Importance

of vaccines:
Measles

Sona Treasa Binny

ISM Spring Semester 2019
Mrs. Click
 DISCLAIMER!
– Some of the information used in this presentation were
gathered from various outside sources. ☺
My Mentor and
Mentorship Site:
❑ Mentor: Dr. Stacey Mathew
Abraham, M.D
❑ Mentor’s Profession:
Pediatrician
❑ Mentorship Site: UTMB
Children’s clinic of Clear Lake
Project: Understanding
the importance of the
MMR vaccine

– My project topic for this semester is

based on the importance of receiving your
recommended vaccinations, particularly
Measles, how it helps, and how to debunk
some of society’s misconceptions about
vaccines.
– I chose this topic because of the reported
and significant rise in Measles cases
resurfacing all around the world currently,
despite it’s eradication in the year 2000.
Key Points:
TREATMENT
DEFINING HISTORY OF RETURN OF ANTI-
AND
MEASLES MEASLES MEASLES VAXXERS
PREVENTION
Key point 1: Defining
Measles

1 2 3
What is Measles? How prevalent What population
What are the was it before the does it primarily
signs/symptoms? “eradication”? affect?
 Key Point 2: History of
Measles:

1 2 3
Year of vaccine Description of the Difference between
discovery and vaccine and it’s Mumps and Measles
eradication function
Key Point 3: Measles Return

How is this epidemic

How prevalent is it
Why did it return? approached by the World
today?
Health Organization?
 Key Point 4:
Anti-Vaccine
Motifs
❑ Religious Reasons and examples

❑ False rumors about vaccines and

examples

❑ School Policy on vaccines and vaccine

wavers
Key Point 5: Treatment
and Prevention Measures

❑Different types of Measles treatment

❑How to prevent Measles, or how to be cautio

of it

❑MMR vaccine importance in prevention

Research
Topics:
❑ Different types of Measles treatment

❑ How to prevent Measles, or how to

be cautious of it

❑ MMR vaccine importance in

prevention.
 Current Event:
– My research was based on the current news update from the University of Houston
Clear Lake, which discusses the rise in Measles cases reported around the United
States. As of February 7th, there has been over one-hundred measles cases
registered in the country, and five of them originated from Houston. In Europe, the
measles epidemic has reached its peak in 2019, after a decade of low rates. In the
Philippines, 136 children were reported dead and another 8,400 are still battling
the disease.

– This article highlights the importance of vaccinating children in order to prevent

deaths that could have been easily prevented. This connects to my project topic
because it writes about the prevalence of a disease that has resurfaced across the
globe despite its eradication in the early 21st century mainly because of the anti-
vaccination movement lead by parents who believe that vaccination does more
harm than good. My project will mainly be focused on the disease itself and why
many organizations like schools and departments of work require them, and in
what cases they can make exceptions.
 Product Slide:
❑ For my product I am going to create a Tri-Fold poster that discusses the importance of getting the
MMR vaccine and include different stories of what happened to children who did not receive
their vaccinations, as suggested.

What are some reasons an individual may be against vaccines?

Complete by 3/5/2019
Effects of not getting vaccinated- effects of measles and the
outbreak in children 3/13/19
Collect all my materials and finish research on the impact of vaccines by
4/14/2019

Watch videos and brainstorm creative ideas by 4/27/2019

Conclusion:
This project has allowed me to learn
more about Measles and the
importance of being updated with
your vaccines. I also hope to learn
more leadership and communication
skills over the course of this semester.
Thankyou!!!
– I would like to thank my mentor for
providing me with all the
information I needed to complete
this assignment and for letting me
observe her, as well as my teacher,
Mrs. Click, for providing me with the
assistance that I needed!
Citations:
– Wilens, T E. “Mechanism of Action of Agents Used in MMR Vaccine.” Current
Neurology and Neuroscience Reports., U.S. National Library of Medicine,
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16961428.
– “The Measles Outbreak Meets the Anti-Vaccination Movement.” UHCL The
Signal, uhclthesignal.com/wordpress/2019/02/18/the-measles-outbreak-
meets-the-anti-vaccination-movement/.
– “What Are the Three Types of Measles?” Healthline, Healthline Media,
www.healthline.com/health/adhd/three-types-Measles.