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Childhood pneumococcal vaccination program

State and Territory information:
  • ACT: (02) 6205 2300
  • NSW: Contact the local Public Health Units (look under "Health" in the White pages)
  • NT: (09) 8922 8315
  • QLD: (07) 3234 1500
  • SA: (08) 8226 7177
  • Tas: 1800 671 738 - (Tasmania Only) | (03) 6222 7724 - (Outside Tasmania)
  • Vic: 1300 882 008
  • WA: (08) 9321 1312

This Program, which commenced on 1 January 2005, provides free pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevenar®) for all children born on or after 1 January 2005 at 2, 4 and 6 months of age.

More information:

Childhood pneumococcal vaccination program - common questions and answers - fact sheet for the public
Updated: January 2005

Common questions and answers - fact sheet for the public translated into other languages:

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Farsi Farsi written in Farsi (PDF 115 KB)
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Indonesian Indonesian written in Indonesian (PDF 40 KB)
Italian Italian written in Italian(PDF 40 KB)
Japanese Japanese written in Japanese (PDF 225 KB)
Khmer Khmer written in Khmer (PDF 98 KB)
Korean Korean written in Korean (PDF 368 KB)
Russian Russian written in Russian (PDF 44 KB)
Turkish Turkish written in Turkish (PDF 60 KB)
Vietnamese Vietnamese written in Vietnamese (PDF 56 KB)

Childhood pneumococcal vaccination program - common questions and answers for the public
Updated: January 2005

Childhood pneumococcal vaccination program - guidelines for providers
Updated: June 2005

Childhood pneumococcal vaccination program - common questions and answers for providers
Updated: June 2005

Page last modified: 23 March, 2006