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Why should I have my child immunised?

There are two reasons for immunising everyone in Australia:

Immunisation is the safest and most effective way of providing protection against childhood diseases. After immunisation, your child is far less likely to catch these diseases if there is an outbreak in the community. The benefit of protection against childhood diseases far outweighs the very small risks of immunisation.
If enough people in the community are immunised, the infection can no longer be spread from person to person and the disease dies out altogether. This is how smallpox was eliminated from the world and why polio disappeared from many countries.

Standard vaccination schedule

Age	Vaccine	Brands Supplied by WA DOH	Disease Prevented
Birth	Hep B	H-B-Vax 11 (Paed)	Hepatitis B
2 Months	13vPCV ORV DTPa-IPV-HepB-Hib	Prevenar Rota Teq Infanrix Hexa	Pneumococcal Rotavirus Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping cough), Poliomyelitis, Hepatitis B, and Meningitis
4 Months	13vPCV ORV DTPa-IPV-HepB-Hib	Prevenar Rota Teq Infanrix Hexa	Pneumococcal Rotavirus Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping cough), Poliomyelitis, Hepatitis B, and Meningitis
6 Months	13vPCV ORV DTPa-IPV-HepB-Hib	Prevenar Rota Teq Infanrix Hexa	Pneumococcal Rotavirus Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping cough), Poliomyelitis, Hepatitis B, and Meningitis
6 Months to < 5 Years	Flu (annual)	Vaxigrip	Influenza
12 Months	MMR Hib MenCCV	Priorix Hiberix Neisvac-C	Measles, Mumps, Rubella Meningitis Meningococcal C
Special Population: a. Aboriginal Children b. Medically at Risk Children	Hep A 13vPCV	Vaqta Prevenar	Hepatitis A Pneumococcal
18 Months	VZV*	Varilrix	Varicella (Chicken Pox)*
Special Population: Aboriginal Children	Hep A 23vPPV	Vaqta Pneumovax 23	Hepatitis A Pneumococcal
4 Years	MMR DTPa-IPV	Priorix Quadracel	Measles, Mumps, Rubella Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping cough) & Poliomyelitis
Special Population: Medically at Risk Children	23vPPV	Pneumovax 23	Pneumococcal
School Year 7	Hep B (two doses - 4 to 6 months apart) dTpa VZV*	H-B-Vax 11 (Adult) Adacel Varilrix	Hepatitis B Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping cough) Varicella (Chickenpox)*
*Varicella (Chicken Pox)Special Population:** Year 7 - Females Only	HPV (three doses - 0, 2, and 6 months apart)	Gardasil	Human Papilloma Virus
Adults 15-49 yrs Aboriginal with a medical at risk condition OR ≥ 50 Years Aboriginal OR Non-Aboriginal ≥ 65 Years	23vPPV (two doses - 5 or more years apart) Flu (annual)	Pneumovax FluvaxVaxigrip	Pneumococcal Influenza
Special Population: Parents, grandparents and carers of newborns born between 01 July 2010 and 31 December 2011	dTpa	Adacel	Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (Whooping cough)

NB: * - Vaccine not required if already had the disease