Infectious Diseases - Tuberculosis and BCG Immunisation Programme
Following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation
(JCVI) the current universal BCG vaccination programme delivered through schools will be replaced with
an improved programme of targeted vaccinations for those individuals who are at the greatest risk.
The new programme will identify and vaccinate babies and older people
who are most likely to catch the disease, especially in those areas with a high rate of TB or whose
parents or grandparents were born in a TB high prevalence country.
The new programme will be introduced from September 2005.
- For further information on changes to BCG vaccination programme, link to CMO letter HSS(MD)25/2005 (PDF 37 KB).
- For further information on TB and BCG link to NHS immunisation
website
. - For further information on Updated Guidance on Tuberculosis Control in Northern Ireland link to HSS(MD) 10/2006 (PDF 102 KB) (This includes Appendices 2 and 3 on Newborn Risk Assessment and Child Risk Assessment)
Appendix 2 - Newborn Risk Assessment - Translations
- Arabic (PDF 136 KB)
- Complex Chinese (PDF 134 KB)
- Hindi (PDF 52 KB)
- Irish (PDF 55 KB)
- Lithuanian (PDF 128 KB)
- Portuguese (PDF 52 KB)
- Russian (PDF 139 KB)
- Simplified Chinese (PDF 80 KB)
- Urdu (PDF 142 KB)
Appendix 3 - Child Risk Assessment - Translations
- Arabic (PDF 136 KB)
- Complex Chinese (PDF 137 KB)
- Hindi (PDF 63 KB)
- Irish (PDF 72 KB)
- Lithuanian (PDF 142 KB)
- Portuguese (PDF 59 KB)
- Russian (PDF 142 KB)
- Simplified Chinese (PDF 220 KB)
- Urdu (PDF 146 KB)
TB Information Leaflet
TB
Information Leaflet Translations
- Arabic (PDF 316 KB)
- Complex Chinese (PDF 498 KB)
- Hindi (PDF 193 KB)
- Irish (PDF 267 KB)
- Lithuanian (PDF 273 KB)
- Portuguese (PDF 168 KB)
- Russian (PDF 291 KB)
- Simplified Chinese (PDF 262 KB)
- Urdu (PDF 377 KB)
BCG Information Leaflet
BCG
Information Leaflet Translations
- Arabic (PDF 548 KB)
- Complex Chinese (PDF 503 KB)
- Hindi (PDF 203 KB)
- Irish (PDF 421 KB)
- Lithuanian (PDF 375 KB)
- Portuguese (PDF 189 KB)
- Russian (PDF 303 KB)
- Simplified Chinese (PDF 308 KB)
- Urdu (PDF 324 KB)

