Do you have to get your child vaccinated to enroll in school, nursery or daycare?

Verified 27 September 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Yeah. Yeah. Your child must be vaccinated (unless there is a recognized medical contraindication) in order to be admitted to a nursery, school, daycare, summer camp or any other community of children.

Please note

if your child is not up to date with vaccinations, temporary admission is possible. You then have 3 months to get vaccinated. If you do not do so, the head of the nursery, school or daycare can exclude your child.

The number of required vaccines depends on the date of birth of your child.

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Child born before 2018

The compulsory vaccinations are:

  • Vaccination against yellow fever is mandatory for residents of the department of Guiana older than 12 months (one year) or anyone staying there.

Persons with parental authority must ensure that this obligation is complied with.

The recommended vaccinations include the following diseases and infections:

  • Diseases such as tuberculosis, whooping cough, rubella, measles, mumps, chickenpox, influenza, hepatitis B, herpes zoster
  • Invasive haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal, meningococcal C infections
  • Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections.

FYI  

A national HPV vaccination campaign is being organized:

  • In schools
  • And medical and social institutions for children with disabilities.

The doctor who gives the vaccine must mention it on the your child's health booklet. You must present the health booklet as proof of the completion of the mandatory vaccinations.

Other vaccinations (pertussis, BCG, MMR. in particular) are not mandatory.

Child born from 2018

The 11 compulsory vaccinations for babies and children are:

  • Diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis (DTP)
  • Pertussis
  • Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type B infections
  • Hepatitis B
  • Invasive pneumococcal disease
  • Meningococcus serogroup C
  • Measles, mumps and rubella.

And, for residents of Guyana, yellow fever, from 1 year of age.

Persons with parental authority must ensure that this obligation is complied with.

The recommended vaccinations relate to diseases such as:

  • Tuberculosis
  • Meningococci B
  • Varicella infection
  • Flu
  • Shingles
  • Human papillomavirus infections
  • Rotavirus.

The doctor who gives the vaccine must mention it on the your child's health booklet. You must present the health booklet as proof of the completion of the mandatory vaccinations.

FYI  

if your child is admitted to an establishment for more than 1 year, proof of vaccination must be presented each year.

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