A comprehensive immunisation schedule for women is ready
- The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) recently unveiled a comprehensive immunisation schedule for women.
Highlights:
- This schedule provides a list of essential vaccines that adult women should receive, and the recommended frequency of each vaccine.
- A recent report highlighted that women spend 25% more time in poor health compared to men.
- Vaccination can help change this and safeguard women from vaccine-preventable diseases, contributing to an improved quality of life.
- 31% of women are at a high-risk of an HPV infection after birth. Thus, vaccination plays a crucial role in a new mother’s health.
- The report,‘Closing the Women’s Health Gap: A $1 Trillion Opportunity to Improve Lives and Economies’, showcases how the narrowing of the women’s health gap would allow 3.9 billion women to live healthier, higher-quality lives.
Adult Vaccination
- Adult vaccine coverage in India is almost negligible and this needed to change.
- There is an urgent need to sensitize people and health care providers on adult vaccination as it can help save millions of lives in India.
- Initiatives like the revised immunization schedule can go a long way in changing the situation and protecting more people in future.
Prelims Takeaway
- HPV vaccine
- Immunisation