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Mandatory Childhood Vaccinations in Poland—The Art of Preventing the Preventable
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: Received: 31 October 2023 / Approved: 3 November 2023 / Online: 3 November 2023 (15:47:16 CET)
How to cite: Kamińska, A.; Plata-Nazar, K. Mandatory Childhood Vaccinations in Poland—The Art of Preventing the Preventable. Preprints 2023, 2023110261. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0261.v1 Kamińska, A.; Plata-Nazar, K. Mandatory Childhood Vaccinations in Poland—The Art of Preventing the Preventable. Preprints 2023, 2023110261. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0261.v1
Abstract
Infectious diseases are one of the leading causes of death among children under the age of 5 with 60% of those deaths preventable with prophylaxis. Vaccinations prove to be the most succesfull and effective public health tool of infectious dieases preventions. Poland first implemented a program of mandatory childhood vaccinations in 1960. The program is updated each year and provides parents with a clear schedule to follow. The program includes vaccinations against 12 diseases (tuberculosis, hepatitis B, rotaviral disease, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps and rubella) mandatory for all children and funded by the government. It also includes recommended vaccinations which costs are covered by a patient. Immunization rates are monitored nationwide and reported to the Chief Sanitary Inspector. With recent outbreaks of infectious diseases among young children the obligation lies on the government to provide childhood immunizations, and largely on the physicians to provide reliable education about infectious diseases in children and safety of vaccinations to the parents.
Keywords
childhood vaccinations; mandatory vaccinations; Poland; immunity; MMR vaccine, tuberculosis vaccine, poliomyelitis vaccine, vaccination rate
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Immunology and Allergy
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