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Vaccinations are one of the most important measures to prevent diseases. For example, some diseases no longer occur or occur only very rarely because people have largely had themselves vaccinated.

Vaccinations are one of the most important measures to prevent diseases. For example, some diseases no longer occur or occur only very rarely because people have largely had themselves vaccinated.

Before vaccines are approved, their effectiveness and safety must be proven in studies.

After that, the independent Standing Commission on Vaccination (STIKO) reviews who should be recommended for vaccination in Germany and when it is most appropriate to administer it. Individual advice from your doctor or the responsible office is based on these recommendations.

• Vaccination card

The costs for recommended vaccinations are covered by the health insurance.

Note: Some insurance companies also cover the costs of travel vaccinations. The Center for Travel Medicine offers further information on this.

Contact your family doctor or the public health department. Here you will be advised and vaccinated.

Tip: On the website of the Robert Koch Institute, you will find the recommendations of the Permanent Vaccination Commission with the vaccinations that infants, toddlers, adolescents and adults should receive. You will also find a table of indication and booster vaccinations. The recommendations are explained by rationales and messages.

• Vaccinations at specific life stages
• Immunizations for Infants, Children, and Adolescents Find the immunizations recommended for infants, children, and adolescents by the Standing Commission on Immunization. The 2010 Vaccination Calendar for Infants, Children, Adolescents and Adults provides an overview of the vaccinations needed to protect against diphtheria (D/d), pertussis (aP/ap), tetanus (T), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), hepatitis B (HB), poliomyelitis (IPV), pneumococcal, meningococcal, measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), varicella, and against human papillomavirus (HPV).
• Vaccinations for professionals Certain occupational groups have a higher potential for exposure to infections than other individuals. See the Green Cross pages for a listing of vaccinations recommended for various occupational groups.
• Vaccinations in pregnancy, which vaccinations are important for a pregnant woman, you can learn on the pages of the Green Cross.
• Vaccinations for travelers, which vaccinations are important for travelers, you can learn on the pages "fit for travel". Vaccinations and personal advice are available every second Tuesday at the travel and tropical medicine vaccination consultation in Schwerin, see link below.

Vaccinations that have been carried out are entered in a yellow vaccination certificate. You will receive the vaccination certificate from your family doctor.

You can also obtain information, for example, on the site:

Travel medicine advice for adults and children is offered by the State Office for Health and Social Affairs M-V through the Schwerin Travel and Tropical Medicine Vaccination Clinic:

Vaccinations are one of the most important measures to prevent diseases. For example, some diseases no longer occur or occur only very rarely because people have largely had themselves vaccinated.

• Your family doctor or
• the public health department