Childhood flu immunisation programme: Running the day

Evaluation on the effectiveness of the national childhood immunisation programme in Singapore, 1982-2007.

INTRODUCTION We undertook a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Childhood Immunisation Programme (NCIP) over the past 26 years by reviewing the epidemiological trends of the diseases protected, the immunisation coverage and the changing herd immunity of the population during the period of 1982 to 2007. MATERIALS AND METHODS The epidemiological data of all cases of diphtheria, ...

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Should childhood immunisation be compulsory?

Immunisation is offered to all age groups in the UK, but is mainly given to infants and school-age children. Such immunisation is not compulsory, in contrast to other countries, such as the United States. Levels of immunisation are generally very high in the UK, but the rates of immunisation vary with the public perception of the risk of side effects. This article discusses whether compulsory v...

Vaccination into Childhood Immunisation Programmes

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Childhood immunisation in the new decade.

Last year the Department of Health recommended that immunisation with diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio vaccines should be started at 2 months of age, with subsequent doses at 3 and 4 months. ' Many districts have only just abandoned a schedule that started at 4 months and spaced subsequent doses widely, with the result that many British children did not achieve immunity to pertussis un...