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Understand childhood immunisation

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'Vitamin K and newborns: what you need to know’ from the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) website

Newborn babies are given an injection of Vitamin K at birth. This article explains why this is important.

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Click to read ‘Benefits of immunisation’ from NHS Inform, and watch the videos on how immunisations work and about her immunity.
The University of Oxford’s Vaccine Knowledge Project has produced these ‘FAQ about vaccines’.
Click to visit this NHS Choices webpage about the MMR vaccine.
This second article from the Vaccine Knowledge Project contains information about measles, a highly infectious viral disease, which is vaccinated against in the MMR.
Click to visit the Gov.uk webpages on immunisation.

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