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Guidelines for children who have started vaccinations in other countries and children born in Sweden who have not followed the regular programme.

According the Communicable Diseases Act and the Communicable Diseases Ordinance a number of diseases are notifiable in Sweden.

Information for parents about vaccination against rotavirus infection in the Swedish vaccination programme. Rotavirus infection is a highly contagious stomach disease that can be serious for young children. Vaccinating the child is the most effective protection against the infection.

Since 1997, the Public Health Agency of Sweden has conducted an Enhanced pertussis surveillance (EPS) of children with pertussis in Sweden. Part of the surveillance includes clinical information and vaccination histories. The methods used in the article are described in more detail in this

This report is primarily written for health care professionals, particularly those working in maternal and child health care, school health care, primary care, and those working in the counties’ Departments of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention as well as public health officials and

The Communicable Diseases Ordinance contains 13 criteria that form the basis of an investigation of vaccination programmes. This knowledge base is a scientific review based on these criteria. 

The report presents results from a pilot test of Tailoring Immunization Programmes (TIP), a method developed by WHO/Europe to identify barriers and motivating factors to MMR vaccination in communities with low coverage in Sweden.