 | Health Education Syllabus for Secondary Schools (UNICEF, 46 p.) |
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SECTION H - IMMUNIZATION
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Immunity |
“State of resistance by the body to a particular type of disease or resistance against the agents of infections and parasitic diseases (virus, bacteria and protozoa).” |
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Features of immunity: Formation of antibodies (defensive substances) produced by WBC, (white blood cells) connective tissue, lymph nodes and spleen. |
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Specificity: capacity to produce special, exclusive antibodies to fight one type of agent. |
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Protracted duration in time: The ability to maintain the resistance even after years. |
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Types of immunity: natural, artificial, active and passive. |
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Uses and advantages of Immunization: |
Prevention and control of communicable diseases of and eradication of diseases e.g. small pox. |
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Immunizable diseases |
Disease |
Vaccine |
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Measles |
Measles |
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Tuberculosis |
BCG (Bacillus Culmitte Guerrin) |
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poliomyelitis |
Polio |
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Diphtheria |
D.P.T. |
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(Whooping cough) |
D.P.T. |
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Tetanus |
T.T. |
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Small Pox |
Small Pox |
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Yellow Fever |
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Rabbles | |
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Influenza | |
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Typhus | |
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Typhoid | |
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Cholera | |
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Meningitis |
Meningitis |
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Hepatitis B |
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Immunization Schedule: | | | |
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Vaccine |
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BCG |
Once at birth (or when present) |
Injection | |
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DPT |
Three times at 6 weeks, 10 weeks 14 weeks. |
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Polio |
Four times at birth, 6 weeks, 10 weeks, 14 weeks. |
Oral | |
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Measles |
Once at 9 months |
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T.T. |
All girls booster at 16 and booster at each pregnancy. |
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Importance of completing immunization schedule. | ||