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Clare Looker & Heath Kelly

The public health benefits of vaccination are clear. The World Health Organization estimates that, in 2008, more than 2.5 million deaths were prevented by vaccination.1 Immunization programmes have...

Journal article AEFI Planning, budgeting and financing Organization and administration Policy and legislation English Western Pacific Region European Region Region of the Americas

13-Valent pneumo vaccine (PCV13) in children partially immunized with 7-valent pneumo vaccine

Sven Arne Silfverdal et al.

As 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) is introduced, children who began vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) may complete their vaccination with PCV13. This...

Journal article AEFI Coverage monitoring New vaccine introduction English Pneumococcal disease European Region

Two consecutive randomized controlled pertussis booster trials in children initially vaccinated in infancy with an acellular vaccine: The first with a five-component Tdap vaccine to 5-year olds and the second with five- or monocomponent Tdap vaccines

R.M. Carlsson et al.

Prior study children from a DTaP efficacy trial were recruited at ages 5 and 15 years to randomized booster trials addressing immunogenicity and reactogenicity; 475 preschool children received mixed...

Journal article AEFI English Diphtheria European Region

Vaccination programmes out of pace with vaccine development: a call for national vaccination registers.

Olin- P

Journal article ICT European Region

SMS versus telephone interviews for epidemiological data collection: feasibility study estimating influenza vaccination coverage in the Swedish population.

Bexelius- Christin, Merk- Hanna, Sandin- Sven, Ekman- Alexandra, Nyrén- Olof, K\{u}hlmann-Berenzon Sharon, Linde Annika & Litton Jan-Eric"

This study compared the use of Short Message Service (SMS) on mobile phones and the use of telephone interviews in collecting self-reported data about influenza vaccination. Through random selection...

Journal article ICT Influenza European Region

The Swedish Institute of Infectious Disease Control starts a registry for follow up of vaccination against human papillomavirus.

Ragnar Norrby

This article discusses the potential introduction of HPV vaccine in Sweden and its implications on the registries for recording doses administered.

Journal article Registries ICT Swedish European Region