1. Measles virus is spread through saliva splashes in the air when someone sneezes or coughs. Measles is a contagious disease and can cause death in children in the world.
2. Measles can be prevented with a vaccine effective and safe, has been given to hundreds of millions of children around the world. The first dose given at age 9 months and later given a second dose will be able to protect children from measles for life.
3. Each year, an estimated 30,000 Indonesian children died of measles.
4. Children who suffer from measles disease often show signs such as fever, rashes on the skin, cough, runny nose, red eyes and difficulty breathing.
5. Measles can cause children to die because of complications such as diarrhea, pneumonia or inflammation of the brain. Measles can also cause blindness, especially people who have deficiency of vitamin A.
6. Get your children immunized for measles. Measles can be prevented by immunization, can prevent complications from measles and the use thereof.
7. If your child is aged under 5 years old, ask your child to be given vitamin A with measles vaccine. Vitamin A can protect children from possible blindness or even death from complications due to measles.
8. Spread this information widely disseminated. Make sure everyone in your neighborhood know the importance of measles immunization so as to reach all children.
9. Make sure every child in your family have got complete immunization. Measles vaccine will be available for children ages 6 months to 12 years.
10. Report it immediately to local health officials if you encounter cases of suspected measles. Early case detection can stop the spread of disease outbreaks in your neighborhood.
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