Society guideline links: Immunizations in children and adolescents

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Seasonal influenza vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pneumococcal vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in persons with HIV".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Prevention of hepatitis B virus infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Rotavirus vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in solid organ transplant recipients".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccination".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Immunizations in adults".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Vaccine position papers

●WHO: Recommendations for routine immunization – Summary tables (2024)

●International Consensus (ICON): Allergic reactions to vaccines (2016)

Canada

●National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI): Recommendations, statements, and updates

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on potential strategies to improve childhood immunization rates in Canada (2018, updated 2025)

●CPS: Practice point on addressing vaccine hesitancy in immunization programs, clinics, and practices (2018, updated 2024)

●CPS: Practice point on working with vaccine-hesitant parents – An update (2018, updated 2024)

●CPS: Practice point on Canada's eight-component vaccine safety system – A primer for health care workers (2017, reaffirmed 2023)

United States

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): General best practice guidelines for immunization

•ACIP: Child and adolescent immunization schedule – Recommendations for ages 18 years or younger, United States (2025)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Vaccine-specific recommendations

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, United States (2025)

●AAP: Clinical report on strategies for improving vaccine communication and uptake (2024)

●AAP: Red Book – Active and passive immunization (2024)

●American College of Rheumatology (ACR): Guideline for vaccinations in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, 2022 (published 2023)

Europe

●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Vaccine schedules in all countries in the EU/EEA

●European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS): Recommendations for vaccination of paediatric patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases, 2021 update (published 2023)

●European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP): Joint statement on mandatory vaccination (2019)

United Kingdom

●UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA): The complete routine immunisation schedule (2014, updated 2025)

●UKHSA: The Green Book – Immunisation against infectious disease (2013, updated 2024)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on vaccine uptake in the general population (2022)

India

●Indian Medical Association (IMA): Vaccination chart and immunisation guideline

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Practices (ACVIP): Recommended immunization schedule (2023) and update on immunization for children aged 0 through 18 years (published 2024)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook

●Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA): Guideline on vaccination of the egg-allergic individual (2022)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Pediatric Society (JPS): Japanese vaccine information statement (VIS)