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. 2020 Feb 17;153(2):88–94. doi: 10.1177/1715163519900221

Table 1.

Summary recommendations and funding for study vaccines2,29,30

Publicly funded vaccine for adults
Study vaccine New Brunswick Nova Scotia Recommendations by NACI for routine adult immunization
Hepatitis A No No • Travellers to hepatitis A–endemic areas
Individuals at increased risk of infection, especially people with medical, occupational or lifestyle risks
Hepatitis B No No • Travellers to hepatitis B–endemic areas
Individuals at increased risk of infection, especially people with medical, occupational or lifestyle risks
High-dose TIV No No (except long-term care facility residents) Adults 65 years of age and older31
HZ No No Adults 50 years of age and older without contraindications3
MenACWY No No • Adults up to and including 24 years of age not immunized in adolescence
• High-risk individuals including those with occupational risk for exposure and underlying medical conditions
• Close contact with a case of IMD caused by MenACWY
Travellers to areas where meningococcal vaccine is recommended or required
MenB No No • Individuals at high risk of meningococcal disease caused by MenB, including those with occupational risk for exposure and underlying medical conditions
• Close contact with a case of IMD caused by MenB
• Risk during IMD outbreaks caused by MenB
No contraindications to the vaccine and wish to be immunized32
Tdap Yes Yes • One dose in adulthood
One dose in every pregnancy, ideally between 27 and 32 weeks of gestation
Typhoid fever No No • People travelling to endemic areas
Occupational risk of exposure

HZ, herpes zoster; IMD, invasive meningococcal disease; MenACWY, quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccine; MenB, meningococcal B vaccine; NACI, National Advisory Committee on Immunization; Tdap, tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine; TIV, trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine.