Immunization Information Connection

The immunisation programme is the giving of immunisation through a vaccine injection given to children. The injection contains a small amount of bacteria/infection to help a child’s immune systems create antibodies to fight against it - becoming stronger. The immunisation programme has a roll in infection control as when lots of children have had the injection and been immunised, it’s will decrease the risk of the infection spreading to others.

If I'm not wrong we provide already all the information and discuss with PMG couple times about this program. I don't mind to provide the information one more time but would you please make sure that your team applied correctly the 317 adult vaccine program to our patients who qualify for the program

I am passionate about this issues. I have worked as an immunization nurse for several years in the state of Maryland. In Maryland there are strict requirements for vaccinating children for school entry. I worked for Prince George’s County and Baltimore County Health Department. In the state of Maryland many children each year are out compliance and therefore are not allowed to attend school until the requirements are satisfied.

Idaho code 39-4801, immunizations required, was passed by the Idaho legislature in 1978. Policy number 39-4801 states that you must have proof of vaccinations to go to school. There were many things necessary after this law was put into place. When vaccines were discovered, they saved many lives, and stopped the spread of illness. Some issues that are common with this law are religious issues. One of the most important organizations for the spread of vaccines is the national center for immunizations and respiratory diseases. In 1979 the law was redesigned to allow religious exemptions. Every state has different laws when it comes to vaccines, because not everyone believes in vaccines for religious or personal reasons. While many people agree with vaccines, some people believe that they should not be required. One recommendation would be to change the policy to be the same as California’s law.

The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is a national non-profit advocacy organization established in the early 1980s in an effort to create transparency and dialogue regarding childhood immunizations (NVIC, 2016). The NVIC is one of the most prominent consumer led organizations that have led the pursuit of “advocating for vaccine safety and informed consent protections in the public health systems” (NVIC, 2016, para.1). The NVIC advocates for an

All states allow some medical exemptions to state immunization requirements. Usually this exemption may be granted if the child has a compromised immune system, allergies to vaccine ingredients (i.e.

Under the SB 277 Mandatory Vaccine Law, the school requires the students to provide proof of immunization or documentation to the following childhood diseases: Diphtheria, Measles, Pertussis (whooping cough), Mumps, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B, Rubella, Tetanus, Poliomyelitis, Varicella (Chicken Pox), and Hepatitis B. The law also stated that the student or their parents should be allowed to obtain the immunization to whatever source they prefer.

I had the privilege to attend a legislative hearing session that was held in the General Assembly of Maryland in Annapolis. The hearing was held by the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee on February 25, 2015 at 1:00pm. The committee is chaired by Senator Joan Carter Conway and vice chair Senator Paul G Pinsky. The public hearing session that I attended was regarding Senate Bill number 598 entitled Public Health Vaccination Reporting to Maryland immunization registry, a web based software called ImmuNet. The bill was first introduced on February 6, 2015, which was requested by the Department of Mental Health and Hygiene. The other committee members that were present in this session included Senator Simonaire Bryan, Senator Gail Bates, Senator Rosapepe Jim, Senator Montgomery Karen and Senator Nathan Pulliam Shirley. Furthermore, this paper will discuss the legislative session proceedings on the senate bill 598 entitled Public Health Vaccination Reporting Requirement that will include the purpose of the meeting, attendees and their role in health care, the impact that the legislative bill will have on current healthcare practices, efficacy of the oppositions to the bill and my position on the bill.

Choosing to vaccinate or not vaccinate children has become a large topic of contention between parents and medical personnel. Rates of non-medical vaccine exemptions for children entering public school continue to increase across the country. This increase has coincided with a resurgence in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, or VPDs (Lynfield, 2014, p.1). There are a variety of reasons why a family might apply for a non-medical exemption and the validity of these exemptions varies from state to state. Regardless of the justifiability of an exemption, growing numbers of non-vaccinated children entering school will increase the prevalence and mortality from VPDs (Lynfield, 2014, p.2).

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Michigan has one of the highest vaccine waiver rates in the country (Parker, 2014). This vaccine waiver allows parents to walk in to a school and sign a waiver saying that they do not believe in vaccinations or that it is just simply against the religion that they practice. Just as of January 1, 2015 Michigan has made it a little bit tougher to obtain this vaccination waiver. According to Parker (2014) Michigan parents will still be allowed to refuse the required vaccines for their children however, the parents will first have to be educated by a healthcare worker about all of the diseases that these vaccinations are designed to protect against, plus they must also sign another form stating that they are acknowledging they may be putting their own children as well as other children at risk for the said diseases.

Immunization and mandatory vaccines within Canada has evoked a polarizing response in recent years. The ethical debate of mandatory immunization in schools is an argument that affects all individuals in Canada and creates a lot of tension due to the health concerns It argues, especially in children. Immunization requirements have been recently been updated in Canada for those who are sending their children to public schools. For children born in 2010 and later it is now required that they receive two doses of varicella for chicken pox in order to attend school under the Immunization of School Pupils Act. Ontario’s Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) requires that children and adolescents attending primary’s or secondary school be appropriately immunized against designated diseases,

Some of my friends did not have the same privileges, which might be due to their parents not knowing about the certain program, or having the necessary document to qualify for it. In my high school, we had a health clinic that made sure all the kids’ immunization records was up to date. On the other side of Chicago where the community income was much lower, there was no health clinic at the school so whenever a child get ill, the parents of that child would have to take off work and seek medical treatment.

Childhood immunizations, such as measles, chicken pox, and polio, are mandatory for school-aged youth and

After review of the current literature and criteria of effectiveness for the immunization policy, the evidence supports that the policy only needs slight modification. The health of the children in the state of Mississippi is safe guarded by the immunization regulations in place. The opinions and critiques of a few argue that legal rights of guardians have been revoked with the policy in place; however, it is the opinion of this paper that physicians and other pediatric providers adhere to the standards of the Mississippi policy. The Mississippi Childhood Immunization Policy eliminates unnecessary philosophical and religious exemptions.

Immunization provides direct and effective protection against preventable diseases, and hence it is one of the most cost effective public health interventions. Vaccines are preventing 2-3 million deaths due to diphtheria, pertussis(whooping cough) tetanus and measles worldwide. WHO launched the Expanded Immunization Program (EPI) in 1974 against 6 vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) namely, diphtheria, polio, tuberculosis, pertussis, measles and tetanus. Government of India introduced EPI in 1978, which was later changed to Universal Immunization Program (UIP) in 1985.