Dubai Health Authority (DHA) have released the immunization schedule as part of its initiatives to reduce the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases. The introduction of this policy aims at the improvement of immunization services as well as the provision of technical guidance to healthcare providers to ensure that they follow best practices in terms of administering and storing vaccines . Immunization is one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective public health interventions in the management of diseases. Globally, an estimated 2.5 million child deaths are prevented every year due to immunization . Thus, due to immunization, Small Pox has already been eradicated in Dubai.
Polio is the next disease targeted for eradication using vaccines followed by Measles . Routine immunization should be started during infancy. If missed it should be started as soon as possible. The DHA has…
