Vaccination falls within 2 categories: Fundamental vaccinations and Repeating vaccinations. Fundamental vaccinations are those vaccinations which provide immunity against the most widely spread/most dangerous diseases. These include Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Yellow fever, Dengue, Malaria (not yet out but soon), ... Repeating vaccinations are vaccinations for diseases of which a full protection can not be given with a single vaccin dose (thus requiring at least 2 or more dosages; or subsequent dosages troughout the entire lifetime of the patient, eg as in the case with tetanus), aswell as vaccines against diseases that are less common and thus not pose an imminent threat, but still a threat high enough to justify vaccination against it. In the AT-context, the repeating vaccinations will vary depending on where the patient is located, and his profession. For example, AT-engineers that travel to different sites will come in contact with ilnesses only found at these locations, justifying repeating vaccinations against the individual diseases found at all these locations; people that remain stationary at a certain location, or only travel to areas without risk of becoming infected with diseases not included in the standard vaccination packet, will thus require far less vaccinations.
As known, vaccines are available from different companies and have varying charisteristics. In appropriate technology, we only use vaccines that have the best ratio between
- Duration (eg vaccinations requiring 1 vaccine-dosage are to be preferred over vaccines requiring several vaccine-dosages)
- Level of protection (the higher, the better)
- Price