The health directorate in Egypt’s Dakahlia governorate says its teams vaccinated 1.2 million children in the national measles and rubella campaign, reaching 100.5% of the target.
The campaign follows directives from Health and Population Minister Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and Dakahlia Governor Maj. Gen. Tarek Marzouk to raise preventive vaccination coverage among children.
Dr Hamouda Eid El-Gazzar, the health ministry’s undersecretary in Dakahlia, said vaccination continues at the main health offices across the governorate’s districts for children who have not yet received their doses, and urged parents to take them there.
El-Gazzar ordered that outstanding health departments, nursing teams and health inspectors be honoured, praising the directorate’s preventive medicine department and the supervisory teams involved.
Measles is among the fastest-spreading viral diseases in children, and full routine vaccination provides strong protection against it and its complications, according to World Health Organization recommendations.
Source: Al-Ahram Gate, Dakahlia Health Directorate
