Vaccination is carried out in order to strengthen immunity and protect the body from many serious viral and bacterial infectious diseases.
Vaccinations are given to both children and adults, and are recommended for maximum effectiveness according to an approved vaccination calendar.
In this material, you will learn about how vaccination is usually done.
The timing of preventive vaccinations is based on scientific evidence and recommended by the World Health Organization.
The health care worker shall provide the parent or his/her legal representative with complete and objective information on prophylactic vaccination, possible side effects, consequences of abandonment, possible postvaccinal complications.
Before the introduction of a preventive vaccination, a medical worker examines the vaccinated person.
A condition for prophylactic vaccination is that the consent or refusal is given in writing.
The following population groups are subject to preventive vaccinations:
Vaccines - preparations prepared from microorganisms which are causative agents of an infectious disease or from products of life activity of these microbes. In the production of vaccines, they are cleaned of unnecessary and harmful substances, leaving only what is needed to create protection against disease. That is, they are not able to cause disease, but are able to develop immunity.
Vaccination is a procedure for the introduction of vaccines and other immunobiological drugs into the human body, after which antibodies are produced in it that protect against pathogens of infections.
When vaccinating, it is important that the body is healthy. Indications for complete refusal of vaccinations are a complication for the previous administration of this vaccine for all vaccines, malignant neoplasms, immunodeficiency conditions for live vaccines.
Vaccination or the introduction of preventive drugs is carried out against 20 infectious diseases.
Dates and names of infections against which vaccinations are administered are stipulated in the National Inoculation Calendar.
Children in Kazakhstan will receive free compulsory preventive vaccinations at the polyclinic to which the child is attached.
Free vaccinations are:
Vaccines registered and authorized for use in the Republic of Kazakhstan are used for preventive vaccination. State registration and the issuance of a certificate are carried out by the National Centre for the Examination of Medicines and Medical Devices.
Vaccines for children in Kazakhstan are purchased and their production is certified by the World Health Organization. Reports of serious side effects of vaccines are transmitted to the WHO database.
Full information on vaccines registered in Kazakhstan is posted on the website of the National Centre for Drug and Medical Device Expertise in the section State Register.
You can also get information about medicines registered in Kazakhstan, including vaccines, through the DariKz mobile application.
Voluntary informed consent or refusal of prophylactic vaccination is given in writing.
Parents' refusal to receive preventive vaccinations is not a reason for refusing to admit their children to organized groups.
In case of registration of infectious diseases in an organized team, the risk of disease in unaccompanied children is very high. In this regard, unaccompanied children should be suspended from attending childcare facilities until the disease ceases, as they are not immune to infection.
In the absence of routine vaccinations, entry into a number of countries may be denied.
All prophylactic vaccinations are required for education in the USA, England.
To enter Saudi Arabia, pilgrims require immunization against meningococcal infection, while Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Kenya and other countries on the African continent require immunization against yellow fever.
Each country has its own approved vaccination calendar. And the higher the standard of living of the country, the wider the list of infectious diseases against which vaccination is conducted.