Measles, Chickenpox, Tuberculosis... 17 types of vaccines you need to get as you grow up. Don't miss the timing and check out the vaccination helper.

Last year alone in Europe alone, 83,540 people had measles, 74 of them lost their lives, the World Health Organization tally showed in March. In 2016, 5,273 people were infected and 13 died, compared with 25,869 in 2017, which killed 42 people. In 2018, the damage caused by measles became even greater.

This year, 34,300 people have contracted measles in Europe from January to February alone. Analysts say this is because a growing number of people are avoiding vaccinations for measles.

According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's infectious disease portal on Monday, 181 cases of measles have been reported in Korea this year. However, it is not as popular as Europe. Only three patients were confirmed to have been infected in July.

Vaccination prevents infection of the disease and helps people to get over the disease even if they A high vaccination rate like Korea can prevent the spread of infectious diseases by creating collective immunity.

The reason why measles does not grow in Korea is because it can be vaccinated free of charge with government support, raising the vaccination rate from 97 to 98 percent. There was once an unproven rumor that vaccinating measles can lead to autism, partly because many parents were not swept away. As of last year, the vaccination rate of children with 36 months of age in Korea was 97.2 percent on average. The figure is 3 to 10 percentage points higher than the U.S. (86.9 percent), Britain (93.9 percent), and Australia (94.3 percent).

Last year alone, the government invested 321.1 billion won in the budget to support the cost of vaccinating 17 vaccines. An official at the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that vaccinations can prevent diseases, and even if you get sick, you don't pass lightly and pass by and transfer the disease to people around you.

◇Preventing inoculations even protect the health of neighbors

When vaccinated, you get immunity from certain diseases. When a child is vaccinated in accordance with the vaccination schedule from an early age, it can prevent him from getting infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis A and B, measles and chickenpox. Vaccination is a measure to protect not only the health of individuals but also the health of people around them. If a certain vaccination rate in a society exceeds 95 percent, a group of immunizations (collective immunizations) can be created to prevent the prevalence of infectious diseases. Conversely, a lower inoculation rate could expose many people to infectious diseases just as measles is in vogue abroad.

To encourage vaccination, the government is currently allowing free vaccinations of 17 types. The number of vaccines that have been partially supported since 2009 has been fully supported since 2014, and the number of vaccines that the state supports increased from eight in 2009 to 17 in 2017. Recently, Rep. Chung Chun-sook of the National Assembly proposed a revised version of the anti-inflammatory disease prevention method, which requires the government to store major vaccines in advance to prevent a shortage of vaccines.

Vaccination can cause "abnormal reactions" such as pain, swelling, fever, and muscle aches and headaches. In some cases, medical treatment is required due to severe allergic reactions, but it is very rare. Overall, the benefits are much greater. "Because vaccines have a definite effect on protecting the health of the people, the government is investing more than 300 billion won a year to conduct free vaccinations," said an official at the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

◇The vaccination status can be checked on the Preventive Helper site.

There are 17 types of vaccines that children receive as they grow up, and there are also many that need to be vaccinated. This may cause some parents to worry about missing the vaccination period. But you don't have to worry too much. This is because health authorities send a text message to the child's parents saying it's time to vaccinate the ○○ vaccine at a time when they need to be vaccinated, and to encourage them to vaccinate again if they don't vaccinate for more than a month.

Since 2003, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also been operating a "preventive vaccination helper" site that provides a quick, at-a-glance view of children's vaccination records. The site allows users to even check when and at which hospital the child was vaccinated by which company. "We need a certificate of vaccination when we send our children to kindergarten, school, or abroad to study, and we can get it from the vaccination site," a source at the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. "Since we can check our vaccination records when our children become adults later, we can avoid unnecessarily re-introducing vaccines that we have already received."