VITALITY POINTS
Discovery Vitality rewards your commitment to your child's wellbeing with even more Vitality points for completing health assessments and having certain vaccinations. These points will boost your family's Vitality status.
Children will earn Vitality points for the following vaccinations
Children up to the age of two
Get Vitality points every time you take your child for their vaccinations.
Children between the ages of four and seven
1 000 Vitality points for completing a full course of vaccinations for children between the ages of four and seven.
Flu vaccination
1 000 Vitality points for each child that has a flu vaccination.
Cervical cancer vaccination
1 000 Vitality points for a cervical cancer vaccination (HPV) for children aged nine to 25.
* Meningococcal Conjugate vaccination
1000 Vitality points for a meningococcal conjugate vaccination for children aged 9 - 23 months (in two doses)
*Catch-up Meningococcal Conjugate vaccination
500 Vitality points for a meningococcal conjugate vaccination for children aged 2 years - 23 years (single dose)
*Submit proof of your Meningococcal Conjugate vaccination or Meningococcal Conjugate vaccination booster dose on the Send a query page by selecting other as your product and then uploading your claim for your points to be awarded. Please allow 48 hours for processing.
It is recommended that the Meningococcal vaccine be administered at 9 - 23 months in two doses. If the child does not receive the two doses between 9 months to 23 months, then a single dose is recommended from age 2 years to 23 years.
1 000 points will only be awarded for the two doses at 9 months to 23 months or 500 points for the single dose from age 2 years to 23 years, once in a lifetime.
Report Guide
You can also download the 2007, 2010 and 2014 Healthy Active Kids SA report cards. The report cards serve to highlight the current health status of South African children, with particular reference to physical activity, healthy eating, maintaining a healthy weight, tobacco use and alcohol intake.