The Expanded Program on Immunization is a World Health Organization program with the goal to make vaccines available to all children throughout the world. The 7 immunizable diseases: * Tuberculosis * Diphtheria * Pertussis * Measles * Poliomyelitis * Tetanus * Hepatitis B Target Setting: * Infants 0-12 months * Pregnant and Post Partum Women * School Entrants/ Grade 1 / 7 years old Elements of EPI: * Information‚ Education and Communication (IEC)
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certain illnesses such as heart disease‚ diabetes among others. The nature of the problem of vaccinations and access to vaccines relative to prevention and health maintenance. Health maintenance organization (HMO) is also in the business that I would term as preventative medicine‚ vaccination of patients can be classified as a prevention measure. Having access to vaccines takes into consideration the patients access to medical care. Some individuals however are classified as disadvantageous in
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Vaccines are substance that is usually injected into a person or animal to protect them from any disease. There are many diseases that can make a person very sick‚ disabled‚ or even kill you. Sometimes vaccines are called immunization‚ needles‚ or shots. It also‚ contains a little bit of a germ that is weak or dead but it is not a germ that makes a person sick (Public Health Agency of Canada‚ 2015). Having these germs inside of your body makes your body defense system build antibodies to fight off
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Perceived behavioral control refers to the perceptions of a person’s ability to perform a given behavior (i.e. receiving the flu vaccine). If a student’s perceived behavioral control diminishes the chance that they receive the flu vaccine‚ it will be the most difficult of the three major beliefs to convince otherwise. A long history of not getting the flu vaccine‚ along with the new experience of students actually being responsible for their own health has an effect on belief of control. The
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comes the flu vaccine. The flu can be life threatening‚ but there are some things you can do to prevent getting the flu. Getting the flu vaccine‚ good hand hygiene and avoiding people who have the flu are all great ways to avoid getting sick. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ there are two types of vaccines available. One form of the vaccine is the inactive or “dead” vaccine which is given by injection. Another form is the live‚ attenuated (weakened) vaccine which is sprayed
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Do you get a flu shot every year? Well‚ it’s flu season for dogs‚ too. Most people are warned that coughing‚ sneezing‚ and a high fever are signs of the flu. Dogs are the same. Their symptoms also include loss of appetite and achy muscles. This dog flu is called canine influenza and there are two types: H3N2 and H3N8. During flu season‚ you probably wash your hands a lot because the flu can spread through touch‚ sneezing‚ or coughing. The dog flu spreads the same way. Dogs in dog daycares‚ dog parks
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letter is my final report on the barriers to flu vaccinations. I have called it THE BARRIERS FOR PUBLIC NOT RECEIVING VACCINATIONS FOR INFLUENZA AND SIMILAR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. It represents both qualitative and quantitative data and analysis of my research that I performed with your funding. As you know‚ vaccinations rates in the population are way below what they should be‚ with less than half the population vaccinated with the simple flu vaccine. Thousands
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_____________________________ Dear _________________________‚ Mercury Drug will hold Bantay Kalusugan “Iwas Trangkaso” flu vaccination/free consult for 6 consecutive Saturdays‚ August 17-Sept 21‚ 2013‚ 10 am-7 pm at participating stores throughout the country. Join us in 3 easy steps: 1. Confirm participation by sending your HHC Case Manager your contact details. 2. Follow flu vaccine administration procedure. 3. Receive your honorarium by sending your Case Manager right after event the needed
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the healthiest of all‚ you won’t get influenza? Well‚ you are totally wrong. Anybody can get the flu. The best way to prevent it is getting the flu vaccinations. You should never take risks for infections. The most common reasons people don’t get the vaccinations are because they think they are totally healthy‚ they think that they never got the flu so they won’t ever get it‚ they are tough‚ the flu shot made them sick‚ and last but not least‚ the vaccinations aren’t covered by their insurance. If
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rushed her to the emergency room. Three and half hours later‚ the little girl with beautiful blue eyes was dead. The CDC estimates that up to 20% of the population gets sick from the flu each year. Of that percent indicated only 40% are regularly vaccinated against the flu. Sadly‚ Scarlet Anne did not receive a vaccine that could have saved her life.
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