According to the World Health Organization
(WHO) immunization currently averts an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths every
year. It is one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions.
The immunization protects against previously common and epidemic infectious
diseases such as diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, pneumonia, polio, rubella
and tetanus. However, an estimated 22 million infants worldwide are still
missing out on basic vaccines. This could be due to limited resources
including limited funds, competing health priorities as some nations have more urgent
health issues to deal with including but not limited to malnutrition, this
could also be due to poor management of health systems; and inadequate
monitoring and supervision.
This should not let us forget the personal responsibility:
some people refuse vaccination based on lack of knowledge of its importance,
some due to false beliefs even if it was available and freely offered. It is
the duty of the governments and the health officials to advice people on the
importance of vaccination, that it not only protects their children, but the
entire society from possibly deadly outbreaks.
Let us stand hand in hand and support
vaccinating our kids, inform the society about the vaccine benefits and when
possible try to deflate false information. The web including the social media
is a very vital place where information can be quickly disseminated; let us try
to share the correct message with the world. Let us protect our children.
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