Your Step-by-Step guide to protecting baby from Pneumococcal diseases

1. Because you love
your baby…
LOVE
YOU WILL
GROW
TO WATCH THEM

2. How your baby communicates:
• Makes gurgling sounds.1
• Turns head toward sounds.1
How your baby mentally develops:
• Pays attention to faces.1
• Begins to follow things with eyes.1
• Recognizes people at a distance.1
How your baby socially bonds:
• Begins to smile at people.1
• Can briefly calm themselves (may
bring hands to mouth and suck on
hand).1
• Tries to look at parent.1
How your baby grows:
• Can hold head up.1
• Makes smoother movements with
arms and legs.1
2
month-old
Your
How your 2-month-old baby
grows…1
Your baby will have major development
milestones in their
1st
year...
1. Part 2: Babies 0- 12 months. Ackermann E, ed. In: The whole child development guide.
The LEGO group; 2004.
1. Important Milestones: Your Baby at Two Months. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.
Available at:http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-2mo.html. Accessed June 24, 2012.
• They move from being totally
dependent on their parents to acting
on their own and at their own will.1
• As their built-in ability to respond
to the human voice and to recognize
the features of a human face
develops rapidly.1
During their first year, babies’ ways of
relating undergo a true revolution:1
During the first year of your baby, major
developmental tasks occur:1
NOW let’s identify
some of your baby’s
development milestones
during their 1st year.

3. How your baby communicates:
• Responds to their own name.1
• Makes sounds to show joy and
displeasure.1
• Responds to sounds by making
sounds.1
How your baby mentally develops:
• Shows curiosity about things and
tries to get things that are out of
reach.1
• Begins to pass things from one hand
to the other.1
How your baby socially bonds:
• Responds to other people’s emotions
and often seems happy.1
• Likes to look at themselves in a mirror.1
• Knows familiar faces and begins to know
if someone is a stranger.1
How your baby grows:
• Begins to sit without support.1
• Can crawl backwards before moving
forward.1
6
month-old
Your
4
month-old
Your
How your baby communicates:
• Cries in different ways to show hunger,
pain, or being tired.1
• Babbles with expressions and copies
sounds they hear.1
How your baby mentally develops:
• Uses hands and eyes together, for
example, they can see a toy
and reach for it.1
• Follows moving things with eyes from
side to side.1
• Responds to affection.1
How your baby socially bonds:
• Plays with people and might cry when
playing stops.1
• Copies some movements and facial
expressions, like smiling or frowning.1
How your baby grows:
• Pushes down on legs when feet are
on a hard surface.1
• May be able to roll over from tummy
to back.1
• Can hold a toy and shake it and
swing at dangling toys.1
• Brings hands to mouth.1
1. Important Milestones: Your Baby at Four Months. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-4mo.html. Accessed June 24, 2012.
1. Important Milestones: Your Baby at Six Months. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web
site. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-6mo.html.
Accessed June 24, 2012.
grows…1
How your 6-month-old baby
grows…1
How your 4-month-old baby

4. How your baby communicates:
• Tries to say the words you say.1
• Responds to simple spoken requests.1
How your baby mentally develops:
• Explores things in different ways, like
shaking, banging or throwing them.1
• Follows simple directions like picking
a toy.1
• Starts using things correctly; like
drinking from a cup or brushing their
hair with a comb.1
How your baby socially bonds:
• Might be shy or nervous around
strangers.1
• Cries when mom or dad leaves.1
• Hands you a book when they want to
hear a story.1
• Repeats sounds or actions to get your
attention.1
How your baby grows:
• Walks while holding on to furniture
(cruising).1
• May take a few steps without holding
on to anything.1
• May stand alone.1
1
year-old
Your
9
month-old
Your
How your baby communicates:
• Understands when you tell them
“no”.1
• Makes a lot of different sounds like
“mama” and “papa”.1
• Uses fingers to point at things.1
How your baby mentally develops:
• Looks for things they see you hide.1
• Puts things in their mouth.1
How your baby socially bonds:
• May be afraid of strangers.1
• Has a favorite toy.1
How your baby grows:
• Stands up, holding on to something.1
• Can get into sitting position.1
• Sits without support.1
• Pulls themselves up to stand.1
• Crawls.1
1. Important Milestones: Your Baby at Nine Months. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.
Available at:http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-9mo.html. Accessed June 24, 2012.
1. Important Milestones: Your Child at One Year. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Web site. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/milestones-1yr.html.
Accessed June 24, 2012.
grows…1
How your 1-year-old baby
grows…1
How your 9-month-old baby

