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Protect your baby from whooping cough. Vaccinate for free when pregnant – brochure

This brochure provides information about whooping cough (pertussis) vaccination in pregnancy.

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Brochure – Protect your baby from whooping cough. Vaccinate for free when pregnant (Tri-fold)

Brochure – Protect your baby from whooping cough (Pamphlets)

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Whooping cough is a highly infectious bacterial infection. In babies it can cause serious complications including brain damage and pneumonia and sometimes death.

This brochure provides information about:

  • harmful effects of whooping cough
  • whooping cough symptoms
  • timing of vaccination 
  • safety and effectiveness of the whooping cough vaccination for pregnant women and their babies
  • frequently asked questions. 

This resource is also available in 10 languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, TagalogGreek, Punjabi, Italian, Hindi, Korean and Vietnamese

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