Childhood Immunisation Programme
Information about vaccination of children from birth to 16 years.
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Information for parents and schoolchildren
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When will your child be offered vaccines?
Here is an overview of when your child will be offered vaccines as part of the Childhood Immunisation Programme.
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Before and after vaccination
Before the vaccination, the public health nurse will ask whether the child is healthy and if there were any reactions after previous vaccines. Most children show little or no reactions to vaccines.
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Why is vaccination so important?
A vaccine activates our immune system without making us sick. Many dangerous infectious diseases can be prevented in this simple and effective way.
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Vaccines in the Childhood Immunisation Programme
- Vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and poliomyelitis
- Vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, Hib-infection and hepatitis B
- Vaccine against HPV (human papilloma virus)
- Vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR vaccine)
- Vaccine against pneumococcal disease
Vaccine overview at helsenorge.no
Check the overview of vaccines given to you and your children (requires secure login)
News and research findings
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News
Record high vaccination coverage of two-year-olds in 2016
More children are being vaccinated and the vast majority of children and young people are taking the vaccines recommended in the Norwegian Childhood Immunisation Programme.
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How many children were vaccinated in 2015?
More and more children in Norway are being vaccinated and now the vast majority of children and adolescents have taken the vaccines recommended in the Childhood Immunisation Programme.
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Brochures
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Report
Vaccination of preterm infants against pertussis and pneumococci
This report summarises current knowledge about immunogenicity, effectiveness and safety of vaccination of premature infants against whooping cough and invasive pneumococcal disease.
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Note
National plan of action to sustain a poliomyelitis-free status
The plan has been developed so that Norway is prepared for a possible renewed outbreak of wild poliovirus (WPV) or vaccine derived polio virus (VDPV).
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