5. LOVE
YOU WILL
MORE
TO PROTECT THEM
Because you love
your baby…

6. Ear infections3
…
• Are usually mild and are much
more common than the more
severe forms of pneumococcal
disease. However, some
children develop repeated ear
infections and may need
ear tubes.3
Bacteremia3
…
• About 1 out of 100
children with this blood-
stream infection dies of it.3
Pneumococcal meningitis3
...
• Causes about 1 out of 20
deaths of children younger
than 5 years and others may
have long-term problems
such as hearing loss or
developmental delay.3
Pneumonia kills more
children than any other
disease2
…
• Pneumonia causes nearly 1 in
5 deaths of children under
the age of five worldwide
- more than 2 million
children die each year.2
How can my child catch pneumococcal
disease?3
• Pneumococcal bacteria are very
common and easily spread when
people are in close contact, especially
through sneezing, coughing and
kissing.3
• Your child could also be infected by
putting their hands in their mouths,
after coming into contact with
the bacteria.3
• The disease can also be spread when
children touch an infected object such
as a cup, toothbrush, toy or book.3
• Many people have the pneumococcal
bacteria in their nose and throat.
These healthy carriers do not get
sick themselves, but they can make
children sick when they sneeze or
cough.3
How seriousis
pneumococcal disease?1
It is often mild but can cause serious
symptoms, lifelong disability, or death.1
What diseases can pneumococcal bacteria
cause?3
Pneumococcal disease can cause four
serious infections:3
• Meningitis (brain infection).3
• Bacteremia (bloodstream infection).3
• Pneumonia (lung infection).3
• Otitis media (middle ear infection).3
What is pneumococcal disease?1, 2
• Pneumococcal disease is caused by
Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.1
• Children under 2 years old are among
those children most at risk of catching
the disease.2
Now let’s see how you can help
protect your child at their 1st
year
against Pneumococcal disease:
1. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: What You Need to Know. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. Available at:
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-ppv.pdf. Accessed June 24, 2012.
2. Pneumococcal Disease - Fact Sheet for Parents. Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/fs-parents.html. Updated July 2011. Accessed June 24, 2012.
3. What you need to know about pneumococcal disease. Public Health Agency of Canada Web site. Available at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/iyc-vve/faq-dis-mal/pneumo-eng.php.
Date Modified: Jan. 31, 2011. Accessed June 24, 2012.
1. Pneumococcal Disease - Fact Sheet for Parents. Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them. Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion Web site. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/fs-parents.html. Updated July 2011. Accessed June 24, 2012.
2. Pneumonia: The forgotten killer of children. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)/World Health Organization (WHO).
Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2006/9280640489_eng.pdf. Date: September, 2006. Accessed June 24, 2012.
3. Pneumococcal Disease - “So Many Treatments”: A True Story. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site.
Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/downloads/dis-pneumo-color.pdf. Updated April, 2011.
Accessed June 24, 2012.

7. Vaccination is among the greatest
gifts a parent can give a child.2
There are more than 90 types of pneumococcal bacteria and its distribution may vary among
regions.1,5
The pneumococcal vaccine does not protect children from infection with every type of pneumococcal
bacteria, but it does protect them from the most common ones that cause serious illness.6
Ask your doctor about the Conjugate Vaccine
that can provide The Broadest Coverage
for your child against Pneumococcal Disease.3,4
Now,
There’s more you can do
Vaccinate your child on time.1
Talk with your child’s doctor if you have questions.1
Keep a record of your child’s vaccinations to make
sure your child is up-to-date.1
Immunization as a priority for UNICEF;
• UNICEF promotes the worldwide use
of immunization as effective means
of achieving the goal of two-thirds
reduction in children under-five
mortality by 2015.3
1. What you need to know about pneumococcal disease. Public Health Agency of Canada Web site. Available at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/iyc-vve/faq-dis-mal/pneumo-eng.php.
Date Modified: Jan. 31, 2011. Accessed June 24, 2012.
2. Immunization. The World Health Organization Web site. Available at: http://www.who.int/topics/immunization/en. Accessed June 24, 2012.
3. Immunization: The big picture. UNICEF Web site. Available at: http://www.unicef.org/immunization/index_bigpicture.html. Accessed June 24, 2012.
1. Pneumococcal Disease - Fact Sheet for Parents. Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. Avail-
able at: httphttp://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/fs-parents.html. Updated July 2011. Accessed June 24, 2012.
2. Safety & Prevention. Immunizations. Vaccination Is the Best Protection. American Academy of Pediatrics Web site.
Available at: http://www.healthychildren.org/english/safety-prevention/immunizations/pages/Vaccination-Is-The-Best-Protection.aspx. Accessed June 24, 2012.
3. Prevnar 13 pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (13 valent adsorbed). Summary of Product characteristics, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
4. Synflorix pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine. Summary of Product characteristics, GlaxoSmithKline.
5. GAVI Pneumoadip GSP2 report. Available at http://www.vaccineamc.org/files/TPP_Codebook.pdf. 2008. Accessed August, 05, 2012.
6. Pneumococcal Disease - “So Many Treatments”: A True Story. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/pneumo/downloads/dis-pneumo-color.pdf. Updated April, 2011. Accessed June 24, 2012.
The best way to help protect children against
pneumococcal disease is to make sure that
they get the pneumococcal disease vaccine.1
According to World Health Organization;
• Immunization is a proven tool
for controlling and eliminating
life-threatening infectious diseases
and is estimated to avert between
2 and 3 million deaths each year.2
What can
you do to
help protect
your child from
pneumococcal
disease?1