Parents obliged to vaccinate children, immunize them against infectious diseases: Egypt's Child Law

CAIRO - 3 June 2025: The Child Law is keen to establish all the rights and obligations of parents to protect children. In this context, it obligates parents to vaccinate their children with vaccines administered at health offices and health units free of charge.

 

Article 25 of the Child Law stipulates the necessity of vaccinating your child and immunizing them against infectious diseases. The fine ranges from 20 to 200 Egyptian pounds, without prejudice to the Penal Code.

 

The responsibility for providing the child with vaccinations or immunization falls on the parent or the person in whose custody the child is.

 

In the same context, Article 7 of the Child Law stipulates the importance and benefits of breastfeeding. It also stipulates the importance of access to health and social care services and disease treatment. The state has taken all measures to ensure that all children enjoy the highest possible standard of health.

 

The State has ensured the importance of providing parents, children, and all sectors of society with basic information related to child health and nutrition. It has also guaranteed the child, in all areas, his right to a healthy, clean, and suitable environment, and to take all effective measures to eliminate practices that are harmful to his health, while taking into account the duties and rights of the child’s guardian, and his right to discipline permitted by Sharia, while prohibiting the intentional exposure of the child to any harmful physical harm or harmful or unlawful practice.