Neonatal BCG: a time for change

Thillagavathie Pillay; Gergely Toldi; Abid Hussain; Mercy Murinye Magwenzi; Prakash Satodia; Ruth Radcliffe

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2021-323239

Neonatal BCG: a time for change

Thillagavathie Pillay^*, Gergely Toldi, Abid Hussain, Mercy Murinye Magwenzi, Prakash Satodia, Ruth Radcliffe

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Abstract

The BCG vaccination programme in the UK is risk based and has usually been given to eligible babies soon after birth. On advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, NHS England and Improvement recently revised the timing of this vaccination to 28 days after birth or soon thereafter. In this article, we highlight the change in timing of vaccination, the rationale and barriers to BCG uptake that this change may pose.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19-24
Number of pages	6
Journal	Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition
Volume	109
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-323239
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

allergy and immunology
communicable diseases
infectious disease medicine
neonatology
paediatrics

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