Pediatricians back anti-measles drive

Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA) General Secretary urges parents to get their children vaccinated

ISLAMABAD: Health experts on Wednesday emphasised the importance of ongoing anti-measles vaccination as a safe way to prevent children from this contagious disease. Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA) General Secretary Dr Khalid Shafi while talking to a private news channel urged parents and their children to go to their nearest clinic or hospitals for vaccination as soon as possible, because with measles, prevention is far better than cure. He said measles is a highly contagious disease which can be fatal for children, but is preventable with vaccination, adding that two doses of measles vaccine are supposed to be given to all children in life. Measles is a viral infection that easily spreads from person to person through saliva, by coughing, sneezing or being in close contact with an infected person, he highlighted. It can cause severe complications, including blindness, deafness, brain damage, pneumonia and even death.  

Published in The Express Tribune, October 18^th, 2018.