: The initiative of the Ministry of Health to provide free tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis combination vaccine to pregnant women starting next year, is seen as a preparedness measure to protect vulnerable groups, including babies, from contracting pertussis .
“So, a vaccine from the mother will help the baby in the womb until it can receive the vaccine directly at the age of two months under the National Immunisation Programme and complete three doses when it reaches the age of five months,” he told Bernama here today. It covers an estimated 500,000 pregnant mothers every year and aims to reduce the risk of pertussis infection, especially among babies under five months.
“Pregnant mothers should understand that this vaccine is a protection for the child which is considered better and the cost is lower compared to treatment if their child is infected with pertussis,” he said. A bank officer, Nor Amiza Hamir Hamzah, 33, is thankful for the initiative because it will reduce parental worry about the risk of pertussis infection in children.
Of the 343 reported cases, 173 incidents or 50.4 per cent were infants under the age of five months, while of the 24 deaths recorded, 19 deaths were among infants under the age of five months.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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