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Getting vaccinated against RSV between 28 and 36 weeks of pregnancy protects your newborn baby against respiratory syncytical virus (RSV). Yarn to your midwife or health worker about getting your free RSV vaccination.

Getting a safe and free whooping cough vaccination between 20 and 32 weeks of pregnancy helps protect bubbas from whooping cough while they're still too young to get vaccinated themselves. Yarn to your midwife or health worker about getting your free whooping c

Protecting your bub from serious illness starts before birth, with free vaccines you can get while pregnant. These vaccines help protect your baby against influenza, whooping cough and RSV. Yarn to your midwife or health worker about getting your free maternal vaccinations.

Flu vaccines have been around for decades and help protect you and your bub from serious illness. Yarn to your midwife or health worker about getting your free flu vaccination.

Brenden Hall OAM is a 5x Paralympic swimmer. At 6 years old, he contracted chickenpox, resulting in complications that changed his life forever. Chickenpox can be serious in children, and vaccines available under the National Immunisation Program protect kids from life-threatening complications.

Dr Jana Pittman is a former Australian Olympic athlete and is now a women’s health doctor. As a busy mum of 6 children, Jana tells us how she protects her kids from vaccine-preventable disease with childhood immunisations from the perspective of a mother and a medical professional.

Polio is a rare and contagious viral infection that can cause serious complications in children.

Diphtheria is a rare bacterial infection that can cause serious complications in children. 

Pneumococcal disease is a bacteria that lives in the nose and throat and can have serious complications in children.