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Vaccine Resources

Vaccine Resources provides links to a variety of informational resources on vaccines and immunization. These resources provide important background information on a variety of vaccine and immunization related topics that are not captured in the searchable VoICE compendium. In this section you will find links to full text reports, maps, resource guides and policy recommendations housed on partner websites.

For answers to detailed questions on these resources, please contact the issuing organization. To request new resources be added to this section, please contact the VoICE editors at [email protected].

Disease burden estimates

This section contains global, regional, and country-level child disease burden and cause of death evidence. It also contains data from WHO Member States on vaccine-preventable disease cases and links to user-friendly disease burden visualizations.

Annual number of reported cases of vaccine-preventable diseases

Information is from the WHO Global and Regional Immunization Profiles
Note: The number of reported cases may underestimate the true number of cases in areas of low access to care or limited resources. Data on the number of reported cases is also dependent on routine, high quality data collection.

Global data

Regional data

Additional disease burden estimates and visualizations

Data visualizations and estimates from the Global Burden of Disease approach, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Vaccine coverage estimates

Here we have global, regional, and country-level data on vaccine coverage for 15 childhood vaccines. Data are from annual official reports by WHO Member States and are the most current WHO/UNICEF estimates. The data are reported through the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form and the WHO Regional offices.

Visualizations of Vaccine Coverage

VIEW-hub is an interactive, map-based platform created by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC). VIEW-hub provides a rich set of maps and visualizations for several vaccines based on:

  • Immunization Equity
  • Vaccine Preventable Disease Burden
  • Vaccine Introduction & Use
  • Vaccine Impact Studies
  • Immunization System Strength

Updates to the global coverage numbers are also published quarterly here.

Estimates of vaccine coverage from WHO-UNICEF

Global vaccine recommendations and schedules

Here you can find country-specific immunization schedules and the WHO-recommended schedules, as well as the WHO positions and recommendations for each vaccine-preventable disease.

WHO recommended immunization schedules

Information is from the WHO Vaccine Position Papers. Positions and recommendations were developed by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), the principal advisory group to WHO for global vaccine policies and strategies.

WHO Recommended Schedule for Routine Immunizations in Children

WHO Recommended Schedule for Routine Immunizations for all ages

WHO Position Papers by disease

Cholera – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Dengue – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Diphtheria – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Hepatitis B – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

HPV – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Influenza – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Malaria – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Measles – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Meningococcal – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Mumps – Full text of the WHO position paper

Pertussis – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Pneumococcal disease – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Polio – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Rabies – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Rotavirus – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Rubella – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Tetanus – Summary and Full text of the WHO position paper

Tuberculosis – Full text of the WHO position paper

Vaccine Schedule by country

To see a country’s vaccine schedule using this tool, select the country from the drop-down list and press “select all vaccines”.

Background information on vaccine-preventable diseases

This section contains comprehensive information on vaccine-preventable diseases and their respective vaccines. This information is provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention background information

Information is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (found here)

Diphtheria

Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib)

Hepatitis B

HPV

Influenza

Measles

Meningococcal

Mumps

Pertussis

Pneumococcal disease

Polio

Rotavirus

Rubella

Tetanus

Typhoid

Global programs and reports

Here, we compiled a list of global reports and links to disease-specific programs that might provide helpful background information on immunization programs.

Additional Resources