APRIL 2023
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our children there isn’t a vaccine and it can’t be prevented, trep infection can be treated with antibiotics. Please contact your GP practice or call for free if your child has symptoms of scarlet fever or strep throat’ such as fever, sore throat, swollen glands, difficulty swallowing and headache. carlet fever also causes a sandpapery rash on the body and a swollen tongue.
Can adults catch-up on missed vaccinations? If you have missed a vaccination offered to you as a child or an adult, speak to your GP practice about whether you might need it. This includes for e ample the Pneumococcal (PP ) vaccine (pneumonia vaccine) given to people at the age of or the shingles vaccine for people in their s. r arah nn ilson is an Infectious iseases and Microbiology octor working at the oyal ree ospital in ondon. he recently completed a Master of Public ealth in ealth Policy at arvard T. . Chan chool of Public ealth in Boston. he is passionate about addressing health ine ualities especially within the Black community and is keen to facilitate better collaboration between the community and health professionals. ■ Find out more at: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations
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ADVERTORIAL ’ VACCINATION GUIDE For babies aged under 1 year: ■ t , and weeks -in- -vaccine protects against diphtheria, hepatitis B, ib, polio, tetanus, whooping cough ■ t and weeks - otavirus vaccine protects against a highly infectious stomach bug ■ t and weeks - MenB vaccine protects against infection by meningococcal group B bacteria ■ weeks - Pneumococcal (PC ) vaccine protects against infections which can lead to pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis
For children aged 1-15 years: ■ year old - ib Men C vaccine boosts protection for the -in- vaccine and protects against Meningitis C MenB vaccine boosts protection for the MenB vaccine given to babies Pneumococcal (PC ) vaccine boosts protection for the PC vaccine MM vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
years and months -in- pre-school booster vaccine boosts protection for the -invaccine MM vaccine boosts protection for the MM vaccine given to babies. ■
■ - years, and currently with a second dose - months later P vaccine protects against cancers caused by human papillomavirus. ■ years - -in- teenage booster boosts protection for the -in- and the -in- pre-school booster vaccine Men C Y protects against strains of the meningococcal bacteria , C, and Y which can cause meningitis and blood poisoning (septicaemia) ■ The full list of routine childhood
vaccinations is available at nhs.uk/child-vaccines
or more information on getting your child vaccinated see accination ti s or arents .nhs.u accine nowledge is a source of independent, evidence-based information about vaccines and infectious diseases https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/home
