Jonathan Wilhoite Blog: Child Immunization Becomes An Alarming Concern

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Child Immunization Becomes An Alarming Concern

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Child immunization, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) during a recent survey reveals that parents believe that vaccinations ate no longer necessary for children and may start to sound alarm bells soon.

Child immunization is still important

Contrary to popular belief that immunization should be an essential preventive measure for many diseases like flu and other health conditions, vaccination has been proven to ward off some deadly virus or bacteria.

A years-long research conducted by the AAP showed the marked increase of the reduced number of children going through vaccination compared to recent years, with parents either delaying or even refusing to have their children undergo vaccination.

Vaccines help prevent disease

Success stories have always been tied up with the need for vaccination as it was able to prevent no less than 322 million ailments, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of the world’s most dangerous diseases are now fading into oblivion because of the advent of vaccinations back in the past.

Although they did not specifically point out what specific diseases were those vaccines targetted to address, but the fact that the public’s mindset is shifting and tends to be growing, not is a better time to in still measures to avoid it from further compounding.

The survey involved more than 600 paediatricians when it was started back in 2006 and another one back in 2013 to estimate the number of those having a change of heart on the process.

Call to action

This alarming concern is starting to push doctors and paediatricians to educate the public about the importance of vaccination, which has been proven to even prevent deaths associated with several communicable and those once thought responsible for many epidemics in the past.

Some, on their own initiative, have been coordinating with their respective local health authorities to drive campaigns on vaccination and immunization, especially among young children.

The World Health Organization reports that the world can be safe from major diseases with the help of proper vaccination and immunization, as millions of children all over the world continue to die from diseases that can be avoided by it.

It could prevent as much a 2 to 3 million deaths per year especially among poor and less-developed countries where deaths are caused by tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough and measles, among others.

The WHO believes that vaccination and immunization is the most effective and cost-efficient health intervention to address these problems.

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