Vaccinations - Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Vaccinations
Vaccinations
International Vaccination Centre and Rabies Centre
The International Vaccination and Rabies Treatment Centre is open to the general public.Specialist doctors and qualified nurses offer preventive care: pre-vaccination consultations, vaccinations, consultations following exposure to the risk of rabies (dog bites or any other animal likely to transmit rabies), anti-rabies treatment (vaccine and serum).
Other services at the International Centre
- Diagnosis of envenomation (antivenom serum necessary or not) in the event of a snake bite
- Updating vaccination records;
- Creating a duplicate in the event of loss of vaccination record;
- Mass vaccination within the requesting structure (company, school, etc.) with the possibility of travel by CPC teams.
- Anti-rabies consultation
International Vaccination
- Europe, USA, Canada zones. Recommended vaccine: Yellow Fever.
- South Africa zone. Recommended vaccines: Yellow Fever, Polio, Cholera.
- Gabon (road) and Equatorial Guinea zone. Recommended vaccines: Yellow Fever, Polio, Cholera, Hepatitis B, Typhoid Fever, Meningitis.
- Maghreb, South-East Asia, Nigeria: Yellow Fever, Polio.
- West Africa: Yellow Fever, Meningitis.
- The rest of the countries: Yellow Fever.
NB: you may be recommended an additional vaccine in the event of an epidemic depending on the health risk.
Vaccines required in Cameroon
The following vaccinations are mandatory:
against diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis
against yellow fever.
Persons with parental authority must ensure that this obligation is respected.
Vaccination schedule
Vaccination schedule for children aged 0 to 11 months
Recommended age | Contact | Vaccines | Route of administration |
| At birth | 1st contact | BCG – OPV – 0 | Intradermal Oral |
| At 1 ½ months or 6 weeks | 2nd contact | DTC – HepB + Hib 1 Pneumo 13-1 – OPV-1 – Rota1 | Intramuscular Oral < /td> |
| At 2 ½ months or 10 weeks | 3rd contact | DTC-HepB2 + Hib2 Pneumo 13 -2 – OPV -2 – Rota2 | Intramuscular Oral |
| At 3 ½ months or 14 weeks | 4th contact | DTC-HepB2 + Hib3< /strong> Pneumo 13 -3 – OPV-3 | Intramuscular Oral |
| At 9 months | 5th contact | VIT A (from 6 months, once every six months)
| Oral Subcutaneous Subcutaneous |
Table of EPI target diseases
VACCINE | TARGET DISEASE |
| BCG :Bacille de Calmette et Guérin | Tuberculosis |
| OPV:Oral Polio Vaccine | Poliomyelitis |
| DTP :Diphtheria – Tetanus – Pertussis | Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis |
| Hep B :Viral hepatitis B | Viral hepatitis B |
| VAR : Measles Vaccine | Measles |
| VAA: Anti-Amaril Vaccine | Yellow Fever |
| Hib | HaemophilusInfluenzae type b infection |
| Pneumo 13: Pneumococcus | Pneumococcal infections (meningitis, pneumonia, otitis, sinusitis and bronchitis) |
| Rotarix : | Rotavirus diarrhea |
| Vit A : Vitamin A | Infectious diseases in general, blindness in particular |
Other services at the International Centre
- Diagnosis of envenomation (whether or not anti-venomous serum is required) in the event of snakebite
- Updating vaccination records ;
- Issue of a duplicate if your vaccination booklet is lost;
- Mass vaccination in requesting structures (companies, schools, etc.) with the possibility of CPC teams travelling.
- Anti-rabies consultation
International Vaccination
- Zones Europe, USA, Canada. Recommended vaccine: Yellow fever.
- South Africa zone. Recommended vaccines: Yellow fever, Poliomyelitis, Cholera.
- Zone Gabon (road) and Equatorial Guinea. Recommended vaccines: Yellow fever, Poliomyelitis, Cholera, Hepatitis B, Typhoid fever, Meningitis.
- Maghreb zone, South-East Asia, Nigeria: Yellow fever, Poliomyelitis.
- West Africa zone: Yellow fever, Meningitis.
- Rest of countries: Yellow fever.
Vaccines required in Cameroon
The following vaccinations are compulsory:
against diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis
against yellow fever.
Those with parental authority must ensure that this obligation is met.
