2023-12-28 06:41:17
Department of Disease Control reveals NHSO approves ‘cell-free pertussis vaccine’ to receive gold card benefits. Indicating that the outbreak situation is stable Afraid to spread into new areas
On December 28, Dr. Thongchai Keeratihatthayakorn Acting Director-General of the Department of Disease Control said that at the meeting of the National Communicable Disease Committee No. 7/2023 on December 27, Dr. Chonnan Srikaew, Minister of Public Health (Ministry of Public Health), had Monitoring the situation of the whooping cough outbreak Especially in the three southern border provinces where the outbreak is at an increasing rate. By Her Royal Highness Princess Kanithathirachao Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn His Majesty is concerned about the whooping cough situation in areas where there is a significant outbreak.
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“Whooping cough is not a nationwide outbreak. But it is a disease that should not have an outbreak. Because it is a disease that can be prevented with a vaccine. The outbreak occurred because of low vaccine coverage in the area. which Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn He took great interest in this matter. And there is concern in the outbreak situation due to high infection and death among young children,” Dr. Thongchai said. Current outbreak situation of whooping cough Still stable But there is concern that there will be outbreaks in new areas. Therefore, we must speed up disease control in outbreak areas and have more vaccine coverage.
Dr. Thongchai added that Guidelines for caring for and controlling outbreaks of whooping cough The Department of Disease Control will emphasize on the issue of vaccination to have more coverage. Not long ago, the Department made a request to the National Health Security Office (NHSO) to support the acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine for pregnant women. To send immunity to newborns or those who want to stimulate the immune system. per whooping cough alone Because in the past the aP vaccination was administered to control whooping cough, the vaccine was procured by the Department itself. NHSO recently received a letter acknowledging that they had added pertussis vaccine for pregnant women to the collateral benefit package. national health This is part of making disease control more complete.
“Cell-free vaccines were previously not included in the benefits package. Because in the past it was a combined vaccination for 3 diseases: diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough. But this vaccine is a pertussis injection only,” Dr. Thongchai said.
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When asked how the Department of Disease Control will cooperate with other agencies at this time. Dr. Thongchai said The Office of Disease Prevention and Control 12, Songkhla Province, together with the Provincial Public Health Office Has coordinated with the Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) because many Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospitals (SAOs) have already been transferred to the Provincial Administrative Organization, for example in Pattani, they have been transferred everywhere. The Ministry of Public Health also has a plan to analyze the data after the transfer on the issue of cooperation in disease prevention and control. which when there is this issue of whooping cough It is considered a good thing to collect data to measure whether there are any positive or negative effects after the transfer.
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