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Protect yourself and your loved ones by ensuring timely MMR vaccination. Book your MMR Vaccination today.

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How the MMR Vaccine Works

The MMR vaccine is given as two doses. The first dose is typically administered between the ages of 9 and 15 months, followed by a second dose between 15 months and 6 years old. It’s crucial to ensure at least four weeks separate the two doses for maximum effectiveness.

By stimulating the body’s immune system, the MMR vaccine helps protect against:

- Measles: A highly contagious disease that can cause fever, rash, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. Severe complications include pneumonia, brain inflammation, and even death.

- Mumps: Characterized by painful swollen glands, fever, headache, and muscle aches. In rare cases, mumps can lead to more serious issues like meningitis, deafness, or orchitis (inflammation of the testicles).

- Rubella (German measles): Often mild in children, but it can have devastating consequences for pregnant women. If a woman contracts rubella during pregnancy, it can result in miscarriage, stillbirth, or severe birth defects known as Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS).

Not sure if you’re immunised against measles?  It’s okay to get immunised again. Book today!

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Get protected against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.

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Measles spreads faster than almost any other disease and can be very dangerous. On average, one dose is 95% effective, and two doses is more than 99% effective. People who have had their measles vaccine can’t catch measles and spread it to vulnerable people.

  • The first dose is generally given to children around 9 months to 15 months of age, with a second dose at 15 months to 6 years of age, with at least 4 weeks between the doses.

  • After two doses, 97% of people are protected against measles, 88% against mumps, and at least 97% against rubella.  

Measles outbreaks happen regularly overseas, and with people coming into Aotearoa New Zealand, there’s a risk of measles spreading here.  

Measles is a highly contagious virus that is spread through coughing and sneezing. Symptoms typically begin with high fever, cough, runny nose, and red watery eyes. 

If you’re not vaccinated it can make you very sick and affect your health for the rest of your life. 

One in 10 people with measles will need hospital treatment and it can result in serious complications like pneumonia, seizures, and swelling of the brain. People can potentially die from measles. 

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