Immunization schedule for infants by
Mary Komen
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
Immunizations a process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease by the administration of a vaccine.
Vaccine:medicine given to people to protect them against diseases.
Vaccination:process of giving a vaccine.
IMMUNISATION SCHEDULE
- AT BIRTH
- BCG- is given through injetion on the left lower arm.
- BCG is the vaccine that leaves a scar on the body.
Administering BCG Vaccine
POLIO
- polio is also called poliomyelitis.The disease kills the nerve cells and brain and spinal cord causing paralysis.
- The child becomes paralysed on the hands ,legs and other parts of the body.
- The vaccine is called oral polio vaccine(OPV).
- The vaccine is administered in oral dosage _ drops through the mouth.
Polio vaccine is given four times namely:
- At birth
- Six weeks
- Ten weeks
- Fourteen weeks
A child being given polio vaccine:
DPT VACCINE
- DPT stands for Diphtheria,pertussis and Tetanus.
- DPT is a triple is a triple vaccine because it is
administered three times namely
This child is suffering from?
•Measles.
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•rashes on the skin
How is measles vaccine given?
- Anti_measles given at the age of 9 months ,on the upper arm through injections.
IMMUNISABLE SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN
- Birth_polio,Tuberculosis,Hepatitis B
- 6 weeks_DPT(diptheria,Pertussis,Tetanus)Haemophilus inflenzae Type B(Hib)Hepatitis B(HepB),polio,Rotavirus
- 10weeks_DPT(Diptheria,Pertussis,Tetanus)Haemophilus influenzaeTypeB(Hib),HepatitisB(HepB),polio,pneumonia,Rotavirus
- 14weeks_,DPT(Diptheria,Pertussis,Tetanus)Haemophilus inflenzae TypeB(Hib),HepatitisB(HepB),polio,pneumonia
- 9months_measles
OTHER IMMUNISABLE DISEASES
- Typhoid
- Yellow Fever
- Rabies
- MMR(mumps,measles,Rubella)
- Hepatitis B
- Pneumococcal disease
- Menacatra
- Mumps
- Influenza
- Cholera
BENEFITS OF IMMUNISATION
- Childs health
- Eradication
- Protection of others
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Campaign against polio
sample of immunisation card
This child is suffering from?
Diptheria
symptoms of diptheria
- swollen glands in the neck(enlarged lymph nodes)
- a thick grey membrane covering Your throat
Name the vaccine used to immunise children against tetanus
Name five diseases other than other than tetanus against which children are immunised.
- Tuberculosis
- Whooping cough
- Polio
- Measles,diptheria.
