Vaccination in Previously-Healthy Children: Practice Recommendations on Vaccines Included and Not Included in the National Immunization Schedule of the Republic of Turkey – 2020
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2020
Yazarlar: Emin Sami Arısoy, Ergin Çiftçi, Mustafa Hacımustafaoğlu, Ateş Kara, Nuri Zafer KURUGÖL, Ayper Somer, Hasan Tezer
Journal of Pediatric Infection, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2020, cilt 14, ss 160-174
DOI: 10.5578/ced.202057
Özet
Opinion of the Society / Derneğin GörüşüVaccination is the safest, most efficient, and cost-effective approach in protecting children's and adults' health and preventing infectious diseases.Immunization against all diseases with efficient and safe vaccines is the right of every child.In Turkey, healthy children are regularly vaccinated based on a national immunization schedule, the coverage of which is gradually extending.This article has been written to present practice recommendations on vaccines included and not included in the National Immunization Schedule, create a national practice guideline covering all vaccines administered to children, and develop the subject matter in light of discussions.Three similar recommendation articles have been published in the Journal of Pediatric Infection (Çocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi), including "Vaccination Recommendations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society" in 2009, "The National Vaccination Schedule in Previously Healthy Children: The Practical Recommendations about Additional Vaccines" in 2014, and "Clinical Practice Recommendations for Turkish National Vaccination Schedule for Previously Healthy Children (National Vaccination Schedule) and Vaccines not Included in the Schedule-2015" in 2015 (1-3).Based on recommendations and discussions on previous articles and developments in the field of vaccination, this article covers up-to-date practice recommendations on vaccines included and not included in the national vaccination schedule of Turkey.