title: Pneumococcal vaccine and the new child vaccination schedule.
abstract: A vaccine to protect against pneumococcal infection is now offered to all UK infants as part of the primary immunisation schedule. This, together with modifications to the schedule for Haemophilus influenzae type b and meningococcal C vaccines, represents the latest changes to the routine childhood immunisation programme, which came into effect on 4 September. Helen Bedford and Laura Lane outline why the pneumococcal vaccine has been introduced and the other changes to the immunisation schedule.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bedford
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lane
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007117:Immunization, Secondary; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D012307:Risk Factors; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing
chemical_list: D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines