Tehran – The Ministry of Health will begin distributing domestically-made 5 vaccines nationwide on Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.
The Pentavalent vaccine is a combination vaccine with five individual vaccines combined into one. Protects infants from Diphtheria, Tetanus, WHOPING COUGH, Hepatitis B, and Haemophilus Influenzae B.
“The distribution of the first shipments of locally made five-inch combined vaccines will officially begin nationwide tomorrow and Tuesday,” Irna cited Mehdi Pir-Salehi.
“Around 800,000 vaccines have been developed so far, and this number is expected to reach 1.2 million in the next two to three days,” he said.
The official continued, “The main objective is to provide and improve timely access to vaccines to fully cover the national vaccination programme. The Food and Drug Administration will manage and monitor the supply and distribution process 24 hours a day.”
The Pentavalent vaccine was integrated into the national vaccination program in November 2014. According to the National Vaccination Program, each child is required to receive the pentagonal vaccine three times at two-month intervals. The first is usually the end of the second month of your life.
Recent vaccination programs
In line with the winter-kicked-off polio eradication campaign, roughly 300,000 children under the age of five are vaccinated in two stages in high-risk regions in the northern half of the spring country, according to the Ministry of Health.
Polio is a highly infectious viral disease that has a major impact on children under the age of 5. The virus is spread primarily through oral fecal routes or by common vehicles (such as contaminated water or food), and grows in the intestines that can invade the nervous system and cause paralysis.
It can be prevented through vaccinations. The development of effective vaccines to prevent paralytic polio was one of the major medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Polio vaccines have been given many times and most often provide lifelong protection for children.
In the current year of Iran, which began on March 20th, the first phase will be held from April 12th to 14th, and the second phase will be held from June 17th to 19th, the Ministry of Health reported.
The polio eradication camp is one of the amazing achievements of the Ministry of Health. Supplemental vaccination campaigns to eradicate polio in Iran began in 1994. Thanks to the campaign, the country has been polio-free since 2000.
However, endemic transmission of wild polioviruses remains common in two Iranian neighbours, namely Afghanistan and Pakistan. In 2024, the number of poliovirus positive tests in the wild in Afghanistan and Pakistan increased four and 12 times, respectively, compared to 2023.
In the past Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20th, the annual door-to-door polio vaccination campaign was held in two stages to prevent the outbreak of disease in the country.
The first phase was held from January 4th to 6th, and the second phase began on February 15th and ended on February 17th. During the campaign, approximately 840,000 Iranian and foreign children under the age of five were immunized by the medical colleges of Cistan Balchestan, Kelman, Faazu, Hormozgan, Bushel, Yazdded Cistan Balchestan, Hormozgan and Hormozgan.
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