The Tepa Nurses and Midwifery Training College Principal Dr Albert opoku on 1st May 2025 attended the international conference on Global Infectious Diseases and Clinical Vaccines in Florida,s holidays Inn Express and Suites Orlando SeaWorld.
In an address the Principal made it known that he is now a member of Scientific Research Conferences, a Community for research,
According to him, vaccination is a primary instrument for prevention in public health. However, there are lot of Vaccination but due to misinformation spread by mass media, most people failed to buy into it.
Touching on vaccine Literacy campaigns, he said these targeted strategies provided public education which can been tailored to specific concerns for example, Covid 19 vaccine safety information
Through multimedia campaigns using radio television social media and written platforms can be adapted into suitable languages depending on the target.
He said child immune system can be overloaded “if the child receives multiple vaccine at one it may have effect in them.
Individuals versus public health priorities were first argued in the US supreme more than 100 years ago in jacobson versus maasachusetts ,a Cambridge resident refused to be vaccinated for smallpox because he believed the law violated his right to car for his own body how he knew best the court rejected jacobson,s challenges, this influential 1905 ruling has served as the foundation for state actions to limit individual liberties to protect the publics health centre for Diseases to Control and prevention (CDC).
That notwithstanding the enormous achievement in public health vaccine hesitancy continued to increase globally.
This, he said, has been identified by the world Health organisations (WHO) as one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2023 the routine first does of meales vaccine was missed by 22 million children far from the 2019 level of 19,3 Million
Vaccines have revolutionised diseases control, shifting the trajectory for human health by providing protection against 30 specific diseases worldwide WHO 2024.
Additionally, enormous achievement in public health vaccine hesitancy continued to increase globally,Vaccines have revolutionised diseases control, shifting the trajectory for human health by providing protection against 30 specific diseases worldwide WHO 2024
