The Public Health Agency Of Canada Updates Recommendations On H1N1 Vaccine For Children
The Public Health Agency of Canada today updated its recommendations on H1N1 flu vaccine dosing for children between 3 years and 9 years of age.
The updated recommendations reflect findings from clinical trial results from Europe that suggest that a single half-dose of adjuvanted H1N1 flu vaccine for healthy children may provide an acceptable level of protection from infection from the H1N1 flu virus.
“For healthy children between 3 and 9 years old, this means that one shot may be enough to provide protection from the H1N1 flu virus,” said Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer for Canada. “This is good news for parents of healthy children and for Canadians. It frees up resources that can be devoted to immunizing priority at-risk populations, which means that the H1N1 vaccine will be available for the general public sooner.”
