WA Health is encouraging parents to check that their children’s immunisations are up to date as they prepare for the start of the 2016 school year.
WA Health’s Communicable Disease Control Directorate Medical Coordinator Professor Paul Effler said immunisation was the best way to protect children against serious infections.
“While parents are busy ticking off their back-to-school check list, it is timely to remind them to ensure their children are protected from 16 vaccine preventable diseases,” Professor Effler said.
Ensuring children’s immunisations are up to date will keep them protected and help stop the spread of diseases in the community.
The childhood immunisation program is free through the National Immunisation Program. Parents should check with their health provider whether a consultation fee is applied, but many providers bulk bill for childhood immunisations.
For more information on immunisation visit Healthy WA (external site).
Watch Dr Paul Effler speak on the importance of vaccinating children before the start of the 2016 school year: