This document is includes information on WHO position on pneumococcal vaccines in infants in children; vaccine characteristics; safety; PCV performance; programmatic considerations; cost and...
The manual consists of an overview of the PIE, a description of what needs to be evaluated and what the evaluator should be looking for, and an explanation of how to synthesize the data...
This guidance is focused on establishing and managing a UCC system. It provides practical guidance to support countries in planning and selecting the appropriate UCC system design and equipment based...
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....
Home-based record for State of Palestine circa 2007. This document was part of a pilot introduction project. State of Palestine is not a Member State of the World Health Assembly at the time of the...
Home-based record for State of Palestine circa 2012.
State of Palestine is not a Member State of the World Health Assembly at the time of the upload of this document and is assigned to the region...
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...
This guidance\'s objectives are to: 1. Raise the level of awareness and contribute to capacity building on issues associated with decommissioning and disposal by providing an overview of CCE...
This WHO-UNICEF Guidance Note provides guidance to countries on how to develop a continuous immunization supply chain (iSC) improvement plan. Its purpose is to help countries build a case for supply...
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...
WHO has published global guidance for immunization managers and maternal child health
professionals seeking to introduce hepatitis B birth dose into national immunization programmes
or to...
This scoping review summarizes and appraises the evidence from published and grey
literature on improving coverage of the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine. The review looks
at implementation evidence...