General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health, Yudhi Pramono said, the phase of a child's life is very important in the human life cycle, because this phase is a process of growth and development and because the health problems that arise in this phase can impact the quality of being a human in adulthood. One effective way to maintain their health condition is through efforts to prevent diseases such as immunization. "Complete immunization is very Oman Phone Number List important because it can break the chain of transmission of certain infectious diseases in the community if the proportion of the population that is immunized reaches above 95 percent," explained Yudhi Pramono. Based on data from the Ministry of Health, during the last two years, from 2020 to 2021, the coverage of complete basic immunization in infants has dropped dramatically. In 2020 the immunization target is 92 percent of 4,416,309 children, namely 4,063,004 children. However, the coverage achieved in 2020 is 84 percent, namely 3,709,670 children. Then in 2021 immunization is targeted to reach 93 percent of 4,148,867 children, namely 3,858,446 children.
There are around 1.7 million babies who have not received basic immunizations during the 2019-2021 period. According to UNICEF Indonesia, around 800 thousand children across Indonesia are at greater risk of contracting vaccine-preventable diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, measles, rubella and polio. In 2022, the number of children immunized is targeted to reach 4,154,758 children. Because of this, the Ministry of Education and Culture supports the improvement of national immunization achievements, one of which is by holding the "Healthy Immunization Lively, Healthy Country Children" activities. Previously, in August 2022, the Ministry of Education and Culture had launched the Healthy School Movement to create Indonesian children who are healthy, strong and intelligent with character. There are three priorities that need to be achieved through the Healthy School Movement, namely nutritional health, physical health and immunization health. Healthy nutrition is obtained by providing an understanding of balanced nutrition.