Vaccination against Meningitis?

Today while my Mother In-Law accompanied me and Little Jen to the government clinic for his routine check up and jab, she suddenly brought up a good question. Have Little Jen been vaccinated against meningitis? Hmm.. Well, I have to check on this one. 


Asked the nurse that gave him his DTaP jab today. She told me that Government was only giving compulsory vaccinations as stated in his Little Blue Book and no jabs for meningitis would be given. 


Hmm, I checked online for the short form of the meningitis jab and found the below: 


"The best way to protect your child from meningitis is through immunisation. Vaccines are effective in stimulating the body to produce antibodies against pathogens that cause meningitis. There are different vaccines that protect against a range of organisms.

· Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine. Studies have shown that theHaemophilus influenza type b (Hib) virus is the leading cause of viral meningitis in Malaysia. Since 2002, the Hib vaccination has been made compulsory for all babies in Malaysia." 


The above is taken from a article dated 23 August 2009 in Parenthots entitled Pneumo What? by Datuk Musa Mohd Nordin. 


Okay, do it is called the Hib vaccine. Little Jen was supposed to take the jabs when he was 2, 3 and 5 mths old based on the Little Blue Book but no dates were written in the respective columns. 


Will need Hubby to check out with the nurses on Little Jen's next visit to the clinic on 23 May 2012.