General immunisation
Immunisation resources for health professionals
UK Health Security Agency
- Immunisation resources
- Complete routine immunisation schedule
- Immunisation leaflets and guidance for parents
- Immunisation against infectious disease (the 'green book')
- Immunisation training standards for healthcare practitioners
- Recommendations for the administration of more than one live vaccine, see Chapter 11 of the 'green book'
- UK and international immunisation schedule comparison tool
- Vaccine handling and protocols (including vaccine incident guidance)
- Vaccination of individuals with uncertain or incomplete immunisation status
- Vaccine update
- Vaccine Update Index
- Off-label or unlicensed use of medicines: prescribers' responsibilities
- Off-label vaccine: leaflets
- Rabies post exposure administration of vaccine and immunoglobulin
- UK and international immunisation schedules comparison tool
- Guide to the use of human and animal products in vaccines
Resuscitation Council UK
- Emergency treatment of anaphylactic reactions: Guidelines for healthcare providers
- Other guidance documents for vaccination settings
British Medical Association
- British Medical Association - Travel medication and vaccinations
- British Medical Association - Hepatitis B vaccinations
NHS
- NHS England Immunisation Team
- NHS Childhood immunisation eligibility calculator - (to check which routine UK vaccinations someone should have received based on their date of birth)
Other
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (USA)
- Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Care Quality Commission Patient group directions (PGDs) and patient specific directions (PSDs)
- CDC-Vaccines and Immunizations (USA)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Information on vaccination schedules in Europe
- Health Service Executive, Guidelines for Vaccinations in General Practice (Ireland)
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Patient group directions, who can use them
- University of Oxford Vaccine Knowledge Project
- Vaccine Knowledge Project: Global immunisation schedules
- World Health Organization Immunisation data (to check vaccination schedules worldwide, select your country of interest from the drop-down menu and click on the vaccination schedule below)
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Standards in travel medicine
Some essential documents relating to standards in travel medicine and immunisation
Updated: 12 June 2026Vaccines and medicines: availability, supply, shortages and use of unlicensed medicines
Information for health professionals on availability of vaccines and use of unlicensed products
Updated: 08 June 2026Interrupted vaccination schedules: general principles
Guidance on how to manage interrupted vaccination schedules
Updated: 02 June 2026Infectious diseases
Dengue
Dengue is an infection caused by the dengue virus of which there are four different subtypes. The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes
Updated: 02 June 2026Chikungunya
This viral infection occurs in some tropical and subtropical regions of the world, predominantly transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito
Updated: 12 May 2026Yellow fever
Yellow fever is caused by a virus, which circulates between infected monkeys or humans and mosquitoes
Updated: 18 February 2026Preparing for healthy travel
Travel Insurance
Travellers must declare medical conditions when taking out travel insurance to ensure they are suitably covered
Updated: 06 December 2021Special risk travel/traveller
Travelling with additional needs and/or disability
This factsheet provides an overview and advice on the points to consider when travelling with additional needs and/or disability
Updated: 12 September 2025Areas of humanitarian crisis
For humanitarian aid workers and those advising those travelling to areas of conflict or disaster
Updated: 07 April 2025Sickle cell disease and thalassaemia
Information on pre-travel preparation, tips to stay health abroad and links to useful resources for travellers with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia
Updated: 11 March 2024Clinic resources
Vaccines and medicines: availability, supply, shortages and use of unlicensed medicines
Information for health professionals on availability of vaccines and use of unlicensed products
Updated: 08 June 2026'Getting to Grips...' online events and video guides
Online guides and webinar sessions for health professionals interested in travel health
Updated: 05 May 2026The green book travel chapters
UK Health Security Agency Immunisation against infectious disease, the 'green book' travel chapter updates
Updated: 15 October 2024
