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Kupang (AntaraNews NTT) – The health office in Kupang City has said that residents of East Nusa Tenggara, especially in Kupang City, still do not think that vaccination is a necessity for children.
"Until now, from what we see, people do not think that vaccination is important because they think it's important and become a necessity, people will definitely know, "said the Kupang City Health Prevention and Eradication Section. Enter in Kupang, Thursday (28/6).
This was pbaded on when the city's enthusiastic community was asked to obtain a good vaccination against measles and other vaccines.
He pointed to measles vaccination in Kupang City, for example, in 2011, the city government had issued a letter of extraordinary events (KLB) because of the measles virus. Approximately 113 children under the age of five living with the measles virus have spread to the provincial capital.
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Health workers also have difficulty finding vaccines, even our agents have trouble finding preventive vaccines, so the community, especially mothers and their children, must take the initiative to get vaccinated, he added.
He also pointed out in the city of Yogyakarta, for example, that health workers were no longer coming into the community to vaccinate against measles or other vaccines.
"But the people who come to tell their children are not vaccinated, which means that the people of the city are aware that vaccination is a necessity," he said.
He added that the immunization program will be included in the school entry requirements for children so that the public is aware that vaccination is important and needs children.
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