Knowledge of Mothers about Side Effects of Obligatory Vaccines in Al-amyria Family Medicine Center, Cairo

Abstract

There are at least 27 causative agents against which vaccines are available and many more agents are targeted for development of vaccines. The number of antigen in the immunization programmers vary from country to country however, there are few selected antigens against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, hepatitis B, tuberculosis which are part of immunization programmers in most of countries in the world. Vaccination is one of the most powerful tools used to prevent diseases. As with all drugs most vaccines have been reported to cause adverse reactions. The reactions are either acute such as local reactions, or are related to the risk of developing another disease. A cross sectional study started in December 2014 and continued till April 2015 and was conducted among the study group using an interview questionnaire, a sample of 385 mothers attending the vaccination session in Al- Amyria family medicine centre- Cairo were interviewed.