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| - Danish Childhood Vaccination Programme |
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| THE DANISH CHILDHOOD VACCINATION PROGRAMME |
The Danish childhood vaccination programme is a free service to all children to be vaccinated against eight infectious diseases:
1. Diphtheria: May cause serious and life-threatening inflammation of the throat
2. Tetanus: A serious infection contracted through contaminated wounds
3. Whooping cough (pertussis): A potentially serious disease, especially in infants
4. Polio: An infection resulting in permanent paralysis
5. Hib-infection (Haemophilus influenzae type b): A cause of meningitis (cerebrospinal meningitis) or epiglottitis.
6. Measles (morbilli): Characterised by high fever, coughing, common cold, eye irritation, exanthema (or a skin rash) and possible serious complications such as pneumonia or encephalitis
7. Mumps (parotitis epidemica): Characterised by swollen salivary glands and a slight fever and possibly complicated by meningitis or orchitis with permanent damages.
8. Rubella: Causes exanthema (or skin rash), swollen lymph glands and a slight fever. Infection in pregnant women during the first trimester may result in miscarriage or congenital malformation to the baby. |
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