Vaccines are among the most effective public health and medical strategies for protecting and preserving health. Along with other public health measures, the control of infectious diseases, primarily by vaccines, doubled the life span during the 20th century (1). Still, almost 50 000 Americans die of vaccine-preventable diseases each year (99% of them are adults), and hundreds of thousands more...

BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of families in the United States are adopting children who were born in other countries. Appropriate immunization of internationally adopted children provides a challenge to pediatricians who must evaluate documentation of vaccines administered overseas and fulfill the recommended US childhood immunization schedule. The acceptability of vaccinations received outsid...

Since publication of the recommended childhood immunization schedule in January 1997, CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) have changed recommended ages for administration of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) and poliovirus vaccines. In addition, these organizations have clarif...

The 2015 adult immunization schedule from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a few changes that are particularly relevant to family physicians. The schedule is available at http://www.aafp. org/patient-care/immunizations/schedules.html. The most significant change involves the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vacci...

Vaccines are a great scientific conquest of the modern era having made it possible to prevent many infectious diseases that previously had a significant impact on the population both in terms of morbidity and sequelae and/or lethality. They act respecting/enhancing physiological capabilities of the organism and have a very favorable pharmacoeconomic profile. The development and availability of ...

Vaccines are recommended for adults on the basis of their age, prior vaccinations, health conditions, lifestyle, occupation, and travel. Current levels of vaccine uptake for adult vaccines are low (1). Providers should be aware of the importance of routinely assessing patients’ vaccination histories and recommending and providing routinely recommended vaccines. A strong recommendation from a va...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention In February 2018, the Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older, United States, 2018 became effective, as recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The adult immunization schedule was ...

In Canada, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization systematically reviews the evidence for the effectiveness and safety of new and old vaccines, and sets a 'minimum' recommended schedule. However, in contrast to other industrialized countries where single, harmonized countrywide immunization schedules are de rigeur, Canada has a confusing system, with each province and territory definin...

vaccination considered as one of the most cost-effective health interventions worldwide  through prevention and control of many serious childhood diseases (1). it is estimated  global coverage of  dose 3 of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (dtp3)among children one year old has been 86% in 2014 (by range from 77% to 96%  in african region and western pacific region; respectively) (2). globally...