MEDICAL ETHICS IN THE CONTEXT OF VACCINATIONS

ABSTRACT

Prevention of disease is one of the key functions ofprimary care. Vaccines have earned their place inpreventing communicable diseases. The rate of uptake ofvaccines does not always match with knowledge.There are barriers which the healthcare professionalsneed to address. In the new era of IT, innovation andpolicy change, many ideas can be pursued to improvevaccination uptake in the community.There is a group of our population who will need ourspecial attention to vaccinate. They are the healthcareworkers, caregivers, the foreign domestic helpers, theimmunocompromised, and the pregnant mothers.There are many areas we need to work on to improve ourvaccination rate. Primary Care Research will provide theevidence and guide the refinement of these programmes.