Does the husband need to be vaccinated when the wife is pregnant?

My husband and I are planning to have a baby and are getting vaccinated for women preparing to become pregnant to have immunity to protect mother and child. Do I need to get vaccinated? (Nhat Nam, 26 years old, Binh Phuoc )

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During pregnancy, a woman's immune system will function less well than normal, resistance will be weak, leading to an increased risk of infection. If the mother gets sick, it can affect her own health, and the fetus is at risk of malformations, stillbirth or premature birth. Vaccination is the best way to protect mother and baby during pregnancy and after the baby is born.

When the husband has diseases such as chickenpox, mumps, rubella, flu, whooping cough, diphtheria... or diseases transmitted through blood or sexual contact, the wife has a high risk of infection. This will affect pregnancy or affect the fetus if the wife is pregnant.

Therefore, the husband should be fully vaccinated against HPV, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, hepatitis B, influenza, Japanese encephalitis, pneumococcal diseases... to protect himself and prevent infection to his wife and relatives.

The husband also needs to be vaccinated to prevent the disease for himself and to prevent the risk of infecting his wife. Photo: Moc Thao

Before becoming pregnant, women need to proactively prevent diseases by getting vaccinated against important diseases including: HPV, chickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, influenza, hepatitis B, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, meningitis... Vaccines are given at specific times and not all at the same time.

VNVC vaccination system with nearly 140 centers nationwide has all important vaccines for children and adults, diverse services including vaccine packages for women preparing for pregnancy, vaccine packages for adults... All vaccines are preserved with high quality, safe vaccination process, stable price, many incentives.

Doctor Phan Nguyen Truong Giang
Medical Management, VNVC Vaccination System

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