sickness
- Benefits for those who apply for a Certificate of Disability【障害者手帳】
- Vaccines Not Commonly Available in Japan: Where to Get Them 【海外渡航のための予防接種】
- Free Rubella Antibody Test for preventing Congenital Rubella Syndrome(CRS) 【風しん抗体検査（妊娠を希望している女性等）】
- Hospitals open on weekends and holidays 【当番医、日曜祝日診療】
- Free coupon(s) from Sapporo for cervical and breast cancer screening【子宮頸がん／乳がん検診無料クーポン券】
- MyNa Emergency Care Pilot Project Launched! マイナ救急
- High-Cost Medical Expense Benefit 【高額療養費制度】
- Myna Health Insurance 【マイナ保険証】
- How to have your prescription filled【処方箋、お薬手帳】
- How to find a hospital 病院の探し方
- For all women undergoing screening for cervical or uterine cancer
- The first step to your Obstetrics and Gynecology visit at HIROSAKI: A Beginner’s Handbook 2022
- Chapter 1: Is my period normal? 私の月経（生理）って普通？
- Chapter2: The lifesaver for period! The low-dose pill. 生理の救世主！低用量ピル
- Chapter 3: Visiting an OB/GYN さあ、産婦人科へ行こう！
- Chapter 4: What we want those just starting to have sexual intercourse to know セックスデビュー世代に知っておいて欲しいこと
- Beware of Echinococcosis エキノコックス症
- Genetic testing and some treatments for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC) are now covered by health insurance.
- Exercises for lower back pain (1)
- Exercises for lower back pain (2)
- RSV is highly contagious and a very common virus in winter, though these days, seasonal epidemics are changing.
- Emergency Contact List
- Ambulance
- Emergency Medical Consultation Center of Sapporo is available for non-Japanese speakers【救急安心センター札幌】
- Pediatric emergency telephone consultation programs (abbreviated dial “#8000”)
- Rubella on the rise
- The Hib Vaccine and Hib Infection
- Seasonal Influenza
- Rotavirus-the winter sickness and diarrhea bug
- Streptococcal Infection ( Sore throat with/without Scarlet Fever )
- Croup
- Printer friendly version
- Immunization for children
pregnancy
- The RSV vaccine for pregnant women【RSウイルス母子免疫ワクチン】
- Before going to the Hospital： Call your healthcare provider with this information about your labor condition.
- the Childbirth Lump-Sum Allowance
- Childbirth Assistance Program: Nyuin-Josan-Seido
- Dental Check-up for Pregnant Women 妊産婦歯科健診
- To women with Rh incompatibility (Rh negative or Irregular Antibody positive) during pregnancy
- Free Rubella Antibody Test for preventing Congenital Rubella Syndrome(CRS)
- Home visits for women who are in their first pregnancy.
- More tests have been added to pregnant check-up coupons
- Tests (GBS, Rubella)
- Maternity check-up calendar
- Maternal and Child Health Handbook
- For those mothers scheduled to have a C-Section
- The Japan Obstetric Compensation System for Cerebral Palsy
afterbirth
- Support Benefits for Pregnancy in Sapporo City 【妊婦支援給付金】
- Child Medical Assistance Program 【子ども医療費助成制度】
- Postpartum care is offered to mothers with newborn babies
- Starting April 1, 2024, the cost of postpartum checkups will be partially subsidized.
- DPT-IPV-Hib and PCV15 are now routine vaccination.
- Vaccination Schedule chart
- English version of booklet of “Vaccination and Children’s Health”
- Do you have any concerns about your child’s development?
- Immunization Information from the Public Health Office in Sapporo
- Vaccination Information in your country
- Do you need a vaccination record for your child?
- Let's start a baby-led, "complementary food" plan for your baby!
- When to Use Formula Milk
- Vaccination questionnaire（英日併記予防接種予診票）
- More information about breastfeeding.
- Free routine immunization against measles and rubella is provided.
- Special Circumstances on Tuberculosis and BCG in Japan
- As of October 1, 2020, vaccination with a rotavirus vaccine has become a routine procedure for babies who were born on or after August 1, 2020.
- The Causes and Prevention of Tooth Decay
- Dental problems often seen in fetuses and babies up to 18-months old.
- Dental growth and development in fetuses to 18-month-old babies.
- People Can Easily Develop Vitamin D Deficiency
- Have your newborn’s hearing tested for their healthy development.
- The English-Japanese Well-Baby/Child Visit Questionnaires
- How to introduce your baby to solid foods
- Exercises for lower back pain（１）
- Exercises for lower back pain（2）
- Do you have plans to take your baby who is less than 5 months old to a country with a higher prevalence of tuberculosis than Japan?
- The Voluntary Mumps Vaccination is Partially Subsidized
- How to pump breast milk and store it in a bottle.
- Breastfeeding is good for your child.
- Beware of risk of a baby’s hip dislocation (dysplasia).
- Hepatitis B vaccine will be provided free of charge to children under 12 months
- Long-Term TV/Video Watching Risks Infants
- Baby Walker (We do not recommend the use of Baby Walker.)
- Soft chairs (We do not recommend the use of soft chairs.)
- Mass screening in Sapporo City
- Birth Notification in Sapporo
- Free routine immunization against chicken pox will begin from October 1, 2014.
- WHO Vaccine Preventable Diseases Monitoring System
- What is Inactivated Polio Vaccine?
- Polio Vaccination
- Well-baby check-ups
daycare
- A free Online Seminar for International Parents “Applying to Public Daycare Centers 2021” is now available on YouTube.
- Materials from childrearing Seminars in 2020 Have Been Published.
- Do you need an interpreter or a translator in Sapporo?
- Nursery choice
- Weaning your baby
- In case of sudden illness or injury
- Emergency Childcare Support
- List of authorized Day Care Centers in Sapporo
- Useful expression at Day care
- Additionally, the following new Day Care Centers will open on Apr. 1st 2014
- The following new Day Care Centers opened on Apr. 1st 2013.
- The Qualification for applying Authorized Day Care Centers(Nurseries)