Protect your kids by giving them the jab

I’ve always made it a priority to get my kids properly vaccinated, so I was shocked to learn that many parents are not taking part in the childhood vaccinations programme.

The World Health Organisation has set a 95% take-up target of vaccines to protect the population from diseases such as measles, polio and typhoid.

But according to NHS England, take-up for the MMR jab for one-yearolds plummeted to 89.2% from 92.7% in 2013-14.

Currently, there are 740,000 children aged one to six in England who are not protected against measles, which can lead to pneumonia and brain inflammation.

I urge parents to ignore the anti-vaxxers and get their children jabbed – to keep them and all of us safe.