Results of National & Mop-Up Campaigns during 2014

National Immunization and Mop-up campaigns for year 2014

The Primary Health Care Department at the MoPH has implemented three Mop-up campaigns during the months of July, August and September and four National Immunization Campaigns for the months of March, April, October and November, during the year 2014 (Table 1).

Table 1: National Immunization and Mop-up campaigns for year 2014

Month (Year 2014)	Type of Campaign	Target Reached	Proportion of Syrian and other nationalities among the total vaccinated children
March	National Immunization Campaign	84%	46%
April *	National Immunization Campaign	94% (Polio) 80% (MR)	52%
July	Mop-up Campaign	78%	55%
August	Mop-up Campaign	80%	54%
September	Mop-up Campaign	87%	72%
October	National Immunization Campaign	91%	48%
November	National Immunization Campaign	96%	45%

On April 2014, the National Immunization Campaign targeted immunization against Polio, Measles and Rubella (MR). The rest of the months, stated in the table, targeted immunization against polio only.

The month of October, achieved a great success in reaching 91% of our target in vaccinating children under 5 years old against polio, among which 48% of the total vaccinated children were Syrian and other nationalities.
November achieved a greater success by reaching 96% of our target in vaccinating children under 5 years old against polio, among which 45% of the total vaccinated children were Syrian and other nationalities. Examples of these recreation days are highlighted below.