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Immunization for Elementary and Junior High School Students

Free immunizations for elementary and junior high school aged children will be administered at designated facilities throughout the city during the spring time. Please refer to the March and April editions of the English City information bulletin "Shisei Dayori". Don't forget your immunization vouchers (distributed by the schools), Mother and Child Health Handbook, Hanko (Inkan), and insurance booklet. Please make sure the student is healthy when receiving the injections. After the injections are administered, please have them recorded in the Boshi Kenko Techo (Mother and Child Health Handbook). Children who have contracted Rubella in the past can still get inoculated for Rubella. If the child passes the age of eligibility for the free immunizations, then you will have to pay for the treatment on your own. For more information, please call the Kenko Zoshin-Ka Hoken Shido-Gakari at 39-1246.

<Japanese Encephalitis>
Fourth-grade elementary school students (second injection), and third grade junior high school students (third injection).

<Bivax (Diphtheria & Tetanus)>
For sixth-grade elementary school students.

<Rubella>
For second-grade junior high school students.

Immunizations for Children

All of the following vaccinations are free, provided that the child is officially a resident of the City and is within the time span of eligibility for the vaccinations. Remember to bring your vaccination and examination vouchers, Boshi Kenko Techo (Mother and Child Health Handbook), Insurance card, and "inkan" (family name stamp).

• Please make sure that the child is generally in good health before having the inoculations.
  
• Please have the child refrain from eating and drinking an hour before the vaccination.
  
• Please have the inoculations recorded by the administration staff in the Boshi Kenko Techo.
  
• Please wait to eat and drink for about thirty minutes after receiving vaccination for polio.
  
• Please wait at least four weeks after receiving vaccinations for polio, BCG, measles, rubella, mumps, or chicken pox before getting any other inoculations.
  
• Please wait two weeks after recovery from an illness that includes rash as a symptom before getting vaccinations.
  
• If it is not possible to have the immunizations finished by the appointed time, please contact the Kenko Zoshin-Ka Yobo-Gakari at 39-1245.

<Tuberculin Tests>

Tuberculin tests will be offered to children who have not yet received the test, and who are in the age range of three months old to three years & eleven months old. Two days after this test, if the child shows a negative reaction to the test, BCG shots will be administered.

Children with the following conditions may not take the test.

1. Children with fever.
   
2. Children who have had polio, measles, German measles (Rubella), mumps, or the chicken pox, or who have had inoculations for the preceding ailments within four weeks of the day of the tuberculin test.
   
3. Children who have had inoculations for other illnesses within one week of the tuberculin test.
   
4. Children who have had a disease accompanied by a rash, and two weeks have not yet passed since recovery.
   
5. Children taking adrenal cortex hormones.
   
6. Children currently under medical treatment for any illness, or those currently having a skin disorder should consult the physician in charge of treatment before taking the test.
   

Please bring the tuberculin test voucher, your inkan (family name stamp), and your Boshi Kenko Techo (Mother and Child Health Handbook). The child must be accompanied by his or her guardian, or by someone who personally knows about the child's health. After the BCG inoculation, you must wait four weeks before administering injections for any other diseases.
Aizu Wakamatsu City sends out all vouchers for various inoculations and medical examinations for children and other related documents (such as a medical questionnaire for determining when inoculations for the child are appropriate) through the mail by the time the child reaches 3 months old. Please keep these documents in a safe place for future reference and use. If you lose any of the necessary documents needed for inoculations, they are available at the Kenko Zoshin-ka at City Hall. For further information or questions, please call the Kenko Zoshin-Ka, Yobo-Gakari at 39-1245.

<Polio Vaccine>

Polio vaccinations should be given to children 3 months to 7 years, 5 months old twice with a period of at least six weeks in between administrations. Children with the following symptoms will not be able to get the inoculation.

• Children with fever.
  
• Those who have a cold or diarrhea
  
• Children who have had measles, German measles (rubella), mumps, or the chicken pox or who have had inoculations for the preceding ailments within four weeks of the day of the polio vaccine.
  
• Children who have had inoculations for other illnesses within one week of the polio vaccine.
  
• Children who have had a disease accompanied by a rash, and two weeks have not yet passed since recovery.

Please remember to bring:

1. Yoshin-hyo (vaccination voucher). You should have received this in the mail from the Public Health Division of City Hall.
   
2. Hanko or Inkan (your official name stamp)
   
3. Boshi Kenko Techo (mother and child health handbook)

Please note that the vaccine should be taken twice at least six weeks apart. For those who will get the vaccine for the first time, please be sure that your child receives a booster next spring. Please be sure that your child does not eat or drink 30 minutes before and after receiving the polio vaccination. The person who accompanies the child to the examination must have comprehensive knowledge of the child's health. This vaccine will not be offered at medical institutions. For those who don't have a vaccination voucher, please bring your Boshi Kenko Techo (mother and child health handbook) to the Kenko Zoshin-ka. For more information, please call the Kenko Zoshin-Ka, Yobo Gakari at 39-1245.

* The above information was taken from the English information bulletin "Shisei Dayori". To receive free delivery of Shisei Dayori, please contact Yuko Watanabe at the International Relations Desk of City Hall - 0242-39-1202 or cir@aizuwakamatsu.fukushima.or.jp - Or contact the International Association