What is BCG Vaccine

For first time moms, it is important to that your baby should have a BCG Vaccine.

What is BCG Vaccine?
Wikipedia define BCG or Bacillus Calmette-Guerin as a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially cultured in an artificial medium for years.

Is BCG Vaccine Effective?
The degree of effectiveness of BCG vaccine varies from 0-80% where it is given right after birth or before reaching 1 year old. However the vaccine cannot prevent contagious tuberculosis disease in adult as the vaccine is intended to prevent disseminated form of tuberculosis in children.

It was recommended by the World Health Organization that BCG vaccine be compulsory in countries where tuberculosis is endemic as well as suggested that BCG should be given to all children at birth with standard childhood immunization.

Keep your child protected from Tuberculosis by giving him BCG Vaccine at birth.