Children´s Health
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Children´s Health
All CAPs have paediatricians to care for your children up to the age of 14. From this age on they depend upon the general practitioner.
Health record book
You will be given this in the hospital where your child is born. In it the doctor will record the most important details of the birth. Afterwards the paediatrician will record the details of his / her development.
Vaccination record
The city council will send you a vaccination record. The paediatrician will note in it all the vaccinations your child receives. When it is full you should send it off by post. This document is very important as you will need it when your children begin school.
If you child was not born here, you will have to explain to the paediatrician which vaccinations he / she has received in the country of his birth, and if he / she is missing any, the paediatrician will administer them. All vaccinations are free.
Your paediatrician will provide you with a list and a timetable of vaccinations for your child but they should follow the below guidelines.
Two Months
DTP, IPV, HBV, Hib, MCC
Four Months
DTP, IPV, HBV, Hib, MCC
Six Months
DTP, IPV, HBV, Hib, MCC
Fifteen Months
MMR
Eighteen Months
DTP, IPV, Hib
Four Years
MMR
Four - Six Years
DTP, IPV
Fourteen - Sixteen Years (and every ten years)
Td
DTP : Diphtheria, acellular whooping cough, tetanus.
IPV : Inactivated Polio.
HBV : Hepatitis B.
Hib : Haemophilus influenzae b.
MCC : Meningococcal C conjugate.
MMR : Measles, mumps, rubella.
Td : Tetanus and Diphtheria, adult type.
(Information kindly provided by Barcelona City Council)
Please do read the article Questioning Vaccines - Barcelona Metropolitan February 2008 (by Zoe Koumbouzi) for more information
*NEW* Interview with Paediatrician Mª Dolores Terradas:
"During the first year of life I like to see the babies every month: body measures, full physical checkup, orientations with feeding and vaccines as needed."
Click here for full interview with Paediatrician Mª Dolores Terradas