In the face of the current measles situation, on March 19, the Ministry of Health established 6 inspection, supervision, guidance, and direction teams for disease prevention and implementation of measles vaccination campaigns.
Team No. 1 inspected and supervised provinces and cities in the Northern region with suspected measles rash fever cases increasing or slowing down the implementation of measles vaccination in 2025.
Team No. 2 inspected and supervised provinces and cities in the Central region with suspected measles rash fever cases increasing or slowing down the implementation of the measles vaccination campaign in 2025.
Team No. 3 inspected and supervised provinces and cities in the Southern region with suspected measles rash fever cases increasing or slowing down the implementation of measles vaccination in 2025.
Team No. 4 inspected and supervised provinces and cities in the Central Highlands region with cases of suspected measles rash fever increasing or slow implementation of measles vaccination campaign in 2025.
Team No. 5 conducts surprise inspections and supervision in provinces and cities in the Northern and Central Highlands regions.
Team No. 6 conducts surprise inspections and supervision in provinces and cities in the Central and Southern regions.
On the same day, the Ministry of Health issued an urgent dispatch to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to ensure funding for measles vaccination.
The Ministry of Health requests the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to arrange enough and timely measles vaccines according to the needs of each locality.
For the measles vaccination campaign, the Ministry of Health requires proactive priority in allocating and allocating sufficient funding from local budgets for effective implementation.
Regarding the activities of the Expanded Immunization Program, the Ministry of Health emphasized the need to continue to allocate sufficient funding to ensure measles vaccination according to plan.
