Polio immunization in W. Jakarta

Polio immunization in W. Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): The West Jakarta mayoralty is determined to make
the government's polio eradication program a success by
conducting en masse immunizations, an official said yesterday.

Kholik Masulilik, head of the mayoralty's health office, said
5,000 personnel had been assigned to immunize the 181,000
children under five in West Jakarta.

The government has designated Sept. 13 and Oct. 18 as national
immunization days. The massive polio immunization scheme is part
of the World Health Organization's effort entitled World Free of
Polio by the year 2,000.

On the day, each child will be given two oral polio
immunization drops at immunization posts in hospitals, public
health centers, playgrounds, bus and railway stations, and even
markets.

Kholik called on parents to take children under five to the
nearest post.(29)