Adults
If you are 50 or over, your risk of pneumococcal disease, including pneumococcal pneumonia, is going up — and it can be serious.
If you are 50 or over, your risk of pneumococcal disease, including pneumococcal pneumonia, is going up — and it can be serious.
Infants – Adolescents
Vaccines help your child’s immune system to produce its own antibodies to help protect him or her from specific diseases. Are your child’s immunizations up to date?
Vaccines help your child’s immune system to produce its own antibodies to help protect him or her from specific diseases. Are your child’s immunizations up to date?
Prevnar® 13 is a pneumococcal vaccine that helps protect against 13 types of the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Prevnar 13 works by helping the body make its own antibodies against these bacteria. In children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age, it helps protect against diseases such as bacteraemic pneumonia (lung infection with bacteria in the bloodstream), sepsis or bacteraemia (bacteria in the bloodstream), meningitis (inflammation around the brain) and ear infections. In children from 6 years to 17 years of age, it helps protect against diseases such as bacteraemic pneumonia, sepsis or bacteraemia, and meningitis. In adults aged 18 years and older, it helps prevent diseases such as pneumonia (lung infection), bacteraemic pneumonia, sepsis or bacteraemia, and meningitis.
Prevnar 13 works by helping the body make its own antibodies against these bacteria. In children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age, it helps protect against diseases such as bacteraemic pneumonia (lung infection with bacteria in the bloodstream), sepsis or bacteraemia (bacteria in the bloodstream), meningitis (inflammation around the brain) and ear infections. In children from 6 years to 17 years of age, it helps protect against diseases such as bacteraemic pneumonia, sepsis or bacteraemia, and meningitis. In adults aged 18 years and older, it helps prevent diseases such as pneumonia (lung infection), bacteraemic pneumonia, sepsis or bacteraemia, and meningitis.
For more information, please consult your doctor, nurse or pharmacist.
