Child's immunization

Aside from delivering babies, we also do immunization to the babies. It is not easy on our part to inject them but it is our job to do it. We just have to remember that it is for their protection. Even though newborns have protection from their mother and from the breast milk, both are only temporary. At birth the baby should be injected with Hepa B vaccine. The next dose will be after 4 weeks. In the Philippines setting, the baby should be given a BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) a vaccination to protect the baby from Tuberculosis. It will be given once at 0-6 months but the earlier the better. OPV (oral polio vaccine) will be given at 6 weeks, the same with DPT(Diptheria, Pertusis, Tetanus). Then at 9 months they will be given MMR(measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine.