Children pay heavy price as parents ignore life-saving vaccines
Eunice Aoko during the interview at her home in Kayundi, Siaya.Four out of her five children missed most of the early childhood vaccines.
Kassim Adinasi I Nation Media Group
Media Source: Nation Media (Kenya)
Date: 1 May 2024
Dr Elizabeth Kuta, a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist at Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu says the country should be worried about children who miss out on immunisation. “The 20 per cent who are not vaccinated are at a high risk of contracting and causing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable yet life-threatening…
Dr Elizabeth Kuta, a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist at Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu says the country should be worried about children who miss out on immunisation. “The 20 per cent who are not vaccinated are at a high risk of contracting and causing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable yet life-threatening diseases,” says Dr Kuta. The paediatrician describes vaccines as an antigen administered to an individual to trigger an immune response similar to what can be triggered if the person had gotten the actual infection. In response, the antigen offers the body immunity against life-threatening illnesses.