JORDAN, Guimaras – Of this municipality’s 14 barangays, seven managed to achieve over a hundred percent coverage in measles-rubella oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activity (MR OPV SIA).
The seven barangays were Balcon Maravilla, Alaguisoc, Balcon Melliza, Morobuan, Espinosa, Lawi, and Buluangan.
According to Mayor Ruben Corpuz, the town’s Rural Health Unit (RHU) is formulating a strategic plan so that the seven other villages would also be able to improve their MR OPV SIA. These barangays were Bugnay, Hoskyn, Rizal, Sinapsapan, Poblacion, San Miguel, and Santa Teresa.
The MR OPV SIA targets children from zero to 59 months old.
Corpuz appealed for the cooperation of all Jordan residents, particularly the parents and barangay officials.
The MR OPV SIA will only be until March 7.
Measles is a childhood infection caused by a virus. It can be serious and even fatal for small children.
Measles’ signs and symptoms appear around 10 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. These include fever, dry cough, runny nose, sore throat, inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis), tiny white spots with bluish-white centers on a red background found inside the mouth on the inner lining of the cheek — also called Koplik’s spots – and a skin rash made up of large, flat blotches that often flow into one another.
Rubella is a contagious viral infection best known by its distinctive red rash. While this infection may cause mild symptoms or even no symptoms in most people, it can cause serious problems for unborn babies whose mothers become infected during pregnancy.
Rubella isn’t the same as measles but the two illnesses share some symptoms, including the red rash. It is caused by a different virus than measles, and rubella isn’t as infectious or as severe as measles.
Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disabling disease caused by the poliovirus. Its most severe form causes nerve injury leading to paralysis, difficulty breathing and sometimes death.
Signs and symptoms, which can last up to 10 days, include fever, sore throat, headache, vomiting, fatigue, back pain or stiffness, neck pain or stiffness, pain or stiffness in the arms or legs, and muscle weakness or tenderness./PN
