Society guideline links: Pneumococcal vaccination in children

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Vaccine position papers

Canada

●Canadian Immunization Guide (CIG)

●Provincial and territorial routine and catch-up vaccination schedule for infants and children in Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on addressing vaccine hesitancy in immunization programs, clinics and practices (2018)

●CPS: Practice point on immunization of the immunocompromised child – Key principles (2018)

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

United States

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

●ACIP: Pneumococcal vaccine recommendations

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Immunization schedules

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Vaccine information statements

●CDC: Vaccines and preventable diseases – Pneumococcal vaccination: Information for healthcare providers

●AAP: Red Book – Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) infections (2021)

●[ARCHIVED] Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guideline for vaccination of the immunocompromised host (2013)

Europe

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

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): The Green Book – Pneumococcal (2013, updated 2020)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Public health guideline on immunisations – Reducing differences in uptake in under 19s (2009, updated 2017)

India

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Recommended immunization schedule (2020-21) and update on immunization for children aged 0 through 18 years (published 2020)

●Consensus recommendation for India and Bangladesh for the use of pneumococcal vaccine in mass gatherings with special reference to Hajj pilgrims (2016)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook – Pneumococcal disease (updated 2020)

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not delay immunisation/s based on presence of mild respiratory symptoms in the absence of fever (2018)

Japan

●Japanese Pediatric Society (JPS): Changes in the immunization schedule (2020)