IHP 610 Health Policy and Law: Immunization Executive Summary Report

This report provides an executive summary analyzing the health policy and law surrounding immunization in the State of Evergreen. The summary addresses a recent whooping cough outbreak and the legislature's consideration of removing religious exemptions for vaccinations. It details the importance of immunization, the stakeholders involved, and potential conflicts between them. The report highlights the application of relevant laws and policies, potential legal risks, and concludes with a recommendation for a course of action to protect public health. The analysis covers the history of immunization legislation, the current exemptions, and the need to balance public health concerns with individual rights. The report also references the CDC and ACIP's recommendations for immunization programs and the challenges related to mandates, research, informed consent, and access inequalities. It also includes a bibliography of relevant sources.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Advisory
Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) consistently publishes commendations for the
adult and childhood vaccination programs. According to the National Immunization Survey,
around 0.7 percent of kids who aged 19 to 35 months acknowledged absolutely no
immunization in the year of 2013. And about 92 percent of the children of this age group,
acknowledged dose of the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) immunization. The State of
Evergreen accepted comprehensive immunization legislation around 60 years ago which
statements immunization necessities for children who go to public school and other
healthcare worker. There are three chief counties in the State of Evergreen’s counties, which
are Fir, Pine and Cedar have witnessed huge whooping cough outbreaks throughout the past
year. The Evergreen Legislature is making an allowance for legislation in response to the
disease outbreak. And after the legislation is approved, the schools with be responsible in
providing immunization. State legislators focuses on the need to guard the public's health in
contradiction of the complications accessible by backing the recommended immunization
process and addressing worries of the population those object to obligatory immunization
commendations. Most of the vaccine-preventable illnesses are spread from one infected
person to other, and can spread by the same process to a whole community. Immunization to
these illnesses in essential in order to restore the health condition of the population and avoid
outbreak circumstances. The main conflict related to immunization regulation, its
development, and usage generally rotate around the mandates, the research and testing
stakeholders, the informed permission, and the admission inequalities among the population.
These issues are to be solved by the government laws which conducts the immunization
process and its equal delivery.

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