MoPH launches vaccination campaign against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough – The Peninsula

MoPH launches vaccination campaign against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough – The Peninsula

Dr. Hamad Eid Al Rumaihi,

The Ministry of Public Health announced the launch of the annual vaccination campaign against tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough (Tdap), starting from mid-March, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the Primary Health Care Corporation.

This year, the campaign aims to vaccinate grade ten and eleven students in private and public schools in Qatar.

Dr. Hamad Eid Al Rumaihi, Director of Health Protection and Communicable Diseases Control Department at the Ministry of Public Health, said: The implementation of the annual vaccination campaign against tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough (Tdap) aims to enhance the immunity of male and female students, and the World Health Organisation recommends that the vaccination against the three diseases should be taken every 10 years as a booster dose. He clarified that this does comes within the framework of the periodic vaccination for adolescents and within the National immunization schedule in the State of Qatar.

Dr. Al Rumaihi added that Qatar does not suffer from the spread of tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, which is attributed to the high vaccination coverage. However, he emphasised that attention should be paid to the seriousness of the three diseases targeted by the vaccine, which may