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Immunisation for Babies
Immunisation is an important issue for most parents. Medicare Australia maintains the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) to help keep track of immunisations in the first six years of your child's life. Follow the links below to find a wide range of information about immunising babies.
Reviewed October 2011
22 Resources Found
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| Title: | Whooping cough (pertussis) |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Whooping cough (also called pertussis) is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs which causes long bursts of coughing (up to several minutes long). |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | Hepatitis B vaccine at birth |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Before you are discharged from hospital you will be offered the first of four Hepatitis B vaccinations for your baby. It is strongly recommended that your baby have this vaccination. |
| Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Title: | Haemophilus influenza type B |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Before the introduction of Hib immunisation in 1993, the bacterial infection Haemophilus influenza type B was one of the most common causes of meningitis in young children (generally under the age of 2 years), and it was also the cause of epiglottitis which causes breathing problems. |
| Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Title: | Newborn & baby care, new baby health basics |
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| Publisher: | Raising Children Network (RCN) |
| Description: | An in-a-nutshell guide to newborn baby health, with information on checkups, immunisation and common signs of illness in newborns. |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Whooping cough |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Whooping cough (pertussis) is a serious, contagious respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. It is particularly serious in young children. One in every 200 babies who contract the infection will die. Whooping cough can be prevented by immunisation. |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Rotavirus and immunisation |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | Rotaviruses are a group of viruses that can cause severe viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Provides information about immunisation to protect against rotavirus. |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Hepatitis B vaccination during pregnancy for preventing infant infection |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Hepatitis B is an infection caused by the hepatitis B virus and occurs worldwide. For infants and children, the two main sources of the infection are transmission from an infected mother or living in an infected household. Perinatal transmission is comm... |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Blood groups - Rhesus factor |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | The Rh (Rhesus) factor is a protein that is present (or absent) on the surface of red blood cells. Rh incompatibility between a mother and her unborn child can cause Rh (D) - 'Rhesus disease' or hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). Routine 'anti-D' vaccination of the mother after the birth of her first child means Rh disease is now uncommon in Australia. |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Travellers with special needs - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Some travellers, such as people with chronic illnesses, including diabetes and HIV infection, older people, pregnant women and people with disabilities, may need to take special precautions to ensure a happy and healthy holiday. |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Investigation into febrile reactions in young children following 2010 seasonal trivalent influenza vaccination |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | WA Health suspended this year's program on 22 April 2010 following reports of an apparent increase in febrile reactions following vaccination during March-April over the number that would be expected from records for 2008 and 2009, despite a similar uptake of seasonal vaccine in 2009 and 2010. |
| Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Title: | Western Australian reports of adverse reactions to 2010 seasonal flu vaccine in children |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is investigating reports of an increase in adverse events to the seasonal flu vaccine in Western Australia (WA), where all children 6 months to 5 years have been offered a free seasonal flu vaccination. |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Vaccines for preventing rotavirus diarrhoea: vaccines in use |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Rotavirus infection is the most common cause of diarrhoea in infants and young children, and the symptoms can range from non-severe illness, to hospitalization and death. Rotavirus infections cause over half a million deaths per year in children younger... |
| Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Title: | Pregnancy - immunisations |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Immunisation provides protection from some infections that can cause serious illnesses for pregnant women, their unborn babies and young children. |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | TGA approves Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccine for use in children aged from 6 months of age |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | Australia's medicines regulator, the TGA, has today approved the use of Panvax H1N1 influenza vaccine to include children aged from 6 months of age. |
| Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Title: | Pneumococcal disease: what you need to know - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | Pneumococcal disease refers to illness caused by infection with the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (sometimes shortened to Strep. pneumoniae). |
| Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Title: | Pneumococcal vaccines for sickle cell disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | People with sickle cell disease are particularly prone to pneumococcal infection, which may be fatal. Children aged up to 23 months are at high risk, but usual polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines may not work in this age group. New conjugate pneumococc... |
| Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Title: | Vaccination: Australian standard vaccination schedule - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | An easy guide to the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule showing which immunisations and vaccines you need. |
| Date: | Dec 2011 |
| Title: | Vaccines for women to prevent neonatal tetanus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vaccinating childbearing women against tetanus rather than influenza or cholera appears to decrease incidence of tetanus in newborn babies but possible adverse effects not assessed. Neonatal tetanus is an infection causing rigidity, muscle spasm and oft... |
| Date: | Jul 2007 |
| Title: | Injections for newborn babies - why they're important |
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| Publisher: | Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW) |
| Description: | A guide to two injections given to newborn babies in hospital. These are an injection of vitamin K to help prevent a serious disorder called Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding, and an injection to immunise the baby against hepatitis B. |
| Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Title: | Pneumococcal vaccine for infants - myDr.com.au |
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| Publisher: | myDr |
| Description: | A vaccine that will protect children under the age of 2 from pneumococcal disease has been launched in Australia. |
| Date: | Jul 2001 |
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