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how to
protect you child
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.
When to Protect Your Child
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 |
Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis, (whooping cough),
polio and Hib
(DTaP/IPV/Hib)
Pneumococcal |
One injection One injection |
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3 months |
Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis,
(whooping cough), polio and Hib (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
Men C |
One injection One injection |
4 months
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Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis,
(whooping cough), polio and Hib (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
Pneumococcal
Men C |
One injection One injection
One injection |
|
12 months |
Hib/Men C |
One injection |
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13 months |
MMR
Pneumococcal |
One injection
One injection |
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3yr 4months to 5yr |
Diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough) ,
polio (DTaP/IPV), MMR |
One injection each |
Catch up schedule effective from 4.9.2006
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Age at start of new schedule |
Number of doses |
Timing of doses |
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>2 month to <8 month |
3 |
1st ASAP
2nd 2 month later
3rd at scheduled MMR visit |
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>8 month to <13 month |
1 |
At scheduled MMR visit
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>13 month to <24 months
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1 |
ASAP |
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.
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