East Aceh (ANTARA) – The East Aceh District Health Office discussed an immunization certificate as a requirement for children attending school in the district.
East Aceh health service chief Sahminan through Immunization Officer Era Zarnila in East Aceh on Friday said the certificate aimed to motivate people to immunize their children.
“Our problem on the ground is that there are still many people who do not allow their children to be immunized. There are even parents who do not immunize their children because they doubt the vaccine’s halalness,” Era Zarnila said.
Indeed, Era Zarnila said, vaccines given to children must have gone through all procedures. Including halal-guaranteed vaccines,
According to Era Zarnila, children who have not received full vaccinations or have never received vaccinations from birth are susceptible to disease.
Immunization increases immunity. If they are not immunized, they can easily become infected with dangerous diseases because there is no immunity to the disease, Era Zarnila said.
“As of now, we are treating 242 children in Eastern Aceh who have clinical symptoms of rubella, measles and four of them have been confirmed. This is because there is no immunization,” Era Zarnila said.
With this case, he said, the East Aceh Health Service has made various efforts, such as raising public awareness of diseases that can be prevented with immunization.
Then, follow the incidence of measles cases by conducting epidemiological investigations, taking samples for confirmation in order to establish the diagnosis of the case, as well as immunizing against measles rubles.
“To achieve measles immunization in Eastern Aceh itself, it is still low, only 19.4 percent or 23,804 children who received vaccinations,” Era Zarnila said.
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