Living Guidebook for Foreign Nationals in Iwate

Health and
Childrearing

Medical Check-ups and Inoculations for Infants

Daycare Centres

Tuition

Conditions of Enrolment

Other

Kindergartens

Other Childcare Centers

Childcare Guidance Centres

Medical Check-ups and Inoculations for Infants

To promote the healthy development of children, municipal bodies offer the following check-ups and inoculations. For details of when and where these are available please ask your local health center.

Test Details Age
Newborn check-up Includes general examination, growth and development check, health counselling ~1 yr (multiple times)
18-month check-up Includes general examination, growth and development check, health counselling under
1.5 ~ 2 yrs old
3-yr check-up Includes general examination, growth and development check, dental check-up, visual and auditory check-up, health counselling under 3 ~ 4 yrs old
Inoculations Triple
(whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus)
(1)under
3 ~ 12 months old
(2)under
12 ~ 18 months old
(3) 11~12 yrs old
Polio 3 ~ 17 months
Measles 12 ~ 14 months
Rubella (German measles) 12 ~ 35 months
BCG under 6 months old


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