Al-Ittihad Al-Youm reported that some rumors circulated about students' social networking sites, about the efficiency of school vaccinations, side effects, and autism. Officials in private schools indicated that some students tried to evade approval. The Department of Health in Abu Dhabi confirmed that all vaccinations used are subject to extensive tests and studies for long periods of time up to several decades, to ensure their quality before being licensed around the world.
The Department stressed that when using any vaccine, and in cooperation with national and international bodies, to ensure the safety of these vaccines, through the development of appropriate follow-up systems, stressing the absence of any relationship between taking vaccinations and other diseases, including autism, noting the presence of six vaccines Mandatory for school students, one for females only.
Al-Ittihad Al-Youm monitored some rumors about the students' "packages" about vaccinations, questioned the effectiveness of school vaccinations, and contained chemicals that had side effects, and could cause children to have autism spectrum disorder. And weaken it.
Officials in private schools (who asked not to be named) confirmed that some students were trying to evade approval of their children's vaccinations and their absence from attending school on vaccination days due to false convictions and their belief that vaccinations caused some diseases to children. School nursing teams are required to inform students about the importance of vaccination and its impact on the health of their children.
The nurses in the school clinics are preparing the students for various immunizations, assessing the health status by reviewing the health files of the students, the vaccination records before school, the list of vaccinations of the school, and the necessity of ensuring that the students receive the necessary immunizations. To register the names of students eligible for immunizations according to the grade, in addition to the need to distribute a form to obtain approval of the parents of those vaccinations, and receive the signed forms, and fill lists of vaccinations, and obtain a copy of valid health cards.
The Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, has confirmed to Emirates Al-Youm the importance of adherence to the schedule of immunizations for the school stage. Students in the first and eleventh grades are given a number of immunizations to enhance the immunity of students and prevent them from infectious diseases. This is the most effective tool to control or eliminate many infectious diseases that continue to pose a health hazard and threaten the lives of children around the world. Pain.
Vaccines may cause side effects such as pain and redness in the injection area, or a slight rise in temperature. There is no connection between taking vaccinations and other diseases such as autism, so postponing or rejecting vaccination puts the child at risk of vaccine-preventable diseases, Pointing out that it obliged school school officials to review the records of vaccinations for students, and ensure that they receive the necessary vaccinations based on age and school stage, and stressed the importance of follow-up with parents, to ensure that their children receive vaccinations. At the time of vaccination, they should assess the health of students before taking the vaccination.
She pointed out that the program of vaccinations of the school stage in all public and private schools in the Emirate, to facilitate access to the target groups to vaccinations necessary, and to raise the level of immunity of community members of infectious diseases included in the vaccination, where students are given in the first row four types of vaccines, (Oral), the three-fold vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, and the three-fold vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, as well as the chickenpox vaccine, and the eleventh grade vaccination program Triple vaccine for the prevention of bacterial diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, in addition to the vaccine HPV, which is only given to female students for the prevention of human papillomavirus (one of the causes of cervical cancer).
The Department appealed to the students to know about the vaccinations needed by their children and to complete them, and to cooperate with the school administration or school clinic to fill out the form of approval of vaccinations, and if they refused to vaccinate, they must provide the school with medical contraindications and attach a copy of the medical report or send a certificate of vaccination if taken The children had the same dose earlier.
Commitment to vaccination
The Department of Health in Abu Dhabi confirmed that there are many reasons to support the importance of adherence to immunizations in the school stage, where children need to take a dose or additional doses of some vaccinations taken in advance, to ensure that they have sufficient immunity. They may also need to take some necessary vaccinations that were not previously taken during the pre-school period. It is also preferable to give some vaccinations in the pre-teens or during the school period, especially since some vaccine-preventable diseases are still common Community, and may affect people who are not immune to vaccinations, and may increase the incidence of infectious diseases if vaccination rates in the community, that is, when vaccinations are not taken by all target groups.