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Starting kindergarten in the UAE? Here’s what parents need to know about vaccines
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For Dr. Sundus Khuder, consultant paediatrician at RAK Hospital, the first step is not just asking whether a child has been vaccinated, but checking whether the vaccinations were given at the right time and in the right sequence.
By around kindergarten age, children should already have received the routine infant and early-childhood vaccines covering illnesses such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib, hepatitis B, pneumococcal disease, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, and meningococcal disease, as applicable to the schedule followed.
