Vaccines Crucial To Preventing Diseases

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

BIDE} Hiea lth Vaccines Crucial To Preventing Diseases (NAPSA)—Experts say keeping children vaccinated in a timely manner is essential to keeping them healthy. However, studies show only 9 percent of children receive ageappropriate vaccinations at the recommended times. Now is a good time to see if your kids are up to date. “Your child may be exposed to unvaccinated or undervaccinated children in school or at day care,” says Judy Meehan, executive director of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB). “With every child To get the best protection for your children, make sure they are immunized on schedule. @ who has incomplete immunizations, the risk of spreading illness to other children and to the entire community increases. So finishing vaccinations that come in a series is crucial. So is catching up if your child falls behind on immunizations.” The recommended immunization and catch-up schedule can be found at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site, http://www2a.cdc.gov/ nip/scheduler_le/default.asp, or by calling (800) 232-4636 (English or Spanish). This easy-to-use schedule identifies the recommended vaccines, the number of doses required and the ages when they are given. Experts say children with incomplete vaccinations risk spreadingillnesses to other children and the community. “Don’t wait to get caught up,” says Meehan. “Every day you wait is another day your child goes unprotected.”

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