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Vaccination is one of the most effective methods used to enable individuals to develop immunity against certain diseases that can lead to death or permanent disabilities among the active applications in the health sector. The authority to regulate immunization services carried out in our country has been granted to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye. The primary objective of the Extended Immunization Program implemented in our country is to ensure that every newborn receives vacci

Centralized Doctor Appointment System (CDAS) is an appointment management system developed by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye to facilitate citizens’ access to healthcare services and to increase the efficiency of these services. Implemented within the framework of the Health Transformation Program, the system is applied in primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare institutions, oral and dental health centers, and polyclinics across Türkiye. CDAS has centralized the fragmente

The six-component karma vaccine program is a new vaccination initiative that came into effect on 14 April 2025, in accordance with an update to Türkiye’s childhood immunization schedule. Under this revision, the previously separate pentavalent combined vaccine and hepatitis B vaccine have been consolidated into a single injection.Implementation StartThe first administration of the six-component combined vaccine took place on 14 April at the Çayyolu Education Family Health Center in the Çankaya d

Refik Saydam Center for Public Health was established in 1983 through the reorganization of the Central Institute for Public Health, which was founded in 1928 as one of the foundational pillars of Türkiye’s modern public health policies. The institution, named after Dr. Refik Saydam, the first Minister of Health of the Republic era and a pioneer of preventive medicine, assumed critical responsibilities under the Ministry of Health including combating infectious diseases, producing vaccines and s