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immunisation
information
Although babies have some natural immunity,
whether bottle or breast-fed, it only lasts a short time.
Diseases like whooping cough are more serious in
the very young. There are more deaths in the younger ones from this disease than
all other age groups combined, early protection is important.
This timetable also means that the immunisations
can be completed whilst your child is visiting the Clinic/Doctor regularly. It
is a timetable that everyone can remember and is the same across the country.
Routine childhood immunisation programme:
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When to immunise |
What vaccine is given |
How it is given |
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2 months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough),
polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
Pneumococcal infection
(Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV) |
One injection
One injection |
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3 months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae
type b (Hib)(DTaP/IPV/Hib)
Meningitis C (meningococcal group C)
(MenC) |
One injection
One injection
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4 months old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)(DTaP/IPV/Hib)
Meningitis C (meningococcal group C)
(MenC)
Pneumococcal infection
(Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV) |
One injection
One injection
One injection
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Around 12 months old |
Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and meningitis
C
(Hib/MenC) |
One injection |
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Around 13 months old |
Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)
(MMR) |
One injection |
3 years and 4 months to
5 years old |
Pneumococcal infection
(PCV)
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) and polio
(dTaP/IPV or DTaP/IPV)
Measles, mumps and rubella
(MMR) |
One injection
One injection
One injection
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13 to 18 years old |
Diphtheria, tetanus, polio (Td/IPV) |
One injection |
If your child has missed any of these immunisations, or started them late, don’t
worry. Your Doctor will tell you how to fit them in so that your child is fully
protected.
For information on gardasil vaccine please
click here.
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