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Swedish recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination focus on preventing severe illness and death. These national guidelines are regularly updated and adjusted in response to changes in the epidemiological situation and the risks associated with COVID-19. The following recommendations are valid starting…

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. 

Information for parents with children who have not been vaccinated against the diseases included in the Swedish vaccination programme.

This report presents the health economic analyses informing the recommendation of herpes zoster vaccination for adults with increased risk for disease.

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.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden is currently handling a case in which, among other things, personal data about vaccinations against COVID-19 may have been disclosed in July 2022.

If you are pregnant, vaccination against whooping cough, influenza is recommended for your sake and that of your baby. Here you can read more about why, as well as what these diseases involve.

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 technical…

Recommendations for vaccination aim towards protecting children and adults with an increased risk of becoming infected or of becoming severely ill following an infection. The regions can choose whether or not to implement the recommendations, and if the individual has to pay for the vaccination or not.

As of 2013, national vaccination programmes are regulated by the Communicable Diseases Act.