IDAI Expresss A Number Of Blocking Factors For The Acceleration Of Child Immunization, Including Non-Terable Vaccines For Halal Labels

Pediatrician dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, Sp.A(K) in the 11th PTI-IKA in Jakarta. (VOI-Ivan Two Putra)

JAKARTA - Pediatrician dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, Sp.A(K) said ignorance of the threat of disease was the biggest factor for parents not to encourage their children to immunize.

This was conveyed by Pimprin when he was a speaker at the 11th Annual Scientific Child Health Sciences (PTI-IKA) meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Sunday, November 20. The event was initiated by the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI).

The community does not know the disease. Because they do not know the disease, they are not afraid of the disease. So the result is underestimate immunization," he said.

Piprim admits that in the community there are still wrong assumptions regarding the side effects of vaccines. In fact, according to him, a number of diseases are more dangerous for health if they are not prevented from using vaccines.

"We are more confused about the vaccine, even though the side effects of the vaccine only have a little fever, maybe a little swollen and a little red and slightly red. But if polio is paralyzed for life, it is difficult for children to become soccer players, it is difficult to become sprinters. We can imagine how sad a paralyzed child is like that," he said.

In addition, Piprim also conveyed several other factors that make immunization in children not run smoothly. One of them is that many parents in certain areas refuse their children immunization because the vaccine given has not yet been labeled halal.

"Some areas such as Aceh, West Sumatra and Riau asked for a halal certificate first. If it is like IDAI, it can't be done, because the authority of the halal certificate is in MUI or local government," he said.

Pimprim also highlighted the role of technology and social media in reporting on vaccination. IDAI assesses that, he said, there are still many irresponsible content that provides misinformation about vaccines and immunizations

In this 11th PTI-IKA meeting, IDAI emphasized how the achievement of immunization for children is not optimal to date. Mainly it occurs during the National Children Immunization Month (BIAN) as a program launched by the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) to encourage immunization.