Vaccinology & Preventative Paediatrics
Preventative paediatrics has as its primary focus positive health and involves the whole child. This can best be achieved when a practitioner is concerned with the prevention of disease. A baby’s primary healthcare will therefore be of utmost importance. This is Dr Maraschin’s moto “take all the available steps necessary and available to ensure a child doesn’t get sick so that he or she can fulfil their absolute potential”. Dr Maraschin’s practice focuses on the promotion of breastfeeding, growth monitoring and development, vaccination and good nutrition practices.
Dr Maraschin believes strongly in vaccinating as one of the cornerstones to preventative paediatrics. From his own personal experience after hour call outs and admissions to hospital have diminished dramatically due to the introduction of new vaccines over the past couple of years. In this short time illnesses such as rotavirus, pneumococcal and haemophilus infections as well as chicken-pox have been targeted by vaccines.
Vaccines currently protect children against 14 serious childhood diseases. These diseases do not only result in a sick child but some have the ability to cause long term physical damage and even death.
Unfortunately children do sometimes get ill. Part of the preventative paediatric approach is then to detect diseases early so that the complications of the diseases are avoided or delayed. Dr Maraschin therefore encourages all parents to consider the newborn screening test for early detection of inherited illnesses. Other tests carried out on immunity and allergies also aid a practitioner dealing with sick children.
Dr Maraschin encourages patients to follow the vaccination schedule set out below
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Vaccine Schedule supplied by PMG SA – Paediatric Management Group South Africa.
Vaccination Blogs

What to do about the flu vaccine?
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Measles: Everything you need to know
I was recently asked to do a workshop for expectant parents and parents of young babies on the topic “To vaccinate or not to vaccinate,

Why you & your child should be vaccinated against chickenpox
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What is meningitis and how you can protect your child
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Vaccination Videos
Dr Maraschin's Expert Advice On Vaccinations
Chickenpox Vaccine
Diphtheria Vaccine
Haemophilus Influenza Meningitis Vaccine
Hepatitis Vaccine
Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine
Influenza Vaccine
Measles Vaccine
Meningococcal Infection Vaccine
Mumps Vaccine
Pertussis Vaccine
Pneumococcal Disease Vaccine
Polio Vaccine
Rotavirus Vaccine
Rubella Vaccine
Tetanus Vaccine
Tuberculosis Vaccine
Preventative Paediatrics Blogs

New Born Screening
New born Screening This is a relatively new test which has opened up an opportunity to screen for diseases which could potentially lead to brain

Role of the paediatrician in the first days of life
What is the role of the paediatrician? Following the delivery of your baby and for the duration of your stay in hospital a paediatrician will

Baby’s 6 to 8 week checkup- What to expect
On the day of discharge, I often observe the mixed emotions that flash across new parent’s faces when they realize they are leaving the nursing

Establishing early gut integrity
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