A region with positive patients who trigger outbreaks
JawaPos.com – The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) found polio virus in the faeces of three children in Pidie district, Aceh. Previously, a child in the same district tested positive for polio and Indonesia declared a polio extraordinary event (KLB).
The head of the WUS Immunization Working Team, PD3I Surveillance and KIPI Directorate of Immunization Management at the Ministry of Health Endang Budi Hastuti in Jakarta yesterday (11/25) stressed that although the virus was found in stool samples, the three children they had not tested positive for polio.
Because their condition doesn’t experience fulminant paralysis like people with polio in general.
Endang also revealed the vaccination story of the three children. Two new children received oral polio vaccine (OPV). Meanwhile, another child never received the polio vaccine.
There are two types of polio vaccine namely OPV and inactive polio vaccine (IPV). “Two children aged 1 year and 11 months and a 5 year old have incomplete vaccination status,” she said.
A Clean Healthy Lifestyle (PHBS) is one way to avoid polio, aside from vaccines, of course. Unfortunately, the survey team found that the three children were not applying PHBS.
The parents of a 1 year 11 month old still use disposable diapers and throw them in the river. Meanwhile, a 5-year-old boy defecates in a public toilet or in the garden in front of his house.
The three children are still in the same area with a 7-year-old patient who has been declared polio. The survey was conducted to target children in the environment around polio patients. “The goal is to identify transmission in the immediate environment in the community or community,” she explained.
A case of polio was reported in the Pidie district in early November. Then, an epidemiological search was carried out around the location of the poliomyelitis case through the examination of the feces of 19 healthy children and no contact with cases under the age of 5 years.
This was done to assess whether transmission had occurred in the community. “From the test results of 19 children, 3 children tested positive for the polio virus,” said Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Mohammad Syahril.
However, according to WHO guidelines, the three children were not included in the case criteria because they did not meet the criteria for sudden flaccid paralysis. Monitoring continues. This includes door-to-door screening to ensure there are no additional cases of paralysis that have not been reported.
Poliomyelitis disease is very dangerous for children. Because the impact is permanent for life, resulting in paralysis and there is no cure. However, this condition can be easily prevented through comprehensive immunization against poliomyelitis, either OPV intravenous immunization or IPV injection immunization. “Therefore, we must protect the future of our children by providing comprehensive immunization against polio,” Syahril said.
