Immunization of Ukrainians in Poland

Vaccination for all, or How to protect Ukrainians from infections

In these war months, Poland has carefully sheltered about 1.7 million Ukrainians. 63% of them came with minor children. These data are provided by the Polish agency EWL, based on the latest study.

While peaceful cities are being bombed in Ukraine, mothers with children should not return home. In addition to the shelter, the friendly country Poland also provides an opportunity to take care of the health of young and old Ukrainians, more precisely, prevention, i.e., mandatory vaccinations. They are the most important achievements of modern medicine and meet the highest safety standards.

Infections are still widespread!

Today, we do not think about the fact that tuberculosis, for example, can still affect us, even when none of our acquaintances get it. Treatment of this disease takes a very long time and requires numerous drugs. If you do not prevent diseases such as measles (and it can be contracted at any age), then more than 5% of people who relapsed into measles, impaired health for life. Death or severe complications can also be caused by diphtheria, whooping cough, meningococcal infection, and many others. All this can be avoided through vaccination. Note that the treatment of these serious infectious diseases also requires large financial costs.

Prevention is the best treatment!

One of the best ways to protect yourself and your child from deadly infections is to follow not only the National Vaccination Calendar of Ukraine,but also the vaccination rules in the country to which you were evacuated. In Poland, citizens of Ukraine, children, and young people under 19 years of age have the right to receive free vaccinations in accordance with the Preventive Vaccination Program .

Kindergartens and schools (and our children really like the Polish school) will not be accepted without vaccinations, because Poland, like every European country, seriously cares about the health of the nation.

So, if you are in Poland, under its protection, you find out that your child has missed the scheduled vaccinations or does not have them at all, make up for it as soon as possible. Follow the link to learn how to restore the history of vaccinations in order to make a schedule of missed. To restore the history of vaccinations in order to make a schedule of missed.

If a child does not have documents confirming that he or she has been vaccinated, he or she is considered unvaccinated. That is, she must undergo the entire course of preventive vaccinations in accordance with the Polish program.

Differences between the Ukrainian and Polish vaccination calendars:

The Polish calendar differs slightly from the Ukrainian one in the number of vaccine doses and their administration schemes, and also contains mandatory vaccinations that are not included in the list guaranteed by the Ukrainian state.

For example, the Ukrainian calendar does not include vaccination against pneumococci and rotavirus infection. In addition, the Ministry of Health of Poland recommends free vaccines against influenza and chickenpox, as well as paid vaccines against meningococcal infection, hepatitis A, tick-borne encephalitis, and human papillomavirus.