Central Java Completes 90 Percent of its Immunization Program

Thursday, 19 March, 2009 | 19:00 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Semarang:Central Java Health Services chief, Hartanto, said the vaccination programs in Central Java has been 90 percent completed since the National Immunization Week began in 2005. “We hope the program can be 100 percent implemented this year,” he said yesterday.

According to Hartanto, the government had covered the numbers targeted by the Universal Child Immunization program when it first launched the program in 1990. There was a serious epidemic of polio in Indonesia-- including Central Java– in 2005. To prevent contamination, the National Immunization Week was held five times in 2005 and in 2006.

To support the five basic immunization program for children in 2007 – 2009, UNICEF is organizing the Millennium Challenge Corporation/Immunization Project in seven provinces, including Central Java.

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