Immunisations

29 December 2025

Immunisation is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and our children against ill health. They prevent up to 3 million deaths worldwide each year. Immunisations not only protect your child from deadly diseases, but they also keep other children safe but eliminating or greatly reducing diseases that can be spread from child to child.

Immunisation prepares the body to fight serious infections that might happen in the future. Once we have been immunised, our bodies are better able to fight those diseases if we come into contact with them.

Young babies are very vulnerable to infections, so they need to be protected as early as possible.

Your child needs several different immunisations to be fully protected, so it’s important to complete their childhood immunisation programme.