Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health) added three vaccine must be on the list routine immunization of children. Total, starting this year child must get 14 mandatory immunizations.
The three vaccines are vaccines Pneumococcal Conjugate (PCV), vaccine Rotavirusand vaccines Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The following is a complete list of the types of basic childhood immunizations.
Routine immunization itself is a program run by the government. This means that the vaccine will be given free of charge to children.
Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said immunization was the most appropriate and inexpensive way to prevent maternal and child mortality.
“Vaccination is one of the health interventions that is cheaper and more effective than intervention when someone has to undergo treatment in a hospital,” said Budi at the World Immunization Week press conference at the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Jakarta, some time ago.
History has proven that vaccination helps people to be free from smallpox and polio that had become a worldwide concern, eliminates tetanus in infants, and reduces cases of measles and rubella.
List of Basic Types of Child Immunization
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Illustration. There is a list of the latest types of basic childhood immunizations that you need to know. (BETWEEN PHOTOS/Rahmad)- – |
With the addition of three new vaccines, children are now required to receive 14 immunizations. The following is a list of types of basic childhood immunization, complete with the addition of new vaccines, taken from the official Instagram of the Ministry of Health.
1. Immunization of infants aged 0-11 months
– HB vaccine 0 1 dose to prevent hepatitis;
– 1 dose of BCG vaccine to prevent tuberculosis (TB);
– 3 doses of DPT-HB-HiB vaccine to prevent diphtheria, perusis, tetanus, hepatitis, pneumonia, and meningitis;
– 4 doses of polio vaccine drops (OPV) to prevent polio;
– Injectable polio vaccine (IPV) 1 dose;
– 1 dose of rubella measles vaccine to prevent measles and rubella;
– 3 doses of PCV vaccine to prevent pneumonia, meningitis, and inflammation of the ear;
– JE vaccine (Japanese Encephalitis) 1 dose to prevent inflammation of the brain caused by the JE virus.
2. Immunization of toddlers aged 18-24 months
– 1 dose of DPT-HB-HiB vaccine;
– 1 dose of rubella measles vaccine;
– 1 dose PCV vaccine;
– Vaccine JE 1 dosis.
3. Immunization of primary school age children
– Measles rubella and DT vaccines for children in grade 1 SD/MI to prevent rubella measles, diphtheria, and tetanus;
– DT vaccine for children in grades 2 and 5 SD/MI;
– 2 doses of HPV vaccine in 5th and 6th grade elementary school children to prevent uterine cancer.
Some vaccines such as PCV, JE, and HPV have only been implemented in certain areas. The JE vaccine is specifically given to children in West Kalimantan.
Citing pages Healthy my country, the PCV vaccine will be administered nationally starting this year. Vaccines are administered in 133 districts/cities in eight provinces in Indonesia. It is planned that in 2023, PCV vaccination has been implemented throughout Indonesia.
The same is true of the HPV vaccination. It is targeted that by 2023, as many as 2.7 million children in all provinces of Indonesia have received the HPV vaccine.
Meanwhile, the Rotavirus vaccine will start this year in 21 districts/cities representing each island. The vaccine to prevent diarrhea will only be given nationally in 2024.
This is a list of the latest types of basic childhood immunizations. I hope this helps!
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