- Objectives
- Introduction
- What is immunity?
- What is immunisation?
- What are the advantages of immunisation?
- What immunisations should be given to young children?
- What is the expanded programme on immunisation
- How are immunisations given?
- Which vaccines are used in South Africa?
- When should immunisations be given?
- Why is it important to give immunisations at the recommended time?
- What should be done if immunisations are missed or never started?
- Why are immunisations opportunities often missed?
- How should immunisations be recorded?
- What should be done if the Road-to-Health Card is lost?
- Should infants born to HIV-positive women be immunised?
- Should infants with HIV infection be immunised?
- Should malnourished infants be immunised?
- Should small or sick newborn infants be immunised?
- Should routine immunisations be given to a sick child?
- Can immunisations be safely given to an allergic child?
- When are immunisations contraindicated?
- Is immunisation safe?
- Bcg immunisation
- Polio immunisation
- Immunisation against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (dpt)
- What is DPT vaccine?
- How should DPT vaccine be stored?
- How is DPT vaccine given?
- What are the side effects of DPT immunisation?
- What are the possible serious reactions to pertussis immunisation?
- When should pertussis vaccine not be given?
- What is DT vaccine?
- Why is pertussis vaccine not given after 18 months?
- Measles immunisation
- Immunisation against hepatitis b
- Immunisation against haemophilus influenzae
- What is Haemophilus influenzae?
- What is Hib vaccine?
- How is Hib vaccine stored?
- When and how is Hib vaccine given?
- Which other immunisations are available?
- Why is a booster dose of vaccine given?
- Why are some immunisations given on the left and others on the right side of the body?
- What equipment is used to give intramuscular immunisations?
- What is ‘herd immunity’?
- Which infectious diseases in children are notifiable?
- What are mass immunisation campaigns?
- Handling vaccines
- Immunisation references