Public Health - Immunizations

The public health concern I chose to blog about this week is that of immunizations. Diseases can spread to anyone, anywhere, and a disease does not discriminate. Some diseases we can’t prevent, but there are so many that we can by vaccinations. I find this important because we live in a world surrounded by people from all over the world. If efforts are not being made in all parts of the world to stress the importance of immunizations we can be affected in our own country as well. We can be affected if we travel or if others travel here. Therefore, immunizations are very important. I think world wide the awareness of immunizations and their importance is being heard and lots of organizations are doing their part to help people get immunized. I read on the CDC website about various incentives to help with immunizations. One of them involved people from Brazil traveling to Angola and helping to immunize people and raise awareness about being vaccinated against polio. Staying informed and update about immunizations will help me in my future work by helping others including parents be aware of the necessity of immunizations.