Back to School Bash scheduled | News

VALDOSTA – College’s out for the summer season however college isn’t out endlessly.

“Are your kids up-to-date on their back-to-school vaccinations? Lowndes County Well being Division desires to ensure each little one is able to start college and that oldsters can beat the push by internet hosting its back-to-school bash,” well being officers mentioned in an announcement.

The bash will probably be held on the well being division Monday via Friday, July 31 via Aug. 11 throughout common well being division hours.

“The aim of our again to high school bash annually is to make it as handy as doable for fogeys to get their kids’s college required vaccines,” mentioned Kim Davis, RN, Lowndes County nurse supervisor. “Every year, within the days main as much as the brand new college 12 months, we see an inflow of sufferers. This may result in lengthy wait occasions, which isn’t enjoyable for fogeys or kids. Our again to high school bash permits our workers to totally focus our efforts on making the college vaccine course of as easy and easy as doable.”

Hahira Well being Clinic and Lake Park Well being Clinic can even be internet hosting back-to-school bashes throughout these two weeks. Hahira is open Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays and Lake Park is open Monday and Wednesday.

Immunizations that kids might have earlier than beginning college embody Tdap, the human papillomavirus collection, chickenpox, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), hepatitis A, hepatitis B, MCV4 or different vaccines based mostly on the person’s vaccine data.

MCV4, or meningococcal conjugate vaccine, is a two-dose collection. It helps shield in opposition to 4 varieties of the micro organism that trigger meningococcal illness (serogroups A, C, W and Y).

Whereas most individuals who get the vaccine would not have any critical negative effects it’s all the time a risk, well being officers mentioned. The most typical negative effects embody redness or ache the place the shot was given and sometimes a fever. These negative effects sometimes go away inside one to 2 days.

College students getting into the seventh grade want documentation of 1 dose of meningococcal vaccine and one dose of an adolescent pertussis (whooping cough) booster immunization (known as “Tdap”) to start lessons within the new college 12 months, well being officers mentioned.

Mother and father are reminded that each one college students getting into or transferring into eleventh grade will want proof of a meningococcal booster shot, except their first dose was obtained on or after their sixteenth birthday.

Each little one in a Georgia college system (kindergarten-Twelfth grade), attending a toddler care facility or a pupil of any age getting into a Georgia college for the primary time is required by legislation to have a Georgia Immunization Certificates, Kind 3231, well being officers mentioned.

Youngsters older than the age of 5 are additionally eligible to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine.

Along with vaccinations, ear, eye, dental and diet screening kind (Kind 3300) can even be accessible through the back-to-school bash. Kind 3300 is required for all college students getting into a Georgia college for the primary time.

For extra data on immunizations go to http://dph.georgia.gov/immunization-section.

To schedule an appointment at Lowndes County Well being Division for the back-to-school bash, name (229) 333-5257. The Lowndes County Well being Division is situated at 206 S. Patterson St.

To schedule an appointment at Lake Park or Hahira Well being Clinics for the back-to-school bash, name (229) 794-2665. The Hahira Well being Clinic is situated at 503 W. Important St. The Lake Park Well being Clinic is situated at 751 Nation Lane.