Three new publicly funded vaccines have been added to the recommended schedule of routine childhood immunizations - vaccines for chicken pox, meningococcal meningitis and pneumococcal disease.
| Vaccine |
Who Qualifies |
When Available |
Diseases Prevented |
| Pneumococcal Conjugate |
High-risk children 24 to 59 months of age |
July 2004 |
Invasive pneumococcal diseases (meningitis, pneumonia and infection of the bloodstream) |
| All children under 2 years old born on or after January 1, 2004 |
January 2005 |
| High-risk children under 2 years of age |
Available now |
| Varicella |
One-year-old children born on or after September 1, 2003 |
September 2004 |
Chicken pox and its complications (e.g., bacterial skin infections) |
| Five-year-old children who have not yet had chicken pox |
January 2005 |
| High-risk people of all ages |
January 2005 |
Meningococcal
C-Conjugate |
One-year-old children born on or after September 1, 2003 |
September 2004 |
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), including meningitis and meningococcemia (meningococcal infection of the blood) |
| Children who are HIV-positive and who were born on or after January 1, 2002 |
Available now |
| Children 12 years of age, youth aged 15-19, and high-risk people of all ages |
January 2005 |
| People in close contact with a person who has meningococcal disease due to serogroup c |
Available now |
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