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Public Health

AHS encourages parents to keep your child’s routine immunizations up to date

Feb 25, 2023 | 1:48 PM

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reminding Albertans with children to make sure their kids are up to date with routine immunizations.

Officials note Alberta offers all children routine immunizations, free of charge. By following the routine immunization schedule, AHS says your child will be immunized against diseases at important times during their growth and development. This means your child will get the maximum possible protection, officials point out.

Officials say vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, are coming back in areas where not enough people are immunized. Its’ noted globally, outbreaks of measles, mumps, pertussis (whooping cough) and other illnesses are being declared. Outbreaks of these illnesses have been declared in Alberta as well, which AHS says can lead to your neighbours, family members and friends becoming sick.

Over the course of the pandemic, officials acknowledge that routine immunizations may have been missed or delayed. They say it is important for children to receive any immunizations they may have missed. AHS Public Health clinics are open and ready to help children and youth catch up on any immunizations they need.

AHS provides free, routine immunization for infants, children and youth who live in Alberta at your local AHS Public Health Office or AHS Community Health Centre. AHS also offers routine immunizations in schools.

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Each year, AHS Public Health reviews immunization records for students in grades one, six and nine, to see which immunizations each student needs. A consent form is then sent home with an information sheet for each vaccine recommended for the student. AHS says no immunizations will be given in school without consent from a parent or legal guardian. If vaccine doses are delayed from the routine recommended schedule, they don’t have to be restarted, they are offered as soon as possible.

You can visit immunizealberta.ca to learn more about routine immunizations or call 811 to book an appointment at an AHS immunization clinic. To find out which immunizations are right for your child, check with your family physician or Health Link at 811, public health nurse or visit myhealth.alberta.ca.

AHS says immunization is safe and effective and protects our communities. Officials say the more people who are fully immunized in a community, the safer everyone is.