With this video we are launching a new themed channel, Your Pharmacist Informs, focused on the world of vaccines. This is a monthly initiative to publish video-advice on different topics related to vaccination.

The purpose of this video-advice channel is to provide robust, quality health information, backed by professional pharmacists. Consequently, you can educate people, especially given misinformation circulates on the Internet and in social networks.

In today’s video-advice, we are going to talk about vaccination schedules and what we can learn about them.

A vaccination schedule is a sequence of vaccines that are offered to a population. The schedule is meant to provide the relevant protection at the right moment in life.

In Spain, the national vaccination schedule is released annually by the National Health System Interterritorial Council. In addition, each of the 19 regions can publish its own schedule depending on what is considered adequate.

Nowadays, there are several national vaccination schedules, the life-course vaccination schedule and two schedules for at-risk groups (like immunocompromised patients, HIV, etc.), in both early years and adult life.

The life-course vaccination schedule includes routine vaccines given to the whole population. As a result, community immune protection can be achieved.

Also, there are accelerated schedules for people who may have missed vaccinations earlier in life.

In addition to these calendars, some scientific societies, like the Spanish Pediatrics’ Society, publish their recommendations for routine vaccinations. They also publish individual vaccination recommendations based on the requirements circumstances of the person receiving the vaccine.

Bear in mind that vaccines should be administered at an authorized healthcare center and under medical prescription. If you have any doubts, always ask your trusted pharmacist.


References
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- Espada I. Vacunas. En: Terapéutica farmacológica de los trastornos infecciosos y parasitarios sistémicos. Madrid: Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos; 2011. p. 183-202.
- https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/calendario-y-coberturas/home.htm
- https://www.familiaysalud.es/las-vacunas/calendarios-vacunales/calendarvacunales-en-espana