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Immunisation against infectious disease - 'The Green Book'

  • Last modified date:
    30 July 2008
  • Gateway reference:
    7523

This new edition (2006) presents latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures for all the vaccine preventable infectious diseases that may occur in the UK. In particular it deals with those immunisations that comprise the routine immunisation programme for all children from birth to adolescence.

All health professionals that give immunisations or provide information and advice on them will find that this edition of the Green Book has been fully updated and gives a comprehensive and invaluable source of current information.

A hard copy of the Green Book has been distributed to immunisation health professionals (please see the letter below that outlines details of distribution). All the new chapters are also available below to download in Portable Document Format (PDF).

2006 document

Please note: this is a large document and may take a long time to download and print. If you only require one chapter we recommend you print it from the list below (please also check below for subsequent updates to individual chapters: these will not have been incorporated into the complete document).

Download 2006 document by chapters:

Part 1 Principles, practices and procedures

Part 2 The diseases, vaccinations and vaccines

1996 document

The 1996 edition of the Green Book has been posted on the DH website as an historic record of immunisation advice at that time. All documents are available to download in Portable Document Format (PDF).

Please note: this is a large document and may take a long time to download and print. If you only require one chapter we recommend you print it from the list below.

Download original 1996 document by chapters

Editor's note - all chapters from 13 onwards deal with VACCINES

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