THE City Health Office is set to immunize 55,296 children in its School-Based Immunization (SBI) program that started on Wednesday, August 22, in Zamboanga City.

Corazon Pagotaisidro, immunization program coordinator of the City Health Office, those who will be immunized are children enrolled in Grades 1, 4, and 7 in different public schools.

Pagotaisidro said the immunization of school children ends on the first week of September, this year.

Pagotaisidro said to be immunized are as follows: 21,387 pupils in Grade 1; 9028 in Grade 4; and, 24,881 in Grade 7.

She said students enrolled in Grades 1 and 7 will be immunized with Tetanus Diphtheria (TD) and Measles Rubella (MR) while Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for female students aged nine to 13 in Grade 4.

She said the objective of the SBI is to protect the target population from Tetanus and Diphtheria, Measles Rubella and Cervical Cancer. (SunStar Philippines)