Infant Immunisation Specific Disease

Question: Discuss about the Infant Immunisation for Specific Disease. Answer: Infant Immunization Should be Legally Enforced. Immunisation is the process of getting a vaccine to become immune to a specific disease. Mostly given to infants to make them immune for the rest of their lives or periodically. It therefore should be legally enforced due to its benefits. Immunization has saved millions of lives and prevented illnesses and lifelong disability. A large number of childhood diseases that caused death, lifelong consequences and hospitalization can now be prevented through vaccination (Arevshatian, et al., 2007). This is so far the most important decision a parent could make in protecting their children from serious diseases since there is currently no effective alternative to immunization. However there has been confusing, conflicting and misleading information about vaccines. Vaccines are safe and effective as they have been carefully reviewed by scientists and doctors (Burton, et al., 2009). They may cause pain and discomfort during administration but that is much less compared to the trauma, pain and discomfort the diseases immunized against can cause. Physicians, the CDC and the AAP have recommended a vaccine schedule for healthcare providers. This include vaccines for Hib, DTaP, RV, HepB, PCV, IPV and many more to ensure a healthy start of childrens life. Vaccination has brought near to extinction (e.g. smallpox) and eliminated many dreaded diseases like polio that was most feared in the past, causing paralysis and death. mmunization not only protects you but also aid in preventing spread of some diseases to your loved ones and friends. This is also important in the protection of young children that are not able to be given some vaccinations maybe because of severe allergies (Braun, et al., 2000). There has been a resurgence of whooping cough and measles therefore vaccination is really a must. If we keep up with vaccinating, and making sure every child is vaccinated, in future generations we may not have some diseases anymore. Therefore to achieve complete vaccination, we have to legally enforce immunization. References Arevshatian, L., Clements, C. J., Lwanga, S. K., Misore, A. O., Ndumbe, P., Seward, J. F., Taylor, P. (2007). An evaluation of infant immunization in Africa: is a transformation in progress?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 85(6), 449-457. Braun, M. M., Mootrey, G. T., Salive, M. E., Chen, R. T., Ellenberg, S. S., VAERS Working Group. (2000). Infant immunization with acellular pertussis vaccines in the United States: assessment of the first two years' data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Pediatrics, 106(4), e51-e51. Burton, A., Monasch, R., Lautenbach, B., Gacic-Dobo, M., Neill, M., Karimov, R., ... Birmingham, M. (2009). WHO and UNICEF estimates of national infant immunization coverage: methods and processes. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 87(7), 535-541.