Irish Websites
Health Protection Surveillance Centre - Information on vaccine preventable diseases available at www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/VaccinePreventable
Meningitis information for parents www.meningitis.org
HSE and GP sites can order vaccines online from www.ordervaccines.ie
Details of vaccines available from the cold chain available from www.hpra.ie
Science and Technology in Action (student and teacher information):
Order information materials from healthpromotion.ie
International Websites
World Health Organization (WHO)
International travel and health is a WHO publication is a reference book for doctors and nurses, giving health advice
EU
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Vaccines Today
United Kingdom
Immunisation Scotland (of the NHS in Scotland) http://www.immunisationscotland.org.uk/
NHS Choices - Immunisation Information http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/vaccination-schedule-age-checklist.aspx
Public Health England - Immunisation Section https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immunisation
The Meningitis research foundation www.meningitis.org
The National Meningitis Trust www.meningitis-trust.org
The Vaccine Knowledge Project http://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/
USA
Childhood Immunization Support Program (CISP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) http://www.aap.org/immunization
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine - Preventable Diseases. The Pink Book 12th Edition May 2012.
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/index.html
CDC Information about vaccine safety https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/index.html
The History of Vaccines http://www.historyofvaccines.org/
Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/
Immunization Action Coalition - For Healthcare Professionals http://www.immunize.org/
Immunization Action Coalition - For the Public http://www.vaccineinformation.org/
Canada
Immunize Canada https://immunize.ca/
Australia
Northern Rivers Vaccination Supporters http://nrvs.info/
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS) http://www.ncirs.edu.au/
New Zealand
Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) http://www.immune.org.nz/
This page was updated on 18 November 2020
