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Maternal and neonatal tetanus is a vaccinepreventable disease that threatens maternal and neonatal health both globally and in Turkey. Tetanus immunization of reproductive age women is very important as it protects both the mother and the baby. Turkey has been declared as the country which maternal and neonatal tetanus was eliminated in 2009 by the World Health Organization. Women of reproductive age should be vaccinated as 5 doses according to the vaccination schedule. For pregnant women if their immunization is unknown or incomplete for tetanus, they should receive three vaccinations to ensure protection against maternal and neonatal tetanus, then it is completed to five doses durig the reproductive age. In our country tetanus toxoid was replaced with adult tetanus diphteria toxoid after 2004. In this review tetanus vaccination during pregnancy, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 's last suggestions have been reviewed in line with the practice in our country

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