WORLD IMMUNIZATION WEEK 2014

World Immunization Week which is celebrated on the fourth week of April, aims to promote one of the most effective efforts in the world for health, which is the usage of vaccine to protect people in all ages from infectious disease. The theme “Are you up to date?” is chosen to resolve people’s knowledge gap about the functions of vaccination. From the theme “Are you up to date?”, it is expected from people to do three movements, which are: know-check-protect.

Vaccine is now a lifestyle. If you or your family does not get complete vaccination, then you are out of date, so last year. Let us support world immunization week. Know, Check, and Protect your family from infectious disease by using vaccination.

Know

Knowing the types of vaccines needed by yourself and family is the beginning step to protect yourself and family from the threat of bacteria or virus that cause infectious disease. As we all know, right now in Indonesia there are 8 diseases that haunt baby in its first year of life, such as TBC, measles, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and Haemophylus Influenza Type B (Hib), and even pneumonia and rotavirus. All those diseases can be prevented by giving vaccination routinely and on time.

The majority of people think that vaccination is only given to babies. In fact, adults also need vaccination such as vaccination for hepatitis B, Influenza, Tetanus, serviks, and other vaccines, moreover for those who love travelling.

Check

Check again your antibody. It is the right step if you hesitate whether to have received the vaccines or not, or when you think that the antibody of certain vaccine is lower. This is the right time for you to get booster immunization to empower the vaccine given when you were baby.

Protect

When you and your family know the types of vaccines needed and check the antibody status, now is the time to receive needed vaccines. You can visit hospital or medical clinic to get the needed vaccines.

This event was purposely held to invite everyone to act quick so that national health for better future is achieved. A message is delivered to people: By ensuring that you and your family are up to date with the needed vaccines, you give yourself the best chance in the healthy future. Why do you need vaccination? What kind of vaccines do you need? How, where, and when you should be vaccinated? Where do you get further information about immunization?

source: biofarma