Vaccination : Yes, there is more

Your baby's Road To Health Booklet (the red or green one you received home in the maternity ward) contains a schedule only for the essential Expanded Programme on Immunization vaccines, available to each child in South Africa via a public sector immunization facility. There are additional cover available for protection against the following diseases :

• Hepatitis A
• Mumps
• German measles
• Chickenpox
• Meningococcal meningitis

These optional extra vaccines come into play from 9 months of age.