The Ministry of Public Health has announced that they will be working on three key elements to make the Expanded Immunizations Program (PAI) more efficient so that it provides the best possible protection to Dominican families with the necessary vaccinations given at the correct time.
In a press release the PAI explained that the first step is to improve the measures of control at airports and ports throughout the country to prevent those with diseases from entering, especially as the country has millions of tourists arriving each year.
PAI director, Zacarías Garib Arbaje held a meeting with those in charge of the vaccination program throughout the country when the performance over the past year was evaluated and he unveiled the strategy to improve the coverage and to monitor and control epidemics.
He said that the PAI will be introducing new vaccines such as the human papillomavirus vaccine, injectable polio, influenza vaccine and others that can be applied at older ages when previously they were just for the infant population.
He said that even though vaccines are available at the more than 1,300 vaccination centers nationwide, the coverage was not total as parents did not remember to get booster shots for their children.
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Diario Libre
14 February 2018
