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 July 2009

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Title:   Blood groups - Rhesus factor
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The Rhesus factor is a protein that is either present or absent on the surface of a person's red blood cells. 'Rhesus disease' can occur if there is Rhesus incompatibility between a mother and her unborn child. Another name for this condition is hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). Rhesus disease is now uncommon in developed countries, due to routine 'anti-D' vaccination of the mother after the birth of her first child.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Pregnancy - immunisations
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:   Mar 2009
Title:   Whooping cough
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:   Oct 2008
Title:   Pneumococcal disease: what you need to know - myDr.com.au
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
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:   Haemophilus influenza type B
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:   Sep 2008
Title:   Newborn health: in a nutshell
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   This in-a-nutshell guide to health looks at checkups, immunisation and common signs of illness in newborns.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Whooping cough (pertussis)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Whooping cough is an infection of the nose and throat and lungs which causes long bursts of coughing.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Vaccination: Australian standard vaccination schedule - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   An easy guide to the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule showing which jabs and vaccines you need.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Vaccines for women to prevent neonatal tetanus
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....
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Conjugate vaccines for preventing meningococcal C meningitis and septicaemia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This limitation can be overcome by linking C polysaccharide to carrier proteins ('conjugating'), to create meningococcal serogroup C conjugate (MCC) vaccines. This review looks at MCC vaccines to protect young children against Serogroup C disease. Trial...
Date:   Sep 2005
Title:   Travellers with special needs - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Some travellers - such as the elderly, people with diabetes and HIV positive people - may need to take special precautions to ensure a happy and healthy holiday.
Date:   Oct 2004
Title:   Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Haemophilus influenza type b is a highly contagious bacterium which is known to cause meningitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia, septic arthritis, cellulitis, pericarditis, empyema and osteomyelitis. This fact sheet covers: the disease and its agent; spread of infection; prevention; surveillance and reporting.
Date:   Sep 2003
Title:   Injections for newborn babies - why they're important
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:   Pertussis
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Pertussis (whooping cough) is a serious, sometimes fatal, respiratory infection caused by the bacterium, Bordetella pertussis. This fact sheet covers: the disease and its agent; spread of infection; prevention; surveillance and reporting.
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Mumps
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Mumps is caused by a paramyxovirus. This fact sheet covers: the disease and its agent; spread of infection; prevention; surveillance and reporting.
Date:   Nov 2001
Title:   Pneumococcal vaccine for infants - myDr.com.au
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
Title:   Vaccine preventable diseases and vaccination coverage in Australia, 1993-1998
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   This report aimed to bring together three national sources of routinely collected data on the morbidity and mortality (notifications, hospitalisations and deaths) from VPDs during the period 1993-1998 for the 8 diseases then on the routine childhood vaccination schedule, and for 4 other diseases potentially preventable by childhood vaccination. It also examined vaccination coverage for the same period.
Date:   Jun 2000
Title:   The Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule 2000-2002
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule shown here is that recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Date:   Jan 2000
Title:   Why do children need immunisation?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   A guide to immunisation for children in NSW, including which vaccines are needed and at what ages.
Date:   Jan 1999
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