National Immunisation Programme Malaysia

To reduce the morbidity and mortality due to vaccine preventable diseases 4.

National immunisation programme malaysia. A national immunization programme nip is the organizational component of ministries of health charged with preventing disease disability and death from vaccine preventable diseases in children and adults. Immunisation for children who have delayed first visit to the clinic not given immunisation. Compulsory vaccinations by the ministry of health malaysia bcg hepatitis b 1st dose hepatitis b 2nd dose 1st dose of the following. Malaysia s official expert driven community education initiative aimed at promoting immunisation to prevent vaccine preventable diseases.

To reduce the occurrence of outbreaks of the targeted diseases by creating adequate herd immunity 3. Ministry of health malaysia programme objectives 1. Ever wondered if you ve missed out on any vaccinations. To maintain surveillance on identified vaccine preventable.

National immunisation promotion campaign 2016 2020 an initiative spearheaded by the ministry of health to address the issue of vaccine refusal in the community and to strengthen the national immunisation program in malaysia. The academy of family physicians of malaysia afpm today jumped on the bandwagon of medical experts calling for the national immunisation programme nip to be made mandatory. The national immunisation programme in malaysia provides routine childhood immunisations for multiple infectious diseases. This goal was to be achieved by collecting information on the school based immunization programme at various levels using structured questions reported data and observation of.

Or if you re getting your children s vaccinations right. A nip is a government programme that operates within the framework of overall health policy. The writers visited malaysia from 24 february to 4 march 2008 to collaborate with the ministry of health in documenting the national school based immunization programme. The schedule is published as guideline for physicians nurses and parents to follow.

This vaccine is provided only for girls aged 13 years. To protect individual from the targeted diseases 2. Immunisation in the immunisation schedule national immunisation program is provided free of charge in all ministry of health malaysia facilities. All children in malaysia are recommended to receive vaccination based on the schedule set by the ministry of health malaysia up to 15 years old for the safety of the population.