Table II.

Introduction of the pediatric Hib and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines by EMR countries

Country	Year of Hib introduction	Year of PCV introduction
Afghanistan	January 2009	Conditional GAVI approval for introduction
Iran	No current plans for introduction	No current plans for introduction
Iraq	January 2012	No current plans for introduction
Libya	2007	No current plans for introduction
Morocco	2007	October 2010
Pakistan	October 2008–January 2009	Phased introduction began October 2012
Sudan	January 2008	Introduction planned for 2013
Syria	2001	No current plans for introduction
Yemen	2005	January 2011

PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; GAVI, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.