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Call for Pregnant Women to take H1N1 Vaccine
ABU DHABI - Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HAAD) on Tuesday called all pregnant women in the Abu Dhabi emirate to take the vaccine in order to avoid catching the swine flu virus and protect their babies.
“In line with the H1N1 national vaccination strategy and according to priority groups, HAAD launched the H1N1 vaccination campaign in November 2009 by providing the vaccine to Haj pilgrims. We started the second phase of vaccination which covers pregnant women,” said Zaid Al Siksek, CEO of HAAD.
Pregnant women who are receiving care at government healthcare services are advised to get the vaccine at their antenatal clinics in the hospital or at maternity and child healthcare centre in Primary Healthcare Clinics/Ambulatory Health Services.
Meanwhile, pregnant women who are receiving care from private clinics are advised to get a referral letter from their doctors to get the vaccine at select government clinics. (Please see box for clinics).
“Pregnant women are being offered the vaccination as a top priority because they are more likely to develop serious complications from H1N1 flu. The World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that up to 10 per cent of all hospitalised patients with H1N1 flu are women who are more than three months pregnant. In addition, pregnant women are more likely to need care in an intensive care unit compared with the general population,” explained Dr Jamal Al Mutawa, section head of Communicable Diseases at HAAD.
The H1N1 vaccine is licensed for use in pregnant women by the WHO, the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission who carefully considered all the evidence and recommended it for use.
Women who are known to have become pregnant shortly after receiving the vaccine have gone on to have normal pregnancies.
More information on HAAD customer services can be had by dialling 800800 or by calling the National Hotline for H1N1 prevention on 800358.
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