These are the compulsory schedule:
At birth: #BCG # Hepatitis B
2 months: # Hepatitis B # DTP (diphteria,tetanus & pertusis) #Hib(Haemophilus influenza type b) # Polio
3 months : # DTP # Polio # Hib # Hepatitis B
5 months: #DTP # Hib # DTP # Polio
6 months : # Measles (if in Sabah)
12 months: # MMR (measles ,mumps,rubella)
18months: # Polio # DTP
7 years old: # Polio # BCG(if no scar) – for tuberculosis #MMR # DT(Diphteria and tetanus
Parents are normally confused on what do Healthcare Professional mean by Combination Vaccines.
Below are a few examples:
1) Bivalent Vaccine = Offers protection against 2 types of vaccine-preventable disease eg. hepatitis A & B
2) ) Trivalent Vaccine = Offers protection against 3 types of vaccine-preventable disease eg. tetanus, diptheria, whooping cough, measles,mumps,and rubella.
3) Quadrivalent Vaccine = Offers protection against 4 types of vaccine-preventable diseases eg. mumps, measles, chicken pox and rubella.
4) Pentavalent Vaccine = Offers protection against 5 types of vaccine-preventable disease eg. tetanus, whooping cough, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type b(Hib), diphteria.
5) Hexavalent Vaccine = Offers protection against 6 different types of vaccine-preventable disease eg. tetanus, diphetria, whooping cough, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae b(Hib), polio.
These are combination vaccines because a single vaccine can protect against more than one type of vaccine-preventable disease.
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Many children in the world especially in 3rd world countries are missing out of vaccinations..its a pity and to all mummies and daddies, INVEST on vaccinating your precious little ones!
I’ll share with you in a few parts on vaccinating your children and concerns.
So, what are vaccines made of?There are different ways of making vaccines:
1) Attenuated vaccines: made with live virus or bacteria that are weakened in the laboratory.The bacteria or virus are not able to cause diseases but because they are alive, they stimulate a particularly strong immune response.Vaccines made these way include the oral polio vaccine, vaccinnes for measles,rubella ,chicken pox and mumps.
2) Killed vaccines : Made from whole virus or bacteria that have been killed using chemical processes or heat.Eg. vaccines for influenza and polio
3) Subunit vaccines: Made with using only a part of a virus or bacterium.Eg. is the hepatitis B vaccine
4) Others : Uses toxins or proteins that are made by virus or bacteria.These can stimulate the body to create antibodies to a toxin or help the body to identify and destroy microbes that can otherwise evade the immune system.Eg are the vaccine against Haemophilus influenza type b(Hib) and the tetanus vaccine.
Most of the time, babies or children are injected with these vaccines to boost immunity and defense.