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TB, BCG and your baby

Information about the BCG vaccination being offered to protect your baby against tuberculosis (TB).

Updates to this page

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published:
29 November 2013
Last updated:
22 September 2026
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  1. The poster containing QR codes for translations of the leaflet has been added.

  2. Added links to Romanian and Romany translations.

  3. Added links to Kurdish and Turkish translations.

  4. Added link to the quick links QR codes poster.

  5. Added link to Ukrainian translation.

  6. Added links to translated versions of the TB, BCG and your baby leaflet.

  7. Updated TB, BCG vaccine and your baby.

  8. Added Gujarati and Tamil translated versions of the leaflet and added the new poster.

  9. Added translated versions.

  10. Updated advice on immunisation for immunosuppressed infants.

  11. Added new revised version of the leaflet.

  12. Updated leaflet with the current immunisation advice.

  13. The advice that babies should have the vaccination if they going to live in countries with high incidences of TB for more than 1 month has changed to more than 3 months.

  14. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

TB, BCG vaccine and your baby

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TB, BCG and your baby leaflet

Ref: UKHSA gateway number: 2021494

PDF, 1.89 MB, 8 pages

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TB, BCG and your baby poster

Ref: UKHSA gateway number: 2021570

PDF, 5.73 MB, 1 page

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TB, BCG and your baby A3 QR code poster (print)

Ref: UKHSA gateway number 2026353

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TB, BCG and your baby leaflet

This leaflet contains the current information on tuberculosis and the BCG vaccine including the benefits and contraindications for BCG immunisation in infants.

Paper copies of this leaflet are available to order for free or download in the following languages:

English, Bengali, Farsi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Nepali, Panjabi, Pashto, Romanian, Romany, Somali, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Urdu.

TB, BCG and your baby QR code poster

This poster contains QR codes linking to the main English leaflet as well as the translations mentioned above. The QR code poster can be downloaded for free from Find Public Health Resources using product code 634413EN001.

TB, BCG and your baby poster

This poster is aimed at parents and carers of babies who may be at risk of tuberculosis and need a BCG vaccine to protect them.

You can view, download, or order printed copies of this poster for free from Find Public Health Resources using the product code: 2900193B.

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