PROTECT AGAINST PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA
Vaccination can help protect against pneumococcal disease.1
The Centre for Health Protection recommends the use of pneumococcal vaccines in persons aged 65 years and above and those with high-risk conditions.*2
*High-risk conditions include2: History of invasive pneumococcal disease, immunocompromised states (eg, asplenia, HIV infection, cancer or organ transplant recipient), chronic disease (eg, chronic heart disease, chronic lung disease, kidney or liver disease, diabetes), with cochlear implants, amongst others
Benefits of pneumococcal vaccines
You can’t get pneumococcal pneumonia from getting vaccinated because pneumococcal vaccines do not contain live bacteria.3
Vaccination can help protect you from pneumococcal disease.1
You do not have to get vaccinated every year.2,3
True or False?
You can’t get pneumococcal pneumonia by getting vaccinated.
True
False
True
That’s right.
You can’t get pneumococcal pneumonia from a vaccine because pneumococcal vaccines do not contain live bacteria.3
False
The truth is you can’t get pneumococcal pneumonia from getting vaccinated
because pneumococcal vaccines do not contain live bacteria.3
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References
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. What is pneumococcal disease? Available at: www.nfid.org/infectious-disease/pneumococcal/. Accessed Jul 2024.
- Centre for Health Protection Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases. Updated recommendations on the use of pneumococcal vaccines for high-risk individuals. Available at: www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/
updated_recommendations_on_the_use_of_pneumococcal_vaccines_amended_120116_clean_2.pdf. Accessed Jul 2024. - Immunize.org. Pneumococcus: Questions and answers. Available at: www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4213.pdf. Accessed Jul 2024.