Need a helicopter for mass vaccination in the Outback of Nduga

"There are 12 districts that can only be reached by air and 9 districts by helicopter, if that is done, then we believe that the Nduga vaccination can reach 100 percent," said the head of the Nduga District Health Authority, Ina Gwijangge, Wamena, Wednesday (11/7).

He confessed to date that children in the district had never been vaccinated against measles and rubella. The vaccinations given up to now are limited to the basic vaccination, even if all the children of Nduga can not be reached.

"We need all-party support for this government program, although there is still no case of measles and rubella in Nduga, the last case found in Nduga is whooping cough, "he said.

Ina added that rubella is a type of immunization that serves to protect the body from two diseases at once, namely measles (measles) and measles in Germany (rubella) .The rubella vaccine is a national program aimed at preventing chickenpox cases as it did in Papua New Guinea.

"For the implementation of activities will have place in August and combing children aged 9-15. We continue to campaign for this vaccination because it is a mbad vaccination for the local community, "he explained.

Usually a trip to the interior Nduga's helicopter or chartered plane is valued at 20 million rupiahs in a single trip. "So if charter plane or helicopter, back and forth, stay multiplied only," said an officer at Wamena Airport.