Routine, Post-illness and Travel vaccinations

Vaccination means “giving” a vaccine to the body to stimulate the immune system.

Immunisation means the “protection” a person acquires against a disease from the vaccine given.

Vaccines are given in many forms. The regular and Nation-wide acceptable ones are :

Oral – by mouth

Intramuscular – by injecting into thigh or arm muscle

Intradermal – by injecting in between skin layers

Subcutaneous – by injecting into fat layer