2. The vaccine protects the child for 15 years after getting the BCG vaccine.
It protects the child against severe forms of tuberculosis. Even though, it only lasts for 15 years, in that time parents don’t have to worry about their child being exposed to the severe form of it. Children will be exposed to germs, but the vaccine lowers the risk of getting it at all. The vaccine needs to be given at least six months after they are born. The vaccine is free of charge in foreign countries.
Americans who decide to travel to foreign countries need to have the BCG vaccine before they leave the US. Even though it’s not a disease that affects the US, it can be gotten when traveling to foreign countries.
Before you leave a foreign country, you should be examined by a doctor. That way you don’t bring the disease to the US.