bubbaray
10-30-2009, 05:45 PM
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swine.../en/index.html (http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/notes/briefing_20091030/en/index.html)
Data on immunogenicity in children older than 6 months and younger than 10 years are limited and more studies are needed. Where national authorities have made children a priority for early vaccination, SAGE recommended that priority be given to the administration of one dose of vaccine to as many children as possible.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...b=TopStoriesV2 (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091030/vaccine_flow_091030/20091030?hub=TopStoriesV2)
The committee, known as SAGE (Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization) said a single dose of vaccine is enough to immunize children over 10. It added that while more data on children between 6 months and 10 years are needed, countries should start by giving younger kids at least one dose.
"The SAGE recommendation (for children under 10) could change as more data come in," said WHO vaccine chief Marie-Paule Kieny.
For the time being, she said, "the priority should be to give them at least one dose of vaccine now, and to cover as many of them as possible."
Currently, Canada and many other countries are recommending children under 10 receive two doses of H1N1 vaccine, given at least 21 days apart. That could soon change.
Data on immunogenicity in children older than 6 months and younger than 10 years are limited and more studies are needed. Where national authorities have made children a priority for early vaccination, SAGE recommended that priority be given to the administration of one dose of vaccine to as many children as possible.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...b=TopStoriesV2 (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091030/vaccine_flow_091030/20091030?hub=TopStoriesV2)
The committee, known as SAGE (Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization) said a single dose of vaccine is enough to immunize children over 10. It added that while more data on children between 6 months and 10 years are needed, countries should start by giving younger kids at least one dose.
"The SAGE recommendation (for children under 10) could change as more data come in," said WHO vaccine chief Marie-Paule Kieny.
For the time being, she said, "the priority should be to give them at least one dose of vaccine now, and to cover as many of them as possible."
Currently, Canada and many other countries are recommending children under 10 receive two doses of H1N1 vaccine, given at least 21 days apart. That could soon change.