High vaccination rate protects schools, families, and communities
ORANJESTAD – Youth Health Care (JGZ) of the Department of Public Health (DVG) has been vaccinating children at schools for 55 years.
This ongoing effort has contributed to a high vaccination rate for many years, helping to prevent the spread of various infectious diseases among our children.
When most children are properly vaccinated, diseases such as measles, mumps, polio, tetanus, and others have less of a chance to spread. A high vaccination rate is important not only for the vaccinated child, but also for other babies, people with compromised immune systems, and others in the community who cannot receive certain vaccines for medical reasons.
If fewer and fewer children receive their vaccines, diseases that currently rarely occur in Aruba could spread again. This risk is especially real because international travel connects Aruba to countries where there are still active outbreaks of various diseases that we have not seen here for a long time.
Therefore, the DVG requests that parents check their child’s vaccination record, submit the consent form on time, and provide a vaccination record if the child was born or vaccinated outside of Aruba. JGZ will verify whether the child is sufficiently vaccinated, depending on their age and the vaccination schedule applicable in Aruba.
The protection of the community begins with the protection of every child.
For more information, please contact the JGZ department at 522-4200.
Together, we protect our children, schools, and community against infectious diseases.
