Vaccination for babies: Vaccine service or free!

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Vaccination for babies: Vaccine service or free! (QC)

The current newborn vaccine comes in the form of: Using the Vaccine in the Extended Immunization Program (TCMR) or service vaccine. Regardless of the form, before being put into use, it must be licensed by the Ministry of Health for circulation and closely tested for safety and effectiveness.

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Vaccines are just as expensive as possible?

Why do 2 forms of vaccine exist?

In case of "contraindicated" vaccination

The current newborn vaccination takes the form of: Using either the Extended Immunization Program (TCMR) or service vaccination. Regardless of the form, before being put into use, it must be licensed by the Ministry of Health for circulation and closely tested for safety and effectiveness.

Vaccines are just as expensive as possible?

According to statistics, about 1.5 million children each year are participating in injecting drugs in the IDU program, while only about 8-10% need to inject services.

However, many families still think that the service vaccines must be vaccinated, the more expensive the better, and the few side effects. Is it the true?

All vaccines have certain reactions after they get vaccinated. Mortality due to IDU is present, but when circulating it is within the limits of the World Health Organization.

The number of service vaccines accounts for a small amount, not to order a large quantity like TCMR vaccines, but to regulate according to the market mechanism, the price is probably more expensive.

TCMR vaccines are not naturally free, the State has to pay to buy, support from international organizations.

Mothers have the right to choose service vaccines or expanded vaccines for their babies

The cost of supporting people who get vaccinated by TCMR is only about 600 VND / 1 shot and about 7,000-17,000 VND / cap for service vaccination. To solve this problem, the State has to pay a few hundred billion dong more.

There are currently 20 service vaccines for infants missing only 2: Infarix Hexa (6 in 1) and Pentaxim (5 in 1). The corresponding category in the Expanded Immunization Program is the 5-in-1 vaccine Quinvaxem. Lack of these 2 vaccines is mainly in big cities, high demand at the same time, pushing prices up.

Many families think that free vaccines are not good and get safer and better quality services, but when investigating the background, it cannot be said that service vaccines are better than vaccines under the TCMR Program.

Why are there so many vaccines for my baby? Some vaccines that should be vaccinated for your baby are those against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, flu, hepatitis B, polio ... Vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis should be vaccinated. Five doses: at 2, 4, and 6 months, between 15 to 18 months of age and between 4 to 6 years of age.

Why do 2 forms of vaccine exist?

According to a representative from the Ministry of Health, the newborn vaccination is still under the market mechanism, so vaccines exist in two forms, namely service vaccination and IDU. Each family has the choice, the operator or the producer has the right to distribute the supply.

If choosing the form of IDU, only mothers need to know the vaccination schedule for their children and register at the ward (commune) level health facilities, they can bring their children to vaccination without having to wait or worry about insufficient doses, late injection. .

Vaccination of infants in the early years of life is essential for disease prevention

The form of mother service can be proactive about the timing of vaccination, but in peak times, the lack of vaccines will lead to the situation of waiting in line and waiting at some injection sites. Also the lack also affects the psychology of many mothers. That is the wait.

The psychology of waiting for after giving birth leads to the baby being injected late, not on schedule, the more susceptible to disease. There was a time when whooping cough appeared when the child was supposed to be vaccinated at 2 months of age, but because of late, no injection, the child got whooping cough at 3.4 months old.

Waiting mentality is partly influenced by the communication mechanism. Doing wrong, not enough, and the development of social networks creates virtual fevers, making mothers see that vaccines work well and continue to wait.

In case of "contraindicated" vaccination

The infant vaccine is considered safe, there are very few cases that have contraindications, only contraindicated with vaccination in the following cases:

Children with a history of shock or a severe reaction after a previous vaccination of the same vaccine.

Children have functional impairment of organs (such as respiratory failure, circulatory failure, heart failure, kidney failure, liver failure ...)

Other contraindications to the instructions of the manufacturer for each vaccine.

In order to ensure the safety of the baby before vaccination, each medical facility always has staff with expertise in screening and vaccination indications when eligible. At the same time, mothers need to coordinate to provide necessary information about current health status, immunization history and post-vaccination responses of previous vaccinations.

Notes when vaccinating children Facing quite a few babies dying after vaccination has made many parents worried. So how to ensure your child's safety when vaccinated under the current expanded vaccination program?

You also need to know that the recommended age for vaccination is not absolute. For example 2 months can be interpreted as 6 to 10 weeks old. While it is recommended that the mother should try to get the child vaccinated according to the timeline, the slight delay may not affect the immune effectiveness of the vaccine or force the child to re-vaccinate from the beginning.