On September 9, Dong Da Ward Health Station (Hanoi) organized regular vaccination for children under 5 years old and pregnant women in the area. In the program, children are vaccinated and take vaccines in the expanded immunization program such as tuberculosis, diphtheria - whooping cough - tetanus, hepatitis B, Hib, polio, measles, measles - rubella, Japanese encephalitis, Rota...
According to Dr. Pham Quang Trung, Dong Da Ward Health Station, vaccination activities are maintained monthly to ensure that target groups have full access to all types of vaccines according to the schedule.
This is a suitable time to implement preventive measures, including vaccination. When children are fully vaccinated and on time, they will have early immunity, while contributing to creating community immunity," Dr. Trung emphasized.
Notably, this time also coincides with the period when children return to school. Gathering and living in crowded environments can increase the risk of infectious disease infection.
According to doctors, when children are vaccinated appropriately and on schedule before and during their return to school, the ability to form immunity early will contribute to limiting the risk of disease spread in the school environment.
Having a 9-month-old child, Ms. Lai Thi Quynh Giang (Dong Da, Hanoi) said that she knows the vaccination schedule through Zalo of the health station. According to her, being notified in advance of the vaccination schedule helps parents proactively arrange time.
Notifying from the beginning of the week to take my child for vaccination in the middle of the week is very convenient. In the digital transformation process, information via Zalo is a convenient channel for parents," Ms. Giang shared.
Ms. Giang also assessed that organizing vaccination right in the ward area brings convenience to people. Close proximity helps parents not have to take their children far, while facilities at the health station are increasingly being improved.
Similarly, Ms. Mai Linh (Dong Da, Hanoi) took her child to Dong Da Ward Health Station to get 5 in 1, Rota and polio vaccines. She said that every time the weather changes, what worries her family is respiratory diseases, pneumonia, bronchitis in children.
I take my child for vaccination so that he has a certain resistance, if he gets sick, it will be lighter and he will recover faster," Ms. Linh said.
In addition to vaccination, she also maintains some childcare measures at home such as adjusting the air conditioner temperature appropriately, avoiding letting children get too hot or too cold, and cleaning the nose with physiological saline.
Doctors recommend that during the transitional season, when children return to school and come into contact with more people, parents need to pay attention to hygiene measures to limit the risk of infection, especially respiratory diseases. Living space needs to be kept ventilated, children should have their hands cleaned regularly and their health monitored daily to detect early abnormal signs.
