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Hib Resources

Policy and decision making

• Global literature review of Haemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive disease among children less than five years of age : 1980-2005 (2009)
• Global Burden of Disease Hib (Lancet, 2009)
  pdf, 541kb
• Estimated Hib and pneumococcal deaths for children under 5 years of age, 2008
• Position paper on Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine
• Factsheet: Haemophilus influenzae type B (HiB) (2005)
• Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) meningitis in the pre-vaccine era: a global review of incidence, age distributions, and case-fatality rates (2002)
• Progress introducing Hib vaccine in low-income countries, 2004 - 2008 (2008)
  pdf, 340kb
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Vaccine characteristics and safety

• The immunological basis for immunization series: Module 9: Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines (2007)
• Haemophilus influenzae type b - core information (2002)

Costing and financing

• Rethinking the benefits and costs of childhood vaccination (2011)
  pdf, 210kb

Implementation

• Introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine into immunization programmes. Management guidelines, including information for health workers and parents (2000)

Health worker training materials

• Hib Information sheet

Integrated approaches

• Global action plan for prevention and control of pneumonia (GAPP) (2009)

Monitoring and surveillance

• Global IB VPD Information and Surveillance Bulletins
• Standard Operating Procedures to establish surveillance for invasive Hib, Pneumococcal and Meningococcal diseases

Last update : November 2012