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Parents Often Forget Schedules to Posyandu? Don’t take it lightly, this is what will happen if your child is late for routine immunizations

What will happen if you forget to come to the posyandu

Nakita.id – Moms, it’s very important to get immunization complete for children, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic.

However, unfortunately many parents are late to follow child immunization schedule from Integrated Healthcare Center for forgetting.

Whereas immunization can provide a number of benefits for children in the future.

In the context of World Immunization Week 2022, the Indonesian Allergy Immunology Association (PERALMUNI) together with the Vaccines Business Unit at Sanofi Indonesia collaborated with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenkes RI) and the Indonesia Influenza Foundation (IIF) to increase public awareness of the importance of complete immunization, especially during this period. COVID-19 pandemic.

Currently, there are various immunizations that can prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases.

Immunization can prevent 2-3 million deaths each year from diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, influenza, and measles.

In 2020–2030, it is estimated that immunization will save more than 32 million lives, of which 28 million are children under the age of 5 years.

Prof. Dr. dr. Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro, Sp.A(K), Chair of the National Immunization Expert Advisory Committee (ITAGI) said that basic immunization is important for infants and children up to 18 months of age to protect against various dangerous diseases.

“If many babies and toddlers do not get complete basic immunizations, then there can be outbreaks of various diseases that will cause many children to become seriously ill, disabled, or die,” he said at a virtual press conference for World Immunization Week 2022, Thursday (14/4/2022). ).

Also Read: List of Mandatory Immunizations and Prices, Parents Need To Record To Avoid Risky Diseases


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