MANDATORY IMMUNIZATION: Is Every Opinion Valid?

Is Every Opinion Valid?

Immunizations are one of the most effective public health interventions and one of the great public health successes of the past century. Vaccines are well studied and monitored, and they prevent illness and death. Side effects are few and minor. Yet we have the right to remain unimmunized and to leave our children vulnerable to disease, and expose others to preventable diseases. What role does mandating immunizations in certain settings have in protecting the health of all?

About our Speaker

Dr. Meena Dawar is a Medical Health Officer with Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and is responsible for the immunization, tobacco and Healthy Schools programs at a regional level. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor with the School of Population and Public Health at UBC.

Meena received her MD from Dalhousie University; completed her Family Medicine training at Queen's University and her Master's in Health Sciences and Public Health Residency Training at UBC. Dr. Dawar has worked in rural and urban areas in Ontario and British Columbia and with Health Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.

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