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Understand childhood immunisation

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This video from Min Health NZ is called ‘Immunisation and how it works’. The schedule for immunisations in the UK is different to that in NZ.

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Click to read ‘Benefits of immunisation’ from NHS Inform.
The University of Oxford’s Vaccine Knowledge Project has produced these ‘FAQ about vaccines’ that cover ‘Why vaccinate?’, ‘Vaccine safety, side effects and ingredients’, ‘The NHS schedule and how vaccinations will affect your child’, and ‘Weighing up the risks’.
Click to visit this NHS Choices webpage about the ‘MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) 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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