Immunisation is defined as the method of strengthening a person’s immunity or resistance to an infectious disease through administration of certain vaccination (World Health Organization, 2016). Vaccination helps to stimulate the body’s own immune system protecting the person against subsequent infections or diseases (World Health Organization, 2016). Immunisation provides the safest and most effective way of protecting people and community from various life-threatening diseases. Thus, immunisation has become one of most significant public health interventions in the last two centuries (Department of Health, 2016). It is estimated that around two to three million deaths are averted each year with the help of immunisation (World Health Organization,
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As stated earlier in the essay, immunisation process involves vaccination. According to World Health Organization (2016), billions of doses of vaccines are provided to immunisation programs across the world every year. Vaccines are complex biological products developed to induce protective immune system (Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation , 2015, p. 18). In Australia, all kinds of vaccines used undergo extensive researches, stringent testing in large clinical trials, and they must be approved for use by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), who is responsible for monitoring the safety of medicines (Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation , 2015, p. 18) . Furthermore, Australia has a national surveillance system, which concerns with reporting any adverse events following the immunisation from states and territory systems as well as the direct information from the health professionals, vaccine companies, and consumers (Department of Health, 2016). Such rigorous monitoring of vaccines ensures the safety in terms of its negative side effect on the children. Some of the parents choose not to have their child immunised due to fear of severe side effects, which they think might follow after vaccination. However, vaccines rarely cause any fatal side effects. While serious reactions to immunisation are very unlikely, some people may experience mild swelling, pain, and redness at the …show more content…
In recent times, there have been an increased concerns about perceived vaccine safety issues, for instance, some believed that vaccines were associated with autism (Omer, Salmon, Orenstein, deHart, & Hasley, 2009, p. 1981). Some parents oppose childhood immunisation for numerous reasons such as religious reasons, concerns about vaccination myths, orthodox views, and preferred way of child raising. Although it is important to respect parental autonomy in terms child care, it is more important to consider the safety of the child and the community. Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease normally begin among unimmunised persons then it will gradually spread within the unimmunised population and also affecting the other subpopulation (Omer, Salmon, Orenstein, deHart, & Hasley, 2009, p. 1984). It is very important to have compulsory childhood immunisation so as to ensure that every child is safe from diseases and enjoys a healthy life. Immunisation refusal will increase the individual risk of disease as well as the risk for the whole community (Omer, Salmon, Orenstein, deHart, & Hasley, 2009, p.
As stated earlier in the essay, immunisation process involves vaccination. According to World Health Organization (2016), billions of doses of vaccines are provided to immunisation programs across the world every year. Vaccines are complex biological products developed to induce protective immune system (Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation , 2015, p. 18). In Australia, all kinds of vaccines used undergo extensive researches, stringent testing in large clinical trials, and they must be approved for use by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), who is responsible for monitoring the safety of medicines (Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation , 2015, p. 18) . Furthermore, Australia has a national surveillance system, which concerns with reporting any adverse events following the immunisation from states and territory systems as well as the direct information from the health professionals, vaccine companies, and consumers (Department of Health, 2016). Such rigorous monitoring of vaccines ensures the safety in terms of its negative side effect on the children. Some of the parents choose not to have their child immunised due to fear of severe side effects, which they think might follow after vaccination. However, vaccines rarely cause any fatal side effects. While serious reactions to immunisation are very unlikely, some people may experience mild swelling, pain, and redness at the …show more content…
In recent times, there have been an increased concerns about perceived vaccine safety issues, for instance, some believed that vaccines were associated with autism (Omer, Salmon, Orenstein, deHart, & Hasley, 2009, p. 1981). Some parents oppose childhood immunisation for numerous reasons such as religious reasons, concerns about vaccination myths, orthodox views, and preferred way of child raising. Although it is important to respect parental autonomy in terms child care, it is more important to consider the safety of the child and the community. Outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease normally begin among unimmunised persons then it will gradually spread within the unimmunised population and also affecting the other subpopulation (Omer, Salmon, Orenstein, deHart, & Hasley, 2009, p. 1984). It is very important to have compulsory childhood immunisation so as to ensure that every child is safe from diseases and enjoys a healthy life. Immunisation refusal will increase the individual risk of disease as well as the risk for the whole community (Omer, Salmon, Orenstein, deHart, & Hasley, 2009, p.