The percentage of vaccination against polio in Montenegro is 98 percent, and all children can receive good health care against other diseases, thanks to the commitment and commitment of their parents, who will take them to scheduled appointments and will not miss vaccinations.
This was said on the occasion of October 24, the World Day against Poliomyelitis, by Nebojša Kavarić, a member of the Podgorica Rotary Club and the director of the Podgorica Health Center, assistant doctor Nebojša Kavarić, stating that Rotary International and the World Health Organization are funding vaccination against polio all over the world.
"For almost 31 years, the fight of the World Health Organization and Rotary in the world against polio has been going on. That disease was one of the plagues of the twentieth century. We hoped that eradication would occur earlier, however, cases of polio are still occurring in several countries in Asia (Afghanistan and Pakistan) and eradication has not occurred. Africa should have been declared these days Polio free continent, but isolated cases of polio have appeared," Kavarić explained.
He said that the Rotary community in Montenegro is trying to help social institutions, above all the Ministry of Health, when it comes to the overall vaccination process.
"The good response, when it comes to polio vaccination, serves us as an incentive for other vaccines as well, where we have very successful results. We mean MMR vaccination against measles and all other mandatory vaccines. So we are trying to mark this day with undisguised pride and optimism that all children in Montenegro will receive good health care against other diseases, primarily through the engagement and commitment of parents, who will take the children to scheduled appointments and not miss vaccinations," he said. is Kavarić.
Rotary in Montenegro, as he said, is carefully monitoring the development of the situation when it comes to vaccination "especially Poliomyelitis".
The president of the Podgorica Rotary Club, Silvana Đurašević, said that at the global level of Rotary International, marking the idea began in 1985 and that since then 99 percent of polio, which is a vicious disease that usually affects children under five years of age, has been eradicated.
"Rotary International is one of the largest financiers of this activity, but also a large number of doctors who are members of the Rotary movement at the global level participate in these actions and reach the most remote places to immunize children. Unfortunately, there are still countries where cases of polio occur. And we can't be calm anywhere, as long as this virus is active," explained Đurašević.
According to her, the promotion of Rotary immunization is very useful and the Rotary Club in Podgorica, as she added, has long-term cooperation with the Health Center.
"And in this sense, we help this vaccination, which is in accordance with our legal regulations to vaccinate vulnerable groups as a preventive measure. This year, our support will consist in the fact that we will provide accompanying equipment for the teams that will go for vaccination," said Đurašević.
The idea, as she said, is to live in a world without Polio and "this activity of ours today goes in that direction".
The head nurse for immunization at the Podgorica Health Center, Aida Piranić, told all parents not to delay vaccinations and to bring their children at the scheduled times.
"Vaccination is the best form of prevention and protection against all infectious diseases, which we know can lead to death," said Piranić.
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