Govt moves to deliver vaccines 

The government is deploying all efforts and resources to fast-track the delivery of the routine child immunisation vaccines that are in short supply in the country.

The minister’s assurance yesterday comes after the Daily Graphic in its Thursday, February 23, 2023 edition broke the news about the widespread shortage of some routine childhood immunisation vaccines in the country.

The minister said the Ministry of Health had been making efforts in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners to ensure that the country secured adequate stocks of vaccines in spite of the global challenge.

“It is important to correct the erroneous impression that there have been deaths from measles in the country recently

“The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has been a flagship disease control programme in the country and arguably one of the best programmes if not the best in the sub-region with high coverage levels of over 95 per cent, he said. 

He added that the country had an established system for forecasting, procuring, supplying and distributing routine vaccines, and monitoring their use.

Dr Kuma-Aboagye further explained that there was no time lapse because the periods or time allocated for the routine immunisation was specific to the country based on the situation but did not mean that the schedule was the global norm to warrant consequences if not given at those times.