Immunisation
Council holds regular immunisation sessions at different places around the municipality.
Children and adults can receive vaccines against common diseases at these regular immunisation sessions.
Please find below more information on child immunisation and adult immunisation:
2012 immunisation sessions
Child immunisation
Adult immunisation
Vaccines available at cost
Immunisation certificates
Child immunisation
The child immunisation program provides cover for the following diseases: HIB, hepatitis B, chickenpox, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio (Infanrix/IPV), measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), meningococcal C (Neisvac C), pneumococcal (Prevenar) and rota virus.
If your child requires immunisation, please contact your Maternal and Child Health Nurse or Council's Health Unit on 9205 5166.
Immunisations for four year olds
Council is offering additional immunisation sessions specifically for four year old children.
Important vaccinations are due for children when they turn four years old. These are: diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and polio (DTP/IPV) and measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).
Please bring your Child Health Record Book and Medicare Card. Experienced immunisation nurses will be available to answer any questions you may have. There will also be fun activities for children available at these sessions.
The 2012 sessions for four-year-old children will be held:
Monday 20 February 2012, 5.30pm-6.30pm
Collingwood Senior Citizens Centre
(Next to the Collingwood Town Hall, enter from Eddy Court)
Wednesday 4 April 2012, 10am-11am
Richmond Town Hall, meeting room 3
(333 Bridge Road, Richmond)
Tuesday 19 June 2012, 11am-12pm
North Fitzroy Maternal and Child Health Centre
(Edinburgh Gardens, Alfred Crescent)
Wednesday 3 October 2012, 10am-11am
Richmond Town Hall
(333 Bridge Road, Richmond)
Thursday 9 August 2012, 12pm-1pm
North Carlton Maternal and Child Health Centre
(Corner Pigdon & Wilson streets)
Free dose of the new pneumococcal vaccine - for children aged 1 - 2 years old
Is your child one or two years old? Then they should get a free dose of the new pneumococcal vaccine available from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012.
Australian children receive the pneumococcal vaccine as part of their regular immunisations at two, four and six months of age. In Victoria, on 1 July 2011, the pneumococcal vaccine for children was replaced with a new version that protects against more types of the bacteria that cause pneuococcal disease.
All Victorian babies now get the new vaccine as part of their regular immunisations. If your child got all the necessary doses of pneumococcal vaccine before 1 July 2011, they would have been given the old version of the vaccine. To make up for this, eligible children can get a free dose of the new vaccine between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012.
The vaccinations are available at Yarra's 2012 Immunisation Sessions. For more information, please contact your Maternal and Child Health Nurse or Council's Health Unit on 9205 5166.
Vaccines available at cost
The following vaccines are available at cost:
Fill out the consent form and make your payment prior to attending an immunisation session. Payment can be made Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm at Council offices at Collingwood Town Hall, 140 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford or Richmond Town Hall, 333 Bridge Road, Richmond.
Adult immunisation
If you are an adult and require immunisation the following vaccines are freely available:
- ADT (Adult Diphtheria, Tetanus)
- MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)
- Boostrix vaccine (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis or Whooping Cough) - free for parents of babies born since June 2009 (or $35 otherwise).
The above vaccines can be administered at Council's 2012 Immunisation Sessions.
Consent forms for adult immunisation
Download the consent forms:
Forms are also available from your Maternal & Child Health nurse or from Council's Public Health Unit.
Human Papilloma Virus vaccine HPV
The Human Papilloma Virus vaccine (HPV) aims to protect women against cervical cancer, and is offered routinely to all schoolgirls when they start year 7 at secondary school.
The HPV vaccine is also available to females aged 10 – 45 years at GPs, community health centres, or at Yarra City Council immunisation sessions at a cost of $150 per dose (a course of three doses is required).
For further information on the HPV vaccine, please visit this Cancer Council Australia website.
More resources
Immunisation certificates (for children)
Department of Health - Victorian Government website
Further information
Natasha Macleod
Immunisation Nurse
9205 5072
Natasha.Macleod@yarracity.vic.gov.au
Back to top