BCG, OPV, Hepatitis B and so on. Find out which vaccines are mandatory and must be taken from the birth of the child.
Surely, you had several mandatory vaccines when you were a child. Furthermore, there is still a great possibility that you have that vaccination card with all the vaccines you took when you were a child. If you don’t have it either, your mother probably has it stored somewhere.
Despite this, there are thousands of people who have various doubts regarding vaccination. Above all, most doubts are related to which vaccines are mandatory in childhood. With this in mind, Women’s Area selected the nine vaccines that are mandatory in childhood.
Check out 9 mandatory vaccines throughout the country
1 – BCG
Firstly, BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) is a single-dose vaccine. Above all, it protects the child from tuberculosis. Furthermore, it needs to be given within one month of the baby’s life. Despite this, most of the time it is given in the first hours of the baby’s life.
2 – DTP e HIB
Certainly, there are several diseases that decimated people in the past and killed thousands of children that are rarely seen today. If this happens, it is thanks to vaccines. Above all, the Tetravalent vaccine is one of the greatest examples of this. It protects the baby against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and meningitis.
Furthermore, it is applied in three doses. It is given at two, four and six months of age. Finally, you still need to receive two more booster doses.
3 – Hepatitis B
Firstly, there are three doses against Hepatitis B. Furthermore, they are applied after birth, the second in the baby’s first month and the third at six months of age.
4 – Pneumococcal 10
Above all, this vaccine fights pneumonia, meningitis and otitis. Furthermore, doses are applied at two, four, six and twelve months of age.
5 – PREV
The Human Rotavirus Oral Vaccine immunizes the baby from diarrhea caused by the microorganism known as rotavirus. Furthermore, it is given at two months of age and at four months.
6 – GTC
Firstly, the Oral Polio Vaccine protects the child against the so-called infantile paralysis and must be administered at four months of age and at six months. In addition, there must be a reinforcement at one year and three months of age.
7 – Meningococcal C
The first dose of this vaccine is administered at three months of age and defends the child against meningitis. The second dose at five months and the third dose at one year and three months of age.
8 – Yellow fever
Against yellow fever, the vaccine is given for the first time at nine months of age. Furthermore, a single dose immunizes you for the rest of your life.
9 – SCR
Also known as MMR, the vaccine prevents mumps, rubella and measles. Furthermore, it is applied when the child reaches 12 months of age and four years of age.
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Source: Ratraca Livre
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