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)
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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Brochure
Vaccination of children against tuberculosis - BCG vaccine
This brochure gives information about vaccination against tuberculosis and is intended for parents who come from countries with a high incidence of the disease.
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Projects
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Project
Bedret barnevaksinasjon og beredskap mot sesong og pandemisk influensa: betydning av cellulær immunitet
The project assesses prevalence of past pneumococcal infections and influenza in Ethiopia with techniques to determine cellular immune protection against new influenza strains.
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Social contact and vaccine coverage survey, Norway 2016
In this study, we determine the vaccination coverage of several vaccines in the Norwegian population and to identify social contact patterns - who meets who.
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Varicella zoster virus infections in Norway
The study will calculate the annual number of hospitalisations, primary care consultations and deaths caused by chickenpox and herpes zoster in the Norwegian population.
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