It’s 2:00 AM on a Tuesday in January. Outside, the Prague streets are cold and dark. Inside, your toddler has woken up crying, burning hot to the touch with a temperature of 39.5°C. For expat parents, this is a moment of pure panic. Do you rush to a crowded public hospital emergency room? Do you wait until morning and try to navigate a Czech-language polyclinic? Winter in Prague is beautiful, but it is also synonymous with the "škola/školka" (school/kindergarten) germ cycle.

Moving your family to a new country involves endless paperwork, but few things cause as much anxiety for parents as navigating a new healthcare system for their children. If you are raising kids in Prague, you have likely heard conflicting information about vaccinations. Is the schedule different from the UK or US? Which shots are legally mandatory for school entry? What are the Czech names for these vaccines? At Swiss Medical Services  in Prague 1 , our English-speaking pedi