🛡️ Protect Your Baby from RSV This Winter

RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) is a common winter virus. For babies, it can cause serious illness.

• 1 in 2 babies get RSV each year
• 4 in 100 are hospitalised

✅ Free RSV Immunisation (Nirsevimab)

• 1 injection protects your baby for the whole winter
• Works straight away
• Can be given with other vaccines

👶 Who Can Get It?

• Newborns born Sept 2025 – Feb 2026 → given in hospital
• Babies under 6 months old at start of RSV season (born Mar – Aug 2025) → book an appointment from September – Health Service Executive – What is your name and mobile number?
• Premature and higher-risk infants

📍 Where Is It Given?

• Maternity units (before discharge)
• Community clinics (by appointment)