- Bulawayo City Council

Intensified Immunisation Programme

CITYWIDE PERIODIC INTENSIFICATION OF ROUTINE IMMUNISATION (PIRI) ACTIVITY

The City of Bulawayo in partnership with CORDAID will be conducting a city wide immunisation for all vaccines that are part of the under-five immunisation schedule. The exercise will be conducted in three rounds on monthly basis consisting of 5 days per round. The intensified immunisation programme will be targeting all children aged 0-5 years not immunized against;

AGE	VACCINATIONS
Birth	BCG , Hepatitis B
6 weeks	Pentavalent 1, Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) 1, Pneumococcal 1, Rotavirus 1
10 Weeks	Pentavalent 2, Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) 2, Pneumococcal 2, Rotavirus 2
14 weeks	Pentavalent 3, Pneumococcal 3, Intravenous Polio Vaccine (IPV) 1
9 months	Measles Rubella 1, Typhoid Vaccine , Intravenous Polio Vaccine (IPV) 2
18 months	Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP), Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), Measles Rubella 2
5 years	Tetanus (Td1)

Due and overdue vaccines will be administered to the children following the schedule. Catch up doses will be given to children who have missed their vaccinations to prevent outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases among under-fives. The aim is to reduce the likelihood of such outbreaks occurring in the City of Bulawayo.

WHERE WILL THE PIRI BE CONDUCTED?

The campaign will be conducted in all the 18 Municipal Clinics, Central hospitals, Uniformed Forces’ Clinics, Private facilities offering immunisation services and outreach points.

WHEN WILL CAMPAIGN BE CONDUCTED?

First Round
Second Round
Third Round

30th January 2023 – 3rd February 2023.
End of February 2023
End of March 2023

Get Your Child Vaccinated for EXTRA protection.

C DUBE TOWN CLERK

Date: Monday, 30 January 2023

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