Vaccination Graduation

Abella & Clarabelle have received their 1st Certificate of Vaccination!

This certificate is require to present upon their registration of Singapore primary school education.
What are the immunisation?

BCG (Bacille Calmette-Gerin)
- against Tuberculosis
BCG vaccination is one of the strategies in the national TB Control Programme. Since 1957, BCG vaccination has been given to all newborns. In addition, a second BCG vaccination has been given to children at 12 years or 16 years depending on their reaction to the tuberculin or Mantoux skin test. BCG vaccination at birth has been shown to be highly effective in preventing the serious forms BCG REVACCINATION of childhood TB such as TB meningitis and disseminated TB. However, despite numerous studies done worldwide over the years, there is no scientific evidence to show that repeated BCG vaccination is effective in protecting against TB. Based on the absence of evidence to support the effectiveness of repeated BCG vaccination, the World Health Organisation (WHO) no longer recommends repeated BCG vaccination. Repeated BCG vaccination is not practised in many developed countries including Australia, United Kingdom and the United States of America. Hong Kong, which has an incidence of TB that is about five times that of Singapore’s, discontinued the practice of repeated BCG vaccination last year. The Ministry of Health, together with the Ministry’s expert advisory committees, namely the International Advisory Panel to the STEP, the STEP Committee and the expert Committee on Immunisation, have carefully reviewed the practice of a second BCG vaccination and have decided to discontinue the practice of a second BCG vaccination from 1 July 2001. However, all newborns will continue to receive BCG vaccination at birth. The Ministry will continue its efforts to eliminate TB in Singapore and seeks the support and cooperation of all medical practitioners towards this goal.

DPT/Polio (Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus/Poliomyelitis)
Diphtheria starts as a throat infection, but can cause obstruction to breathing and death.

Pertussis, also know as whooping cough cause prolonged attacks of coughing and can result in pneumonia (lung infection) or brain damage.

Tetanus cause severe muscle contraction, including those muscles that control swallowing and breathing. It often leads to death.

Poliomyelitis starts with mild fever but can result in paralysed and deformed arms or legs.

MMR (Measles/ Mumps/ Rubella)
Measles starts with high fever and a rash, lung infection, deafness and brain damage can occur.

Mumps is an infection od salivary glands, it can leads to brain infection, deafness or sterility.

Rubella, also know as German Measles complication in children are rare. Women infected during early pregnancy may give birth to deaf, blind or mentally retarted babies.

Hepatitis B
An infection of the liver that may have no systoms. It can leads to liver failure or liver cancer in adulthood.

Scarry Huh?? Virus everywhere, you cant see them, you cant feel them, you cant taste them. So prevention is the best! Especially now when we even have mutated virus and married virus ! ! !
Anyway I got them chickenpox vaccinated too.