Vaccine Catch Up Schedule

[expatinscotland]

We delayed DD2s babyhood vaccines. She will be 4 calendar months on 10 April.

Am wondering if there is a catch up schedule I can look at somewhere, b/c the NHS online immunisation schedule doesn't have one.

We're trying to decide whether to go for 4 months or wait till 6 months to start.

ANY advice appreciated.

You may have seen this US one already but \link{http://www.cdc.gov/nip/recs/child-schedule.htm\choose 2006 schedule} the second page gives a catch up schedule

\link{http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/ScheduleSelect.cfm\this} lets you check other countries schedules

might be useful

Not sure if this is any use.

UK'S New Vaccination Schedule:

2 months:
5-in-one - Hib meningitis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio
Pneumococcal vaccine

3 months:
5-in-one - Hib meningitis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio
MenC vaccine

4 months:
5-in-one - Hib meningitis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio
Pneumococcal vaccine
MenC vaccine

12 months:
Hib/MenC booster

13 months:
MMR - Measles, mumps and rubella
Pneumococcal vaccine

Catch up:
Pneumococcal vaccine will be offered to all children under the age of two years

Is this brand new. Don't think this is what DS had for his 2 3 and 4 month vaccines. And he's 10 months old now.

And "Pneumococcal vaccine" ??

This is the new schedule being phased in from april including the pneumococcal vaccine. expat There isn't a catch up schedule as such your DD would start on the 2 month jabs and have the same vaccines with the same spacing.HTH

They're not giving pneumoccocal yet. In fact, the meningitis foundation says it will be 2007 before they start offering this at 2 months.

No booster being offered for my dd1 - age 2.9 - for Hib, whose efficacy wanes past 1 year.

I think I'll just wait till 6 months and send the Health Minister one of my articulately-worded, Recorded Delivery letters.

Uwila
If you click on the link that TheBlonde provided for the CDC, you'll note that vaccines are now provided FREE in the US if you don't have insurance.

So next time you go back, you can get your kids caught up on their schedule.

Yeah, so spend a couple thousand quid on flights to get free vaccines? Next plan to go back (IF we can afford it is a year from June).

So I'm a bit confused as to why they are giving this to babies. From \link{http://www.who.int/vaccines/en/pneumococcus.shtml\who}:

Immunity following pneumococcal disease is directed primarily against the capsular serotype involved. The currently licensed pneumococcal vaccine is based on the 23 most common serotypes, against which the vaccine has an overall protective efficacy of about 60%–70%. Children under two years of age, and persons suffering from various states of immunodeficiency, for example HIV infection, do not consistently develop immunity following vaccination, thus reducing the protective value of the vaccine in some major target groups for pneumococcal disease. However, in a healthy elderly population the polysaccharide vaccine provides relatively efficient protection against invasive pneumococcal disease.

So, shouldn't we be giving this to the elderly?

The '23 type' vaccine is the old pneumococcal vaccine which is given to the over 65's it is known as Pneumovax.

The new '7 type' vaccine(Prevenar) is the one the under 2's will be recieving in the new vaccination schedule.

Info from menigitis research.

There are currently two vaccines that protect against pneumococcal disease4 - a 23-type 'polysaccharide' vaccine for people over the age of two and a newer 7-type 'conjugate' vaccine for children aged two months to five years.

23-type 'polysaccharide' vaccine

This vaccine can protect most adults for five years or more against the top 23 disease-causing types of pneumococcal infection. However, it does not work in children under two years old and is less effective in people with immune deficiencies and the under-fives.

7-type 'conjugate' vaccine

The newer 7-type conjugate vaccine is similar to the successful Hib and Men C vaccines, which provide stronger, more long-term protection than the plain polysaccharide vaccines, even in babies. The vaccine covers the seven types that cause over 80% of serious pneumococcal disease in UK children aged six months to two years and about 75% in the under fives in Europe generally.

Expatinscotland

2007!!! I was told a few months ago late 2006 for 2 month olds.
This delay means another 50 children or more will lose lives.
It makes me so angry.

No sign of the prevenar vaccine being offered here in London yet
Very disappointing

Expat - how much does it cost to see a doc in the US? My child has US nationality so should be able to get the vacs for free and we will probably go over in the fall

i'd estimate about $120-$150.