This document is includes information on WHO position on pneumococcal vaccines in infants in children; vaccine characteristics; safety; PCV performance; programmatic considerations; cost and...
In accordance with its mandate to provide
guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO issues a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines
and combinations of vaccines...
In accordance with its mandate to provide
guidance to Member States on health
policy matters, WHO issues a series of
regularly updated position papers
on vaccines and combinations of...
National governments require economic data on the burden of influenza disease, the cost effectiveness of the vaccine, and the projected implementation costs of a maternal influenza immunization...
WHO has developed an introduction manual for national immunization programme managers and policy-makers to support the introduction of health worker influenza immunization.
This updated position paper on yellow fever (YF) vaccines and vaccination replaces the previous 2003 WHO position paper and summarizes recent developments in the field. Recommendations on the ...
This position paper replaces the previous 2006 WHO position paper on tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccines. It incorporates recent developments in the field of tetanus prevention and provides revised...
This position paper replaces the 2013 WHO position paper on rotavirus vaccines; it adds recent developments in the field, such as 2 additional rotavirus vaccines prequalified by WHO in 2018, as well...
This position paper replaces the 2010 WHO position on rabies vaccines.1 It pres-ents new evidence in the field of rabies and the use of rabies vaccines, focussing on...
A 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine has been available
since the early 1980s, and pneumococcal conjugate
vaccines (PCV) have been available since 2009. The focus of this position paper is use of PCV...
The main revisions in this position paper concern the guidance on the choice of pertussis vaccine – whole cell pertussis (wP) or acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine – reflecting the...
In accordance with its mandate to provide guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO issues a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and combinations of vaccines against...
This document incorporates the most recent developments in the field of meningococcal vaccines to guide the introduction and use of meningococcal vaccines in national immunization schedules....
This document replaces the first rubella
vaccine position paper published in the
Weekly Epidemiological Record in May
2000.2 It incorporates the most recent developments
in the field of rubella...
This position paper incorporates the most recent developments in the field of measles and includes removal of introduction criteria for the routine second dose of measles-containing vaccine...
This updated position paper on Haemophilus
influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines
replaces the previous 2006 WHO position
paper, and summarizes recent developments
in the field. Recommendations on
the...
This position paper replaces the 2006 WHO position paper on diphtheria vaccine. It incorporates recent evidence on diphtheria and provides revised recommendations on the optimal number of doses...
In accordance with its mandate to provide guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO issues a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and combinations of vaccines against...
This position paper replaces the 2010 WHO position paper on cholera vaccines. It incorporates recent developments in the field of cholera and provides revised guidance on the target populations for...
There is a continuing high burden of typhoid fever in many parts of the world and a rapid increase in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant strains of S. Typhi. Currently available...
In accordance with its mandate to provide guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO issues a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and vaccine combinations against...
This document replaces the 2009 WHO position paper on hepatitis B vaccines. It provides updated information on hepatitis B vaccines and their storage, transport and deployment. The recommendations...
This document replaces the 2014 WHO position paper on vaccines against diseases caused by human papillomaviruses (HPV). It focuses primarily on the prevention of cervical cancer, ...
This is the first WHO position paper on a dengue vaccine. It focuses primarily on the available evidence concerning the only dengue vaccine to have been registered by National Regulatory Authorities...
OBJECTIVE: To understand the status of the expanded program on immunization (EPI) ralated to the immunization site at towns- and provide reliable base for it. METHODS: Questionnaires about the status...