Publications: Immunisation

• Supporting Information for Vaccinations in General Practice (1.68MB) Updated December 2022
• National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland (you will be directed to the RCPI website)
• Supporting Information for staff - Schools Immunisation Programme 2023/2024 academic year (569KB)
• HSE Guidelines for maintaining the vaccine cold-chain including maintenance of vaccine fridges and management of vaccines (901KB) Updated 15 April 2020
• HSE Guidelines for maintaining the vaccine cold-chain in vaccine cool boxes. (500KB) Updated 15 April 2020

• Driving Change in Immunisation - The role of the National Immunisation Office 2005-2011 (2.77MB) June 2012

• E-Learning (You will be directed to the HSeLanD website) 
• Lunch and Learn presentations

• Information from the HSE for people getting vaccinated
• Information for vaccinators
• HSeLand Vaccine Webinar Series (you will be directed to the HSeLanD website)

• Introduction to your child's immunisations - English (544.3KB)
• Introduction to your child's immunisations - Irish (545.4KB)
• Your Childs Immunisations - English (2.8MB)
• Your Child's Immunisations- Irish (3MB)
• English Magnet (205.8KB)
• Irish Magnet (206.1KB)
• English Passport (320.6KB)
• Irish Passport (331.2KB)
• Schedule poster English (205.8KB)
• Schedule poster Irish (205.8KB)
• MenB Poster (344KB)
• Rotavirus Poster (264.6KB)
• Tearpad - Pre Vaccination Advice (192.7KB)
• Tearpad - Post Vaccination Advice (240.6KB)
• FAQ's for Health Professionals

More information about the primary childhood immunisation programme for babies up to 13 months of age. Please go to the following page.

Primary School programme

• 4 in 1 and MMR Leaflet English (0.99MB)
• 4 in 1 and MMR Leaflet Irish (996KB)
• 4 in 1 and MMR Consent Form - English (152KB)
• 4 in 1 and MMR Consent Form - Irish (134KB)

The leaflet for this programme is translated into the following languages (Arabic, French, Lithuanian, Latvian, Pashto, Albanian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Somali, Dari, Georgian and Urdu) and is available here.

• HPV Tdap and MenACWY Leaflet English (1,035 KB)
• HPV Tdap and MenACWY Leaflet Irish (898 KB)
• HPV, Tdap and MenACWY Consent Form - English (170KB)
• HPV, Tdap and MenACWY Consent Form - Irish (109KB)
• FAQs for HPV programme
• FAQs for Tdap programme 
• FAQs for MenACWY programme 

The leaflet for this programme is translated into the following languages (Arabic, French, Lithuanian, Latvian, Pashto, Albanian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Somali, Dari, Georgian and Urdu) and is available here.

Information for at-risk groups

• At-risk group leaflet - English (1.04MB) | Irish (1.03MB) | Arabic (170KB) | French (129KB) | Polish (167KB) | Romanian (176KB) | Russian (180KB) | Ukrainian (182KB) | Czech (174KB) | Slovak (163KB)

Information for healthcare workers

• Healthcare worker leaflet - English (1.57MB) | Irish (1.65MB)

Information for pregnant women

• Pregnancy leaflet - English (649KB) | Irish  (683KB) | Arabic (187KB) | French (124KB) | Polish (179KB) | Romanian (169KB) | Russian (175KB) | Ukrainian (175KB) | Czech (169KB) | Slovak (174KB)

Information for children

• Children and Young People leaflet - English (1.15MB) | Irish (1.18MB) | Arabic (164KB) | French (127KB) | Polish (163KB) | Romanian (175KB) | Russian (177KB) | Ukrainian (177KB) | Czech (174KB) | Slovak (131KB)

Information for health professionals giving the flu vaccine

Posters 

• At-risk group poster - English (242KB) | Irish (250KB) | Ukrainian (569KB) | Russian (255KB)
• Healthcare worker poster - English (247KB) | Irish (254KB)
• Pregnancy poster - English (314KB) | Irish (323KB) | Ukrainian (287KB) | Russian (610KB)
• Clinic Poster - English (341KB), Irish (338KB)

FAQs - Influenza FAQ 2022/2023

Algorithms - Who should receive HSE flu vaccine? (158KB)

More information is available from www.hse.ie/flu

Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy

• Pertussis in Pregnancy Leaflet English (618KB)
• Pertussis in Pregnancy Leaflet Irish (621KB)

This information is also available in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, French, German, Portuguese and Ukrainian.

Tdap vaccination during pregnancy - FAQs for Healthcare Professionals (449KB)

More information is available from here

MMR vaccine before or after pregnancy

• Rubella Information Leaflet English (649KB)
• Rubella Information Leaflet Irish (650KB)

This information is also available in Arabic, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Slovak

Pneumococcal vaccine (PPV23) 

• Pneumococcal Vaccine for at risk groups - English, Irish, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian and Russian

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, Donegal Travellers Project, HSE National Social Inclusion Office, HSE National Immunisation Office and HSE Public Health have developed resources on the MMR vaccine and Measles.

Short video for Traveller parents on MMR vaccine and Measles available below:

• Ann McDonnell, Traveller Primary Health Care Worker explains why it is important to keep your children’s vaccines up to date (you will be directed to the NIO YouTube channel)
• Dr Chantal Migone, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, explains that vaccines including the MMR vaccine are safe and how your children can get the vaccine (you will be directed to the NIO YouTube channel)

Download a poster including a QR code for the video from Ann McDonnell.