Immunisation involves receiving a vaccine to help your body’s immune system protect you against a disease.
Vaccinations for older children and teenagers include:
- booster doses of vaccines that were given. When they were younger, eg, Boostrix.
- catch up doses of any childhood immunisations they might have missed, eg, chickenpox or MMR.
- vaccines for:
- some diseases that are more common in teenagers, eg, human papillomavirus (HPV)
- meningococcal disease which can spread quickly in shared accommodation environments including halls of residence, boarding school hostels and military barracks
- COVID-19
- influenza that given every year.
At about 11 years of age, children given the Boostrix vaccine as part of the National Immunisation Schedule(external link).
The Boostrix vaccine:
- is a single injection that offers protection against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough (pertussis).
- ‘boosts’ the protection that babies and vaccine to help your body’s children received against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough (pertussis).
- may be offer by your healthcare provider or through schools. A public health nurse visits some schools and gives children consent forms to bring home for their parents to sign for each vaccine. Parents need to fill out the forms and say whether or not they consent to the vaccine, sign the form and return it to the school.
The chickenpox vaccine (also called varicella vaccine) เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา is free for children turning 11 years of age who haven’t already had chickenpox or been immunised against it when they were younger.
For children who haven’t had chickenpox. It’s more likely to result in serious complications. If they catch it when they’re older.
Immunisation against COVID-19 is an important way we keep our tamariki safe. It protects them from many serious complications of COVID-19 infection and stops disease spreading within your whānau and the community.
Ages 12 to 15 years
- Young people 12 to 15 years of age are eligible for 2 full adult doses of either the Pfizer vaccine(external link) or the Novavax vaccine(external link) 3 weeks or more apart.
- They’re not eligible for a booster.
Ages 16 and 17 years
- Young people 16 to 17 years of age vaccine to help your body’s can get 2 adult doses of either the Pfizer or Novavax vaccine (3 weeks apart).
- They can also get a Pfizer booster if it’s been at least 6 months since their last dose.