The importance of vaccination cannot be taken lightly. Through immunization, humans have fought a variety of diseases which can be considered as a triumph in the domain of health care among children and even in adults as well as elongating life span among many developed countries. Developing countries are still yet to employ these health care measures to ensure the safety of their populations from deadly diseases.
Vaccines are drugs which, when applied to healthy people through injection or orally, generate defenses (antibodies) that act to protect against contact with infectious agents against which vaccine, preventing infection or disease.
Vaccines or immunizations have defended children from serious diseases for over 50 years. Vaccines stimulate the production of antibodies, which are defenses against disease. In this way, the child will be immune to the disease if it comes into contact with the germ that causes at some point.
While vaccines are received throughout childhood, adolescence and adulthood, most vaccines are given during the first two years of life, according to WebMD. These are because young children are more vulnerable to serious diseases.Also, they must be protected before starting school, where they will be exposed to a large number of germs.
The number of doses and the time interval between each vaccination scheme is necessary to achieve a good response and improved vaccine efficacy, according to Hudson Valley News Network. To facilitate the correct application of vaccines in childhood, all countries have developed a vaccination schemes: are called scheduled childhood vaccinations. In these vaccines, doses and ages of application are defined.
Pediatric associations in each country recommend a historical pattern unique to administer vaccines, based on international recommendations. Despite the recent rise of 'anti-vaccine trend,' vaccines have a high safety profile and a low rate of side effects and complications.
But vaccinations do not end in childhood, but epidemiological changes in many cases justify continuing them in adulthood to prevent the reemergence of diseases that seemed already controlled or to reinforce their immunogenic power.
