Theres a need to reassess the COVID immunization schedule in elderly and especially those with co-morbidities owing their weaker immune response vaccines. Also, immunity against vaccines wanes off earlier contrast younger population. This turn leads significant impact on physical, mental health quality of life elderly. Hence, they even after getting vaccinated, find themselves constant state fe...

This guideline contains the recommended immunization schedule for adults in Korea, updated in 2012. In 2007, the Korean Society of Infectious Diseases (KSID) published a textbook on adult immunization, titled 'Vaccination for Adult.' In 2012, when the second edition of the book was published, the KSID revised its previous recommendations on adult immunization.

OBJECTIVES Meningitis and bacteremia due to Neisseria meningitidis are rare but potentially deadly diseases that can be prevented with immunization. Beginning in 2008, Arizona school immunization requirements were amended to include immunization of children aged 11 years or older with meningococcal vaccine before entering the sixth grade. We describe patterns in meningococcal vaccine uptake sur...

INTRODUCTION In response to a significant increase of measles cases and a high percentage of unvaccinated adolescents in New South Wales, Australia, a measles high school catch-up vaccination programme was implemented between August and December 2014. This study aimed to explore the factors affecting school-based supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) and to inform future SIA and routine ...

ACIP Childhood/Adolescent Immunization Work Group Iyabode Akinsanya-Beysolow, MD1 Renée Jenkins, MD2 H. Cody Meissner, MD3 1Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC 2Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 3Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Corresponding contributor: Iyabod...

This schedule indicates the recommended ages for routine administration of currently licensed childhood vaccines, as of April 1, 2004, for children through age 18 years. Any dose not given at the recommended age should be given at any subsequent visit when indicated and feasible. Indicates age groups that warrant special effort to administer those vaccines not previously given. Additional vacci...

not beginning or completing the vaccination schedule as recommended in the expanded programme on immunization is one of the major reasons for low immunization coverage. it should be studied in detail for remedial action, if the objectives of the epi in iran are to be achieved as stated. generally, lack of knowledge, lack of motivation and obstacles ore the basic categorical reasons for low cove...

OBJECTIVE To determine participation in polio supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) in sub-Saharan Africa among users and non-users of routine immunization services and among users who were compliant or non-compliant with the routine oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) immunization schedule. METHODS Data were obtained from household-based surveys in non-polio-endemic sub-Saharan African coun...

As the world takes rapid strides in the eradication of polio, the trivalent inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) would be the only polio vaccine available in the near future. Since the maintenance of herd immunity is important for sustaining polio eradication, this vaccine would need to be used in the early childhood immunization schedule for many years to come [1]. WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of...