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Birth-dose hepatitis B vaccinations safe, effective and necessary
Following the recent American changes in childhood vaccination recommendations, Hepatitis Australia and ASHM have published a media release outlining the importance of hepatitis B vaccination at birth.
Birth-doses of the hepatitis B vaccine are safe, effective and necessary. In Australia, the hepatitis B vaccine has been offered for free to all babies, since 2000. “Currently, four hepatitis B vaccinations are recommended before six months of age, with the first being preferably within 24 hours of birth when medically stable. Protection against hepatitis B is almost always long-lasting, and the birth-dose is tolerated very well by newborn babies.”
You can download the full Hepatitis Australia and ASHM media release here >>
Or read it online here >>
You can also learn more at our hepatitis B and childhood vaccinations page >>
