These fact sheets provide information about vaccination for families and communities.

On behalf of Partnerships for Health Reform, this immunization financing tool is intended for in-depth, systematic evaluations of the costs and financing of immunization programs. The tool offers a checklist and tables that guide the user through …

This article, published in the Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, summarizes an international conference held in Niamey, Niger, that brought together more than 100 delegates to assess the current meningitis situation in Africa, …

This article, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, reviews the progress made in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) vaccine development and evaluates the current status of ETEC vaccine research for children in developing countries. It …

This guide is intended for use in epidemiological surveillance activities aimed at collecting data on rotavirus disease burden.

This excellent, 112-page manual is a training curriculum for health care workers who provide injections. It includes information on the health impact of unsafe injections, selecting safe and effective vaccines, reconsituting vaccines safely, reading …

The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund jointly drafted this strategy for the years 2006–2015. It outlines goals to expand the reach of immunization to every eligible person, sustain existing levels of vaccine …

Alarmed that polio remained entrenched in the four countries that had never stopped transmission, and that an increasing number of polio-free areas were becoming reinfected, in May 2008 the World Health Assembly called for a new strategy to complete …

These guidelines define supportive supervision, how it can be incorporated into immunization programs, major steps in implementing supportive supervision, country-specific examples, and tools for implementing supportive supervision.

Designed for use by national public health officials and immunization programme managers, this position paper provides a summary of essential background information on Hib disease and vaccines and outlines the current WHO position concerning the …

Many health facilities in remote areas operate without grid electricity, have unreliable electricity, or find that using electricity is too costly. In these settings, solar energy is a promising solution for powering the storage and transportation …

Written for teachers and youth group leaders, this 24-page paper is full of practical ideas for teaching children and young adults about infectious disease, immunization, and injection safety and for encouraging them to promote immunization in their …

This document outlines the introduction process for hepatitis B vaccine into national immunization services. It offers a summary of WHO policies and practices regarding hepatitis B immunization, and includes information on immunization …

This five-page paper summarizes lessons learned as a result of over ten years' experience introducing hepatitis B vaccine worldwide.

This position paper, published in Weekly Epidemiological Record, summarizes essential background information on hepatitis B disease and vaccines and provides the current World Health Organization position concerning hepatitis B vaccine use in …

Links to French language websites on hepatitis B and hepatitis B vaccine.

This e-learning tool is intended to be used as a basis for courses, workshops, and self-learning to improve individual knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer. It includes PowerPoint presentations with speaker notes and …

This two-page fact sheet summarizes key points related to HPV, cervical cancer screening and treatment, HPV vaccination, and the GAVI Alliance's efforts to introduce HPV vaccines in the developing world.

This issue brief provides important new evidence on the safety of HPV vaccines, including information on vaccine safety reporting systems, the safety profile of HPV vaccines, and the use of HPV vaccines in special populations. This brief is designed …

This article, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, is the first World Health Organization (WHO) position paper on vaccines against diseases caused by human papillomaviruses (HPV). It provides essential background information on HPV and …

A practical, "how-to" manual for conducting audience research and developing effective, user-appropriate print, audio, video, and computer-based health education materials.

This 275-page manual is full of useful information and belongs on every immunization professional's bookshelf.

An overview of immunization support to developing countries provided through the GAVI Alliance.

This online manual covers all aspects of immunization program management.

This partnership of nongovernmental, professional, health, consumer, government, and private-sector organizations aims to promote the understanding and use of vaccines recommended by Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization. Its goal is …