With the help of digital mode enquire about the immunisation schedule for the children.
Point to be enquired:
• What is immunisation?
• Why is immunisation important?
• How do vaccines work?
• What is the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) schedule?
• How many vaccines do babies get?
Answers
Explanation:
Immunization is the process of giving a vaccine to a person to protect them against disease. Immunity (protection) by immunization is similar to the immunity a person would get from disease, but instead of getting the disease you get a vaccine. This is what makes vaccines such powerful medicine.
Answer:
Vaccines work by training the immune system to recognise and fight off invading organisms. Although often used interchangeably, the terms vaccination and immunisation are not the same; vaccination is the process of receiving a vaccine, while immunisation is the process of receiving a vaccine and becoming immune to a disease as a result of being vaccinated.
In Australia, routine immunisation begins at birth, and includes vaccines against 17 diseases, including measles, mumps, and whooping cough.
A large proportion of the community must be fully immunised for the preventive health measure to have the greatest benefit. The aspirational national immunisation target for childhood immunisation at the age of 5 is 95%. This rate has been achieved for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, but not for all children.
When are children immunised?
The Australian Government provides funded vaccines against 17 diseases to eligible people through the National Immunisation Program (NIP). Australian children are expected to have received specific vaccinations by the ages of 1, 2 and 5. The immunisation rates at all 3 ages are above 90%. The rate for Indigenous children is slightly lower than the rate for all children at the ages of 1 and 2, but by the time Indigenous children are 5 years old they are more likely than all children to be fully immunised.