Do the government of Singapore administer vaccination against tuberculosis to school students?
2007-01-13 23:55:19 · 3 answers · asked by Dallas M 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
yesh.. BCG is the injection given to us in primary 6 too, or even at birth, it covers, Tb, measles. etc.. chances of gettin Tb r relatively rare in sg as singapore is nt a poor condition livin country. most of them havin them r foreigners who come over, e.g labour workers.
2007-01-14 00:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in a sense.
BCG is part of Singapore's National Childhood Immunisation Program, and is given at birth. It is not repeated during school years.
However, the protection provided by BCG vaccination against TB is questionable. General opinion is that it does not provide much protection against TB of the lungs, but lowers the risk of TB spreading from the lungs to other parts of the body, including the brain.
2007-01-14 09:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by cxln 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The BCG vaccine only covers TB (not measles or any other infectious disease). It is routinely given to infants in some parts of the world where TB is a risk, but the main benefit is seen in children, where it provides up to 80% protection against extra-pulmonary TB (which is more common in infected young children).
Don't know about Singapore specifically, although I don't see why it would be given at that higher age, unless there are definite risk factors (poor, crowded schools?).
Hope this helps.
2007-01-14 08:25:14 · answer #3 · answered by Blah? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