The Ministry of Health of Vietnam issues the national expanded immunization program plan for 2024

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10:30, 12/06/2024

Recently, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued the national expanded immunization program plan for 2024

The Ministry of Health Issues the Expanded Immunization Plan for 2024

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On June 10, 2024, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam issued Decision 1596/QD-BYT concerning the Expanded Immunization Plan for 2024.

The Ministry of Health of Vietnam issues the national expanded immunization program plan for 2024

The Ministry of Health of Vietnam issues the Expanded Immunization Plan for 2024 with the following details:

(1) Objectives

- Ensure the sufficient supply of vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program (EIP).

- Maintain achievements and enhance the effectiveness of the EIP.

- Introduce new vaccines in the EIP (Rota, Td vaccines).

(2) Professional Targets

- Achieve vaccination rates for vaccines within the EIP as follows:

No.	Target	Target in 2023	Target in 2024
1	Vaccination rates for children under 1 year old (Tuberculosis, Diphtheria, Whooping cough, Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Hib, Oral polio, Measles)	≥ 90%	≥ 90%
2	Hepatitis B vaccination rate for newborns within 24 hours	≥ 80%	≥ 90%
3	Tetanus 2 vaccination rate for pregnant women	≥ 85%	≥ 90%
4	Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination Rate	≥ 90%	≥ 90%
5	Measles - Rubella vaccination rate	≥ 95%	≥ 95%
6	Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus (DPT) Vaccination Rate	≥ 80%	≥ 90%
7	Td vaccination rate for 7-year-old children in the implementation area	≥ 90%	≥ 90%
8	Polio Vaccination Rate (IPV)	≥ 90%	≥ 90%
9	Rota vaccine uptake rate in the deployment area	-	≥ 90%

- Meet disease surveillance targets for diseases preventable by vaccines within the EIP as follows:

No.	Target	Target in 2023	Target in 2024
1	There is no wild poliovirus	0 cases	0 cases
2	100% of districts meet UVSS elimination standards	100% of districts achieved	100% of districts achieved
3	Measles incidence	≤ 5/100,000 people	≤ 5/100,000 people
4	Diphtheria incidence	≤ 0.05/100,000 people	≤ 0.1/100,000 people
5	Whooping cough incidence	≤ 1/100,000 people	≤ 1/100,000 people
6	LMC cases were investigated and samples were taken.	≥ 1/100,000 children under 15 years old	≥ 1/100,000 children under 15 years old
7	Suspected measles/rubella cases are investigated and samples are taken for testing.	≥ 2/100,000 people in the district	≥ 2/100,000 people in the district
8	Number of neonatal deaths investigated	≥2/1,000 live births	≥2/1,000 live births

(3) Scope and Implementation Period

- Scope of Implementation

Nationwide implementation across 63 provinces and centrally governed cities.

- Implementation Period: 2024

(4) Targets and Vaccine Quantities

* Targets (Details in Appendix I)

Based on registration documents from 63 provinces/cities, the targets for the 2024 Expanded Immunization Program are as follows:

- Children: 1,269,292

- Pregnant women: 1,203,650

* Vaccine Quantities

The 2024 vaccine demand is estimated based on the registered needs of 63 provinces/cities (including vaccines to catch up on missed doses from the 2023 EIP, 2024 targets, and a 6-month reserve for 2025 as stipulated in Article 7 Clause 1 of Decree 104/ND-CP dated July 1, 2016, by the Government of Vietnam concerning vaccination activities), purchased/donated vaccines, vaccination targets, and utilization factors, with a total of 24,318,396 doses, including 11 types of vaccines (Hepatitis B for newborns, BCG, OPV, Measles, Measles - Rubella, Japanese Encephalitis, DPT, Td, Tetanus, Rota, and DPT-HepB-Hib; IPV vaccine donated by GAVI with an estimated 2,694,000 doses). (See the table below and details in Appendix 2)

No.	Vaccine type	Proposed needs of 63 provinces/cities	2023 inventory/ planned to receive 2024 (doses)		2024 demand (doses)
		Proposed needs of 63 provinces/cities	State budget	Aid	2024 demand (doses)
		(a)	(b)	(c)	(d=abc)
1	Neonatal Hepatitis B	2,069,600	1,000,000	0	1,069,600
2	Labor	3,391,500	1,550,000	0	1,841,500
3	Polio drinking	8,119,100	4,980,000	0	3,139,100
4	Measles	3,177,100	1,900,000	0	1,277,100
5	Measles-Rubella	3,323,100	1,700,000	0	1,623,100
6	Japanese encephalitis	3,910,100	1,400,000	0	2,510,100
7	Diphtheria - Pertussis - Tetanus (DPT)	4,403,300	1,531,000	0	2,872,300
8	Tetanus - Diphtheria reduced dose (Td)	1,831,600	1,377,000	0	454,600
9	Tetanus	4,874,500	1,472,240	0	3,402,260
10	Rota	1,936,200	549,164	140,000	1,247,036
11	DPT-VGB-Hib	5,372,300	0	490,600	4,881,700
Total		42,408,400	17,459,404	630,600	24,318,396

For further details, see Decision 1596/QD-BYT which takes effect from June 10, 2024.

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