The community should really benefit from the immunization program.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – The international organization The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Indonesia appreciates the efforts of the Indonesian government in carrying out activities immunization to children aged five to 10 years. The nation’s future generations can be protected from threats disease life-threatening danger.
Communication for Development Specialist UNICEF Indonesia Rizky Ika Syafitri said the Indonesian government was committed to safeguarding this. Currently, basic immunization services for children under five and school age can be provided through immunization service posts.
“The government has shown its concern in protecting the public from dangerous diseases, one of which is a commitment to immunization, even free of charge to the public,” Rizky told reporters, Friday (2/10).
This proves, Rizky continued, the government’s optimal efforts in making society always safe from disease disorders.
“Immunization is given free of charge by the government so people who have children under five and school age can come directly to the immunization service post,” he said.
As an institution that pays attention to child issues, he views the steps of the Indonesian government are right. One of them is conducting a series of interventions, especially in the health sector, through the immunization program.
“It has been proven to save millions of children from death, pain and disability. This is a tremendous benefit,” said Rizky.
He admitted that immunization has been shown to increase immunity against various viruses and bacteria. “The public should really benefit from the program provided by the government,” he said.
Immunization is also a step that can protect others from the threat of dangerous diseases. That is, with someone doing immunization, it will automatically not infect other people from various diseases.
For example, someone who carries out immunization can prevent vulnerable people from contracting dangerous diseases. If, the majority of people do this, it can produce group resilience that makes each individual in the community get immunity to ward off dangerous diseases.
“The greater the coverage of the disease being immunized from the population, the group immunity will be formed (herd imunity), “he said.
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