MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 28 (PIA) --- The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) here in the province is urging parents to have their children immunized against measles in any government health center.
The call was made by IPHO chief Dr. Alinader Minalang after the province registered 118 measles cases from January to July, this year.
The measles cases are quite alarming but parents have no excuse not to let their children be immunized because we have walk-in barangay health centers in every municipality, Minalang said.
He said vaccination is a regular program wherein parents can go any day at any government health center.
Minalang further gave assurance that they have enough supply of measles vaccines.
“We never had shortage of vaccines,” he said.
Measles is a viral infection. According to Minalang, the infected one cannot sometimes tell whether he is already infected not until the rashes appear.
“Measles is also very contagious four days before the rashes appear and four days after the rashes has gone that is why immunization is the best prevention,” he further said.
Meanwhile, the IPHO is intensifying its information drive to prevent the spread of the disease.
Minalang said they are regularly conducting information dissemination through text brigade and airing of radio plugs.
IPHO also holds measles control and prevention meeting in municipalities and conducts mass immunization of children in the affected barangays.
Minalang said they also conduct prompt investigation of reported cases and provide Vitamin A and supportive medicines to measles cases. (APB with report from Johaniah N. Yusoph/PIA-10)
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