dc.contributor.author | Alowami, Lamees | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-07T10:06:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-07T10:06:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-02-17 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.limu.edu.ly/handle/123456789/1714 | |
dc.description | Immunization by vaccination has contributed for the global elimination of
small pox and the extermination of poliomyelitis from the western hemisphere.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, 90% of infants were
vaccinated with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, in a total of 129 countries(1). Vaccines
aim to induce protective immunity against its corresponding infectious agent. The
goal of vaccination is the prevention of certain infectious diseases such as mumps,
hepatitis b, polio, and rubella. Vaccines tend to be very safe and adverse effects are
uncommon, but are serious. The importance of vaccination is apparent by the fact that
they are demanded by certain countries upon entrance.(2) In 2019 WHO estimated
that 19.4 million infants hadn’t received vaccinations, leaving them to rely only on
herd immunity. Vaccination are currently preventing 2-3 million deaths yearly.(1)
Upon recent years the use of vaccines has been debated on, and whether it’s safe or
could be causing underlying complications. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Vaccines aim to protect individuals from infectious diseases. The importance of
vaccine such as prevention of hospital infections, cost efficiency, and overall
protection to infections. The disadvantage of administration of certain vaccines to the
patient would be risk of anaphylaxis , thrombocytopenia, death ,and encephalopathy.
The aim of this study is to explain vaccinations and to go over both the benefits and
disadvantages of being vaccinated versus not. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.title | Should I Be Vaccinated? | en_US |
dc.type | Other | en_US |