Useful Links

Health Protection Surveillance Centre

• Information on vaccine preventable diseases available at http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/VaccinePreventable/ (external link)

Health Service Executive

• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) information for the public available at http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/hpv (external link)

Other Irish websites

• Meningitis information for parents http://www.meningitis-trust.ie/ (external link)
• Meningitis information for parents  http://www.meningitis.org/ (external link)
• Details of vaccines available from the cold chain Available from www.medicines.ie (external link)

International Websites

• World Health Organization (WHO)
  Available at www.who.int (external link) 
• International travel and health is a WHO publication is a reference book for doctors and nurses, giving health advice.
  Available at www.who.int (external link)  

EU

• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  Available at http://ecdc.europa.eu/ (external link)

United Kingdom

• Health information provided by the NHS(Scotland).
  Available at www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk (external link)

• Immunisation for life (NHS) National Health Service.
  Available at www.immunisation.nhs.uk (external link)

• The Meningitis research foundation
  Available at http://www.meningitis.org/ (external link)

• The National Meningitis Trust
  Available at http://www.meningitis-trust.org/ (external link)

USA

• Parents guide to childhood immunization (CDC) Centers for disease control and prevention
  Available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/parents-guide/default.htm (external link) 

• Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine – Preventable Diseases. The Pink Book 12th Edition April 2011.
  Available http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/index.html (external link)

New Zealand

• Protect my future the facts on immunisation - Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) NZ
  Available at www.immune.org.nz (external link)

Australia

• Understanding Childhood immunisation ,immunise Australia Program.
  Available at www.immunise.health.gov.au (external link)