitted through air or direct contact, she said.
She also said that measles may cause a patient complications such as diarrhea, bronchitis, convulsion, meningitis, among others.
Last year, PHO has provided free anti-measles vaccination to some 69,954 children nine months to one year old. (PNA)
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