Baby Vaccination

Vaccines are most important part in your baby. Giving vaccines for different diseases discusses what is called ‘acquired immunity’ to the disease in the way labeled above. Some of the diseases like polio, TB, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Measles, Hepatitis B which can be poisonous in children can be prevented with vaccines. Vaccines are recommended by the Government and available at Government hospitals at reduced costs.

BCG vaccine (mandatory) – Given as an intradermal injection soon after birth; prevents TB. Can cause a raised area at the site of the injection; do not apply any medicine to the site...Read More

MMR Vaccine (mandatory) -The MMR vaccine guards your child against 3 viruses; they are measles, mumps and rubella. MMRV is the same as MMR; it includes protection against the varicella virus, which causes chicken pox. Measles is a highly contagious illness. The main symptoms are a rash, fever, runny nose, cough and eye irritation...Read More

Polio Vaccine (mandatory) - Polio is also called poliomyelitis, it is an infectious disease that generally affect the central nervous system. The central nervous system is prepared in the brain and spinal cord. Nerves from the brain and spinal cord help your body move and sensation. In polio, part of the central nervous system grows damaged, which may lead to paralysis or even death...Read More

HIB Vaccine (mandatory) - The HIB vaccine guards your child against a severe bacterial infection that frequently affects babies  under 5 years old. It can cause severe swelling in the throat that makes it hard to breathe (epiglottitis), a serious form of pneumonia, and a disease called bacterial meningitis. Meningitis   is an infection of the membrane covering the brain and spinal cord. HIB meningitis causes death in 1 out of 20 children and permanent brain damage in 10 to 30 percent of those who survive. Haemophilus influenza can also cause serious joint and skin infections as well as other less common infections...Read More

Typhoid Vaccine (mandatory) - Typhoid is a serious disease. It is affected by salmonella typhi bacteria. Typhoid causes a high fever, weakness, stomach pain, fatigue, headache, loss of appetite and rashes. Typhoid vaccine can prevent typhoid. There are two type of typhoid vaccine. One is an inactivated vaccine gotten as a shot, reduced vaccine which is taken orally. This vaccine should not be given to children younger than 2 years of age. Typhoid vaccine can be given along with other vaccine using separate syringe and separate site...Read More

Hepatitis B Vaccine(HBV) (mandatory) - The hepatitis B vaccine (HBV) keeps your child against the Hepatitis B virus, which can lead to liver damage and even death.  Hepatitis B is highly infectious. Hepatitis B is generally considered an adult disease. These diseases are transmitted through dangerous sex and shared needles. The virus is spread prenatally from an infected mother to her infant at birth, from child to child, though unsafe injections and transfusions. Hepatitis B vaccine have been shown to be about 95% protective against the disease when used correctly...Read More

Rota Virus Vaccine - Severe diarrhoea disease in young children can cause very dangerous consequences such as child mortality. Rota viruses are the most common cause of this disease throughout the world. According to the study of World Health Organization(WHO), 527 000 infants and young children aged up to 5 years die each year from rotavirus infections which are vaccine-preventable. Most of these children live in developing countries...Read More