Society guideline links: Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Vaccine position papers

Canada

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

●CPS: Practice point on immunization of the immunocompromised child – Key principles (2018, reaffirmed 2024)

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

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Provincial and territorial routine and catch-up vaccination schedule for infants and children in Canada (2024)

●Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG): Clinical practice guideline for immunizations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – Part 2: Inactivated vaccines (2021)

●PHAC: Canadian Immunization Guide – Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccines (2015)

United States

●Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine recommendations

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Immunization schedules

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

●AAP: Red Book – Haemophilus influenzae infections (2024)

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

Europe

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

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): Revised recommendations for the prevention of secondary Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) (2013, updated 2024)

●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): The Green Book – Immunisation against infectious disease: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) (2013)

India

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

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook – Haemophilis influenzae type b (Hib)

●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 (2024)