The South African vaccine schedule is selected to combat the most commonly transmitted infectious diseases. This is in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The recommended schedule is as follows:
Age | Vaccine | How it is administered? |
---|---|---|
Birth | BCG (tuberculosis vaccine) | Injection in the arm |
OPV (oral polio vaccine) | Oral drops | |
6 weeks | OPV (oral polio vaccine) | Oral drops |
RV (rotavirus vaccine) | Liquid by mouth | |
DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-injectable polio-Haemophilus influenza b-Hepatitis B vaccine) | Injection in the thigh | |
PCV (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) | Injection in the thigh | |
10 weeks | DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-injectable polio-Haemophilus influenza b-Hepatitis B vaccine) | Injection in the thigh |
14 weeks | RV (rotavirus vaccine) | Liquid by mouth |
DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-injectable polio-Haemophilus influenza b-Hepatitis B vaccine) | Injection in the thigh | |
PCV (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) | Injection in the thigh | |
6 months | Measles | Injection to the thigh or arm |
9 months | PCV (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) | Injection in the thigh |
12 months | Measles | Injection to the thigh or arm |
18 months | DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB (diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis-injectable polio-Haemophilus influenza b-Hepatitis B vaccine) | Injection to the thigh |
6 years | Td (tetanus, reduced dose diphtheria vaccine) | Injection in the arm |
12 years | Td (tetanus, reduced dose diphtheria vaccine) | Injection in the arm |
Vaccines are a very important means of keeping your child healthy and preventing dangerous diseases. They are safe to use and allergic reactions are very rare.
Vaccines work by imitating infections in the body, allowing the immune system to develop antibodies against disease. When these antibodies have developed, future infection or complications can be prevented.
Vaccines protect children from serious illness and complications which can include pneumonia, hearing loss, convulsions, brain damage, and death.
Dr Moodley does administer vaccinations at her practice.
Additional important vaccines not on the above schedule e.g. Hepatitis A, Chicken Pox, Mumps and Rubella and Meningocoocal Vaccine are also available for administration by Dr Moodley on request.
Suite 102 Medical Centre, Busamed Gateway Private Hospital, 35-38 Aurora Drive, Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal
+27 (0)31 566 5195
Suite 204B Central Medical Suites, Life Entabeni Hospital, 148 Mazisi Kunene Road, Berea, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
+27 (0)31 261 4767
Suite 36, Mount Edgecombe Hospital, 163 Redberry Drive, Rockford, Phoenix, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
+27 (0)31 537 4125 / +27 (0)31 502 3142