Table 1.
Publicly funded vaccine for adults |
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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.