Maternal immunisation schedules are increasingly coming under the spotlight as part of the
development of lifetime immunisation programmes for the role that they play in improving …

Pregnancy and early infancy are periods of relative immune suppression and increased
vulnerability to infection. In these circumstances infections are associated with high …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are associated with elevated risks to both mother and
infant from infectious disease. Vaccination of pregnant women, also called maternal …

Immunization during pregnancy with currently recommended vaccines prevents infection in
the mother, the unborn fetus, and the young infant, and there is an increasing focus from …

The concept of maternal immunization to protect the mother against vaccine-preventable
disease and the neonate against illness for the first 3–6 months of life is one that is simple …

Maternal tetanus vaccination has been successful in reducing the burden of neonatal
tetanus deaths from 787 000 in 1988 to an estimated 59 000 in 2008. 4 This has set the …

Abstract The US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention currently recommend routine
immunization to prevent 17 vaccine-preventable diseases that occur in infants, children …

Maternal vaccination offers the opportunity to protect pregnant women and their infants
against potentially serious disease. As both pregnant women and their newborns are …

Prenatal maternal immunization is an effective tool to protect mothers and infants from poor
health outcomes due to infectious diseases. We provide an overview of the rationale for the …

Immunization is a fundamental component of preventive healthcare. This gain special
significance in pregnancy. Maternal antigen-specific IgG, is actively transported across the …