Immunisation schedule for your child

Immunisation schedule for your child

Child vaccination might not be compulsory, but it is important for your child’s health.

Fedhealth provides a schedule for immunisation as per the Expanded Programme on Immunisation in South Africa (EPI-SA):

• Birth: OPV 0 (Oral Polio Vaccine) and BCG (tuberculosis vaccine)
• Six weeks: OPV 1 (Oral Polio Vaccine) and DPT 1 (vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus) and HepB 1 (hepatitis vaccine) and Hib 1 (diphtheria and tetanus vaccine)
• Ten weeks: OPV 2 (Oral Polio Vaccine) and DPT 2 (vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus) ) and HepB 2 (hepatitis vaccine) and Hib 2 (diphtheria and tetanus vaccine)
• Fourteen weeks: OPV 3 (Oral Polio Vaccine) and DPT 3 (vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus) and HepB 3 (hepatitis vaccine) and Hib 3 (diphtheria and tetanus vaccine)
• Nine months: Measles 1
• Eighteen months: OPV 4 (Oral Polio Vaccine) and DPT 4 (vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus) and Measles 2
• Six years: OPV 5 (Oral Polio Vaccine) and DPT 5 (vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus)
• Twelve years: OPV 5 (Oral Polio Vaccine) and DPT 5 (vaccine against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus)

The vaccines are provided free of charge at public clinics but private clinics generally charge a consultation fee.

Your healthcare professional will discuss the side effects of with each immunisation however slight fevers, drowsiness and pain at the site of the injection are common.

Details: www.fedhealth.net