The World Health organization has recommended childhood immunization with Teatuns vaccine (or TT containing vaccines) with a 5 doses schedule [1]. This included a 3 doses in infancy as DPT, followed by booster at 4-7 year and another dose at 12-15 years of age [1]. However, the national immunization schedule in Universal Immunization Program (UIP) in India, recommends at least 7 doses of Tetanu...

The Advisory Committee on Vaccines of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (CAV-AEP) updates the immunization schedule every year, taking into account epidemiological data as well as evidence on the effectiveness and efficiency of vaccines. The present schedule includes grades of recommendation. We have graded as routine vaccinations those that the CAV-AEP believes all children should receive;...

In October 2017, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to approve the Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older, United States, 2018. The 2018 adult immunization schedule summarizes ACIP recommendations in two figures and a table of contraindications and precautions for vaccines recommended for adults, and is intended is to assist health care pr...

Each year, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) reviews the recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0 through 18 years to ensure that the schedules reflect current recommendations for Food and Drug Administration-licensed vaccines. In October 2013, ACIP approved the recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0 through 18 years for 2014, which include seve...

A study of pertussis infections in 186 children under 11 years of age in the Manchester region during 1969-71 suggests that recently-manufactured vaccines have been more effective than those made before 1967. The earlier vaccines were effective mainly against the serotypes of Bordetella pertussis possessing antigen 2, while those made from 1967 are more nearly equal in their effectiveness again...

DURING THE PAST CENTURY, THE AVERAGE LIFE EXpectancy of US citizens increased by 30 years, primarily due to improvements in sanitation and development and use of vaccines and antimicrobial agents. Immunizations are one of the most cost-effective health intervention strategies available, saving society more than $5 for each dollar spent on most of the vaccines that are recommended routinely for ...

OBJECTIVES Canada's progress in establishing a national immunization registry and coordinated immunization schedule across provinces has been slow. The absence of a centralized registry means there are only limited data available on childhood immunization coverage in Canada. The aim of this study was to estimate the completeness and timeliness of immunization for two year-old children in Nova S...

BACKGROUND In 2011, >750 cases of measles were reported in Quebec, Canada, where a routine 2-dose measles immunization schedule, in which measles vaccine is given at 12 and 18 months of age, had been in effect since 1996. Effectiveness of this schedule was assessed during a high school outbreak. METHODS Cases were identified by passive followed by active surveillance. Classical cases met the ...