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Anti-vaccination and vaccine hesitation, for which health organizations have been drawing attention in the last years, has been brought into the parliamentary agenda.
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara MP Murat Erdemir has directed parliamentary questions at Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca and Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Zahra Zümrüt Selçuk.
Saying that vaccination is among the most important and cost-effective types of intervention into public health in terms of immunization services, diseases that can be prevented by vaccination, and the prevention of the deaths caused by those diseases, Emir noted that the primary purpose of the immunization services is the prevention of diseases especially in toddlers and children.
"Families' decision to not vaccinate their children pose a health threat for not only their children but also for many different groups in society. The state has a duty to perform vaccination for the best interest of the child," Emir added.
MP Emir directed the following questions at the Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services:
Emir directed the following questions at the Minister of Health: