Vaccination of children before school |

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2024-08-26 20:52:00

The Health Insurance Fund, the Health Board and the GP Association remind parents that before they start school they should check which vaccinations their child has received. Vaccination calendar for preschool children free of charge, it includes protective vaccination against 12 infectious diseases.

“Vaccination is a very effective and safe way to protect a child against diseases that can spread quickly and lead to serious complications. The start of school is a good time to check the child’s vaccination status, as well as the availability of necessary school supplies,” said Hannah Yesone on the Health Insurance Fund vaccination service. “Before going to the first grade, in addition to a pre-school doctor’s examination, the child must also receive a vaccination from the family doctor that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and poliomyelitis. In addition, before going to school, the child had to receive a protective vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella.”

Among other documents, a child entering or changing school must have an extract from the child’s medical record, which records all the vaccinations the child has already been given. Information about your child’s vaccinations can always be checked on the Health Portal website: health.ee. If information about your child’s vaccinations is not available on the Health Portal, you should ask your GP to add your child’s vaccination information to the Health Portal.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that at least 95% of children should be vaccinated to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Vaccination coverage of 95% provides adequate protection to the population and prevents the spread of infectious diseases among unvaccinated people. According to the Health Board in Estonia, almost 25 thousand children are not protected against dangerous infectious diseases.

Head of the Association of General Practitioners in Estonia, family doctor Dr. Elle-Mall Sadrak recommends that parents check their children’s vaccination status with their family doctor or family nurse and that they receive the necessary vaccinations as soon as possible. “If for any reason your child’s vaccinations were not completed on time or were delayed, now is the time to start over or get the vaccines that were missing,” said Elle-Malle Sadrak. “By vaccinating your child, we help prevent disease outbreaks so we can protect our loved ones – adults and the elderly.”

According to the Deputy Director General of the Department of Health Marie-Anne HjarmaThanks to vaccination, Estonia has been free of many dangerous infectious diseases for many years, but we are still only a plane or ferry ride away from most of them. “For example, in Estonia, many cases of measles and whooping cough have been diagnosed this year. These are serious diseases that are still spreading in many European countries. To protect our children and prevent the spread of these serious diseases in Estonia, it is important to follow the child’s vaccination schedule and receive all vaccinations on time,” explained Mari-Anne Härma.

As of 2023, instead of the recommended 95%, only 84% of all two-year-old children were vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and poliomyelitis, measles, mumps and rubella. 73% of 14-year-olds are now protected against measles, mumps and rubella. On average, 78% of 16-year-old children in Estonia are vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough.

The goal of the state immunization program is to ensure timely vaccination of children and adolescents. To do this, the state buys all the vaccines provided for in the plan.

In Estonia, children and adolescents receive free vaccination against tuberculosis, hepatitis B virus, rotavirus, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, rubella, measles, mumps, poliomyelitis, human papillomavirus and Haemophilus influenzae type B. Adults are vaccinated against diphtheria and tetanus every ten people. years. A free flu vaccine is also provided to people at risk, including children under 7 years of age.

More information can be found on the website www.vaktsineeri.ee

and in information materials – Vaccination calendar for preschool children free of charge,.

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