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Pneumococcal, and hini and seasonal influenza vaccines

Lee Bee Wah
The Singapore Family Physician Vol 36 No 2 - Vaccinations 2010 - What’s Old, What’s New
14 - 17
1 April 2010
0377-5305
This review provides information on the two vaccines that have become more widely used in singapore children in the recent year (2009/2010). These are the pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, which have been included into the singapore childhood Immunization program since October 2009, and the introduction of the novel h1n1 Influenza A vaccine, also known as the pandemic influenza vaccine, in December 2009.