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Vaccinations protect children
Vaccinations are the most effective way of protecting children against various potentially severe illnesses, and against possible complications of these conditions. They work by imitating natural infections – but without causing disease symptoms – and inducing an immune response in the body. Some parents are concerned about possible serious side effects of vaccinations. Vaccination will only be recommended if the benefits associated with the prevention of illnesses and complications far outweigh any vaccine-related risks. It should be borne in mind that diseases of childhood still cause deaths in Switzerland as a result of failure to vaccinate or inadequate vaccine coverage.
At NAKOS you can register refugees with handicap. This is because these people have special needs and often require either an adapted living environment or additional aids so that they can manage their daily lives.
Three information flyers have now been translated into Ukrainian: “What are epileptic seizures and epilepsies?”, “First aid during epileptic seizures” and “Epilepsy in children”. The flyers are available on the website www.epi.ch and can be easily printed…
A print sheet with a brief information about diphtheria, which can be given to people to be vaccinated before the vaccination. The next vaccination date can be thereon noted.
Below you will find information on diphteria so that you can protect yourself and others. Diphteria is a serious infectious disease that can still be deadly. In the asylum centre you may come into contact with someone who has diphteria. Or perhaps you came…
