Over the school summer holidays we’re holding catch up vaccination clinics in community venues across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. If you or your child (aged 5 and over) is not up-to-date (view routine immunisation schedule for Wales here), call our communications hub on 0300 303 8322 option 1 or email ask.hdd@wales.nhs.uk to book an appointment.
Vaccination saves lives. Vaccination is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and our children against ill health.
Vaccination, or immunisation, is the process of giving someone a vaccine and them becoming immune to the disease as a result of that vaccine. It uses the body’s natural defence mechanism to build resistance to specific infections. For example whooping cough or measles.
Vaccines are usually given by injection or oral drops. Routine vaccination is free; however, if you are travelling to a country where additional vaccinations are recommended, you may have to pay.