Infants

This flyer outlines the changes to the routine childhood immunisation schedule in Northern Ireland in 2025 and 2026 as recommended by the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

Information for healthcare professionals about the inclusion of hepatitis B vaccine in the new hexavalent combination vaccine, given in the routine immunisation programme.

This booklet provides new safety inormation on the preparation and storage of infant formula milk and is aimed at minimising the risk of infection from bacteria that may sometimes be present in the milk powder. It explains how to sterilise feeding equipment and make up formula milk, and highlights the safety precautions that need to be observed.

This factsheet offers advice on giving infant paracetamol after  the meningitis B vaccination that is offered to infants aged two months and four months.

This professional factsheet explains about the Meningitis B vaccination that is offered to infants aged from two months.

This booklet provides information on the routine immunisations that are given to babies up to a year old to protect them from serious childhood diseases.

Translations are of the 2017 leaflet, some details may vary.

This leaflet is for pregnant women who have been diagnosed with hepatitis B. It provides information on the care pathway for these women, including referral to a liver specialist, the vaccination course for the newborn child, and long-term protection from the infection. It has been updated to include new advice on immunisation of babies from 1 August 2017.

PDFs of the leaflet are also available in 15 languages.

Printing instructions are provided in a PDF below.

This factsheet provides information for parents on the rotavirus vaccine given to babies at two and three months old from July 2013. This is more detailed than the information contained in the leaflet Immunisation for babies up to a year old.

This factsheet provides information for healthcare practitioners on the rotavirus vaccine given to babies at two and three months old from July 2013.

This booklet provides the facts about the vaccines babies will receive just after their first birthday: the first MMR vaccine and the PCV, Hib/Men C and Men B booster vaccines.