Written by Walid Abdel Salam Thursday, December 28, 2023 04:00 AM Revealed Ministry of Health and Population Details of the schedule of compulsory vaccinations for newborns. The Ministry of Health said that the vaccination schedule has been modified by adding two doses of the Salk anti-polio vaccine at 2 and 6 months of age, in addition to the current dose at 4 months, meaning that the child will receive 3 doses of the Salk vaccine to achieve greater protection and effectiveness within the national plan to declare Egypt free of polio. .
It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Health provides oral polio vaccination through the Sabin vaccine, until the World Health Organization recommended in 2016 the addition of the injectable vaccination dose (Sulk), and it is given to newborns at the fourth month of birth in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization, and it has been applied in Egypt since July 2018 and currently. The number of doses has been expanded.
The Ministry of Health confirmed that the Salk vaccine is a vaccine taken intramuscularly to immunize against polio, providing protection against 3 types of polio virus.
According to the new vaccinations, the newborn, at the age of two months, receives an oral vaccination against Sabin polio and an injection of the pentavalent vaccine into the outer part of the anterior muscle of the right thigh, as well as the Salk polio vaccination into the anterior muscle of the left thigh, and at the age of 4 months he receives three oral polio vaccinations. The pentavalent vaccination and the Salk polio vaccine.
At the age of 6 months, he receives 3 vaccinations instead of 3: Sabin, oral polio, two drops, pentavalent vaccination, and Solk, injectable polio.
Schedule of compulsory vaccinations for newborns
2023-12-28 02:00:00
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