Hanoi successfully and safely implemented the first day of the measles vaccination campaign.

People actively responded to the campaign

To ensure the safety, effectiveness and quality of the campaign, the Hanoi Department of Health has established three inspection teams to evaluate the organization and implementation of the vaccination campaign in districts, towns and cities.

On the first day of the campaign, 8 districts and towns carried out vaccinations, including: Long Bien, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Hoai Duc, Son Tay, and Thach That. The remaining localities will carry out vaccinations in the following days.

People of Di Trach commune (Hoai Duc district, Hanoi ) brought their children to the medical station to get measles vaccine very early.

According to the Hanoi Department of Health, through statistical review, the whole city is expected to have about 70,000 subjects subject to vaccination, including children aged 1-5 years old living in Hanoi and medical staff at risk at medical examination and treatment facilities treating measles patients in the area who have not received enough doses of vaccination as prescribed.

On the first day Hanoi launched the measles vaccination campaign, at vaccination sites, many children of the right age were fully vaccinated by their parents.

Medical staff measure children's temperature at the vaccination site of Di Trach Commune Health Station.

According to the reporter of Kinh te & Do thi newspaper at the vaccination point of Di Trach Commune Health Station (Hoai Duc District, Hanoi), from early morning, parents lined up to bring their children to the vaccination point. To welcome people, the Health Station arranged enough seats; divided the reception area, examination and consultation, vaccination, and post-vaccination monitoring to avoid congestion.

Taking advantage of the early morning to take her 5-year-old grandson to get the measles vaccine before going to school, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Nu in Di Trach commune, Hoai Duc district said that due to the family's special circumstances, her 5-year-old grandson had not yet received a measles vaccine. Now her family is very excited that her grandson will be vaccinated for free.

The doctor examined the child before the injection.

Upon receiving the information through the school's review, Mr. Nguyen Van Son (Di Trach commune, Hoai Duc, Hanoi) also hurriedly took his 4-year-old daughter to get the measles vaccine.

“My child only received one measles vaccination in 2021. Then, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, my family did not take him to get all the vaccinations. When I learned that Hanoi was launching a free vaccination campaign for children, I took the opportunity to take my child to get vaccinated immediately to prevent the disease,” Mr. Son shared.

Di Trach Commune Health Station plans to vaccinate about 120 children who are eligible for vaccination.

Deputy Head of Di Trach Commune Health Station Nguyen Dinh Hung said that on the first day of vaccination, Di Trach Commune Health Station plans to vaccinate about 120 children who are eligible for this vaccination. Children with contraindications or who have to postpone vaccination will be arranged to receive the injection on another day when they are healthy enough.

With a staff of 9 people and 6 village health workers, the station mobilized all its human resources to serve the vaccination session; along with the human resources support of the Hoai Duc District Medical Center, an emergency team was arranged to respond to situations during the vaccination session.

Deputy Director of Hoai Duc District Health Center Hoang Thi Thanh inspected and supervised at the vaccination point of Di Trach Commune Health Center.

According to the records at the An Khanh A Kindergarten vaccination site (Van Lung, An Khanh Commune, Hoai Duc District), the organization and implementation of additional measles-rubella vaccination for children was also carefully prepared. At the vaccination site, from 6 am, parents brought their children to get free measles vaccinations. Having never had measles, Bui Bao Ngoc (3.5 years old, in An Khanh, Hoai Duc, Hanoi) was taken by her mother to get the second vaccination.

Through records, vaccination work is carried out seriously, following a one-way process.

“Local children are vaccinated safely, parents do not have to worry about the cost. This is the thoughtful care of the State and the health sector for children's health” - Ngoc's mother shared.

According to An Khanh Commune Health Station, the commune has a large number of children vaccinated this time, with 677 children. Up to 100 personnel were mobilized to support this vaccination campaign.

Children receive measles vaccine at the vaccination site of An Khanh A Kindergarten (Van Lung, An Khanh commune, Hoai Duc district).

Ensuring safe, effective and quality vaccination campaigns

Deputy Director of Hoai Duc District Health Center Hoang Thi Thanh said that on the first day of the measles vaccination campaign in Hanoi, Hoai Duc District Health Center organized mass vaccinations at 20/20 commune and town health centers and schools. About 2,500 children were vaccinated today.

“For vaccination sites with a small number of children coming for vaccination, the district health center has on-site human resources and health stations. Particularly at the An Khanh commune vaccination site with an expected number of nearly 700 children, we had to arrange up to 5 vaccination lines to support the commune; along with an emergency team to handle post-vaccination incidents on-site” - Deputy Director of Hoai Duc district health center informed.

At the vaccination site in An Khanh commune with an expected number of nearly 700 children, Hoai Duc district health center had to arrange 5 vaccination lines to support the commune.

Similarly, at Van Tu Commune Health Station (Phu Xuyen District) and Minh Cuong Commune Health Station (Thuong Tin District), from early morning, many families brought their children to be vaccinated in response to the campaign.

Through screening, Phu Xuyen district has about 1,800 subjects eligible for vaccination, of which Van Tu commune health station vaccinated 45 children. Thuong Tin district has about 1,200 subjects eligible for vaccination. Minh Cuong commune health station alone vaccinated 61 cases.

Reception, examination, consultation, vaccination, and post-vaccination monitoring are carried out seriously at vaccination sites, with reasonable arrangements and one-way procedures.

Medical staff at Minh Cuong Commune Health Station, Thuong Tin District inform families about the type of vaccine used to vaccinate children before vaccination.

Representatives of the Hanoi Department of Health assessed that in the first vaccination session, the reception, examination, consultation, vaccination, and post-vaccination monitoring were carried out seriously at the vaccination sites, arranged reasonably, safely, and according to a one-way process.

Before that, all subjects eligible for vaccination were specifically listed and fully informed of the time and place of vaccination. Medical staff participating in vaccination were instructed and retrained in technical expertise. Propaganda work was carried out with rich content and forms to each person, family and school in the area.

Post-vaccination monitoring work at the Di Trach Commune Health Station, Hoai Duc District is carried out seriously.

To ensure that children of the right age are vaccinated this time, the health sector has checked the school and the children at home through the village health team. Even for children who are transient and living in the area, the situation will be known to inform their parents to take their children for vaccination. The city's goal is not to miss any children who are eligible for vaccination.

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