F.P. Report
PESHAWAR. Speakers at a Rota vaccine launching ceremony, urged the parents to vaccinate their children below the age of five from Rota vaccine to prevent them from diarrhea.
The Rota vaccine launching ceremony was held on Tuesday at local hotel while on the occasion Secretary Health Abid Majeed administered children Rota vaccine to properly launch it across the province.
Those health experts shared their views about Rota vaccine were Director General (DG) Health department , Ayub Rose, Chief of field Officer Charles Nzuki, EOC Coordinator Atif Rahman while professors from leading teaching hospitals, representatives WHO, BMGF and JICA and large number of health care lady workers attended the launching ceremony.
The rota-virus vaccine is the 10th vaccine, was introduced in the routine immunization programme, administered in two oral for children of six weeks as well as 10 weeks of age. It will help to reduce diarrhea related mortality in children below age of five years. As per report of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1 million cases of diarrhea annually below five years children with thousands of dearth due to diarrhea, including 20-30 related to rota-virus. Secretary health Abid Majeed said that rota-virus vaccine would help in reduction diarrhea related mortality in the province by a significant margin. He thanked to the international development partners for providing the vaccine to reduce and safeguard children of the KP province diarrhea related diseases.
The focus of the provincial government on health sector is quite evident that the health budge has been increased from 33 billion to 67 billion rupees Moreever, the government has approved Rs64.9million for routine immunization programme through PC-1 and a number of vaccinators have been increased from 1300 to 2925, informed secretary health. Charles Nzuki on the occasion lauded the KP government for achieving the significant role to save thousands of children’s lives by including the rota-virus vaccine in the routine immunization.
About diarrhea, which is one of the world’s leading killers of children and the rota-vrus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea. The rota-virus kills about 0.2million children each year and hospitalized hundreds of thousands more.
Every child is vulnerable and rota-virus strikes everywhere, it is highly contagious and resilient, intervention that prevents other forms of diarrhea such as improvement in hygiene sanitation and drinking water, do not adequately prevents the spread of rota-virus.
Without access to treatment for the dehydration, it can cause, rota-virus can be a death sentence.
Vaccination is the best way to protect children from rota-virus. Rota-virus vaccine is already saving lives and Improvement health in the countries where they are in use, with the countries reporting swift and significant reduction in cases of severe diarrhea.
The participants, therefore, urged the media to play their role in creating awareness among the masses particularly in parents to know the threats of rota-virus, can get lives of their loved ones (Children) and make themselves bound to let their children be administered for lives and better health.
