Pneumococcal vaccines

MThe Minister has asked the Health Council to advise on the criteria on which he can base the choice for a replacement for PCV7 within the RVP. More specifically, he has also asked against which diseases and which pneumococcal serotypes the vaccine should confer protection, and which vaccination schemes are possible and desirable. For questions to do with the content of the RVP the Health Council employs a specific assessment framework which employs seven criteria.