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A weekly drop-in immunisation clinic has commenced at Maroochydore Child Health, giving busy families, children and pregnant women a more flexible way to stay up to date with vaccinations without needing to book an appointment.

As students prepare to return to the classroom, Sunshine Coast Health is reminding parents that nutritious lunchboxes and good hygiene habits play a key role in a healthy start to the school year.

Pregnant women now have access to a free RSV vaccine that will help protect their baby during its most vulnerable months.

Sunshine Coast Health’s Public Health and Maternity units are collaborating to help protect more newborn babies from Respiratory Syncytial Virus, commonly known as RSV, with local cases increasing by 50% in the last year.

Home visits to new families, health checks on newborn babies, chats about vaccinations and wellness checks with parents is all part of a day in the life for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child health team, also known as the Jabba Jabba

It's World Immunisation Week (24-30th April) and the Sunshine Coast Public Health Unit is reminding locals to check they're up-to-date with their vaccinations.

Sunshine Coast Health's Public Health Unit has seen an increase in the number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases in the community in recent weeks.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service’s (SCHHS) COVID-19 vaccination program, which has administered more than 269,000 doses of the vaccine to locals and visitors to the region during the past 12 months.