The South Sudan Red Cross in Torit field office observes that adults in Torit County have low turn up for oral cholera vaccination since the launch of the campaign on Monday.
Adults seem unaware of the campaign to help prevent cholera in communities, says Karama Paska KamIlo, Communication and Volunteer Management Officer of South Sudan Red Cross.
Speaking to Radio Emmanuel on Wednesday, Paska reveals few adults show up for vaccination.
‘The turn up of elderly people is too low than of children. In some areas like Malakia, parents tend to send their children to send their children for vaccination and themselves they don’t really go. As per eye witnesses that have really seen, it shows to be that the community doesn’t know about OCV. They are green about Oral Cholera Vaccine because if they had known, I believe even the parents will be the first people to go for vaccination’, she elaborates.
Paska says communities should not fear vaccination because there is no related side effect.
She however calls on parents to join their children in getting vaccinated.
‘We should be exemplary to our own children so that our own children can accept to be vaccinated. The vaccine has no side effects despite of the tastes but once you have already taken it, it doesn’t affect so much. The vaccine is very important to them; basically it will help them in many ways. The household members should be vaccinated including breast feeding mothers. As parents we have to go to the nearest health facilities and the temporary posts’, the official notes.
OCV helps build body immune against cholera in case of any outbreak.
This vaccination is given to persons from one year and above.