{"id":152648,"date":"2024-04-07T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=152648"},"modified":"2024-04-07T21:08:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T01:08:57","slug":"health-unit-resumes-school-immunization-program-for-grade-7-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/health-unit-resumes-school-immunization-program-for-grade-7-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Health unit resumes school immunization program for Grade 7 students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the Simcoe Muskoka District Health<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning this week, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) in partnership with local school boards, will resume school-based clinics to complete the series of routine immunizations for Grade 7 students.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>School immunization nurses will visit elementary schools throughout Simcoe and Muskoka from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simcoemuskokahealth.org\/docs\/default-source\/topic-immunization\/round-2-schools-2024.pdf?sfvrsn=28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April to June<\/a>&nbsp;to provide immunization for Grade 7 students. Information will be sent home with students through the school in advance of school-based clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vaccines offered during the school-based clinics significantly reduce the risk of hepatitis B, meningococcal meningitis, and human papillomavirus (HPV) infections. Vaccination remains one of the best tools we have available to protect youth against harmful diseases before they may encounter them. The HPV vaccine is important because it significantly reduces the risk of various types of cancers such as throat and cervical cancer and prevents genital warts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health unit advises getting immunized according to the publicly funded immunization schedule for Ontario and reminds parents and caregivers that meningococcal disease is one of the designated diseases under the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.gov.on.ca\/en\/pro\/programs\/immunization\/ispa.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Immunization of School Pupils Act<\/a>&nbsp;(ISPA). Under ISPA, children and youth attending elementary or secondary school must be immunized against certain diseases, unless they have a valid exemption. Hepatitis B and HPV vaccines are not required under ISPA but are strongly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having up-to-date immunizations helps to ensure that students have the best protection against serious vaccine-preventable diseases, reduces the risk of outbreaks in schools and allows the health unit to act quickly to prevent and control outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the date that the health unit will be visiting your child\u2019s school or for more information about the vaccines given in Grade 7 and the diseases they prevent, visit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simcoemuskokahealth.org\/Topics\/Immunization\/Immunization-Programs\/Grade-7-Immunization-Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">smdhu.org\/Grade7<\/span><\/a>. You can also speak with a public health professional by calling Health Connection at 705-721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Beginning this week, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) in partnership with local school boards, will resume school-based clinics to complete the series [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":55122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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