The director of the Ministry of Public Health vaccination program, Zacarias Garip, announced that during Friday and Saturday’s campaign more than 732,000 children were vaccinated nationwide. Teams applied pentavalente vaccine against five major childhood killer diseases, namely diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis and influenza hemophilius.
He explained that vaccination teams reached remote and inaccessible areas in the provinces, where parents often neglect to vaccinate their children.
The teams expect to meet their target of 1,033,780 children under the age of five. The government has invested RD$47 million in the effort.
The vaccinations are available free of charge all year round at fixed vaccination points in the Dominican Republic.