登記所有孩子的疫苗接種：健康專家

登記所有孩子的疫苗接種：健康專家
Register kids' vaccinations: health experts
By LAURA PAYTON,
Parliamentary Bureau
Last Updated: December 6, 2010 4:00am
Translation by Autumnson Blog

OTTAWA – Canada needs a national vaccination registry so no child misses out on being immunized, a public health group says.
渥太華 - 加拿大需要一個全國性的疫苗接種登記，以使沒有兒童錯失免疫機會，一個公共健康組織說。
The Canadian Public Health Association says a registry would help the government track how many people across the country have been vaccinated, as well as whether children who move between provinces are up to date on their shots.
加拿大公共衛生協會說，一個註冊表將能夠幫助政府追踪，有多少人已在全國接種疫苗，以及在各省之間移動的兒童都得到注射更新。
In a report to be released Monday, the association says Canada needs a national strategy, the core of which would be the registry and a co-ordinated vaccine schedule.

Experts who contributed to the report fear kids miss out on immunization if they move between provinces because some are on different schedules. Not all provinces pay for the same vaccines either, leaving out poor families in some areas.

There's also a need for a co-ordinated national campaign to counter anti-vaccine voices, the report says.

Debra Lynkowski, head of the association, says the world's eradicated or controlled so many diseases that it's easy to take vaccines for granted.

“But we certainly wouldn't have decades ago when, for instance, polio was a real concern,” she said.

Lynkowski says the organization understands why parents worry about their kids, but “some of the concerns unfortunately aren't based on science or evidence.”

A spokeswoman for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, which had a doctor contribute to the report, says a national vaccine registry is an important contributor to patient safety.

More than 50 experts in public health, government and the pharmaceutical industry contributed to the discussions leading to the report. The report’s being released as they gather for the Canadian Immunization Conference, which Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq opened on Sunday.

A spokesman for Aglukkaq says the feds are reviewing the National Immunization Strategy.

“Some of the key areas under review include vaccine safety, supply and uptake,” Tim Vail wrote in an e-mail.

Lynkowski says federal funding for a vaccine against the human papilloma virus, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer, has run out, with no word from the government on whether they’ll renew it. Vail says the feds were always clear the money was one-time only funding.

laura.payton@sunmedia.ca
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/12/05/16436951.html

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