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Understanding childhood immunisation

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The Understanding childhood immunisation (UCI) booklet focuses on the funded vaccines for children available under the National Immunisation Program and the diseases they can prevent.

To order copies of the UCI booklet, see Publications.

The following topics are extracts from the UCI booklet

Important Update: Understanding Childhood Immunisation Pamphlet

More information:

Understanding childhood immunisation booklet
Abstract: Booklet with questions and answers about immunisation for children, including vaccine preventable diseases, their side effects and eligibility for national vaccine programs.
Updated: October 2005

This booklet has been translated into 16 languages:

Arabic Arabic written in Arabic
Cantonese
Mandarin
Croatian Croatian written in Croatian
Farsi Farsi written in Farsi
Greek Greek written in Greek
IndonesianIndonesian written in Indonesian
Italian Italian written in Italian
JapaneseJapanese written in Japanese
Khmer Khmer written in Khmer
Korean Korean written in Korean
Russian Russian written in Russian
Serbian Serbian written in Serbian
Thai Thai written in Thai
Turkish Turkish written in Turkish
Vietnamese Vietnamese written in Vietnamese

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