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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International
●World Health Organization (WHO): Vaccine position papers
Canada
●Canadian Immunization Guide (CIG)
●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
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Immunization schedules
●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Vaccine information statements
●AAP: Red Book – Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) infections (2021)
●CDC: Vaccines and preventable diseases – Pneumococcal vaccination: Information for healthcare providers (reviewed 2019)
●CDC: Vaccine recommendations and guidelines of the ACIP – Pneumococcal (reviewed 2014)
●[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)
Australia–New Zealand
●Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI): The Australian Immunisation Handbook – Pneumococcal disease (updated 2020)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Pediatric Society (JPS): Vaccination schedule (revised 2021)
●[In English] JPS: Changes in the immunization schedule (2020)