Where both parents are working, it might require one of them to keep the child company and miss work. In adolescents and adults, chickenpox can be more serious and severe leading sometimes to complications. In some cases there could be residual scarring. Chickenpox infection can thus lead to loss of man hours in the form of missing school, college or working time. A. Isolating infected individuals by keeping them away from school or work will help reduce transmission of the virus.
Vaccination is an effective way of preventing suffering from chickenpox.
It follows that some means of controlling the situation is vital, and pro-active measures like vaccination in children would be most effective. Vaccination of children and susceptible adults and adolescents can reduce the disease burden and transmission of chickenpox. This would also result in avoiding the social impact of the disease and reducing healthcare costs. Vaccination can be offered to individuals more than one year of age, who have not suffered previously from chickenpox. You can fill up the form below to help us improve this site.