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What immunisations are recommended?

April 26, 2017immunisations recommended

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What immunisations are recommended?

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The National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) recommends that Australian infants and children are immunised free of charge against the following diseases; • Diphtheria • Tetanus • Whooping cough • Poliomyelitis • Measles • Mumps • Rubella • Haemophilus influenza type b • Chicken pox • Hepatitis B • Meningococcal C, • Pneumococcal infections • Rotavirus (for babies under 6 months old). The Human papilloma virus vaccine is available free of charge to girls in high school. • It is recommended that some older children and some adults are also immunised against meningococcal C, pneumococcal infections, hepatitis A and influenza. While all Australians can be immunised against these diseases, the vaccines are only free for some high-risk groups. • Several other vaccines, such as cholera are available to any person if needed (there will be a cost for these vaccines). There are topics on this site about each of the illnesses that immunisation helps to prevent. See Related topics on