Current Phase of the vaccination campaign

SWINE FLU TOPICS

MEDIA

KEY HEALTH LINK

World Health
Organization (WHO)

Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC)

UAE Ministry of Health
(MOH)

Phase 1

The phase was started on 8/11/2009 and finished on 25/11/2009; the phase 1 covered the people going to Al Hajj.

Phase 2

	The phase was started on 08/12/2009, the following categories are illegible for vaccination in phase 2 of the vaccination campaign:
	Health care workers
	Pregnant woman
	Patients with chronic diseases starting from 21/01/2010
	Patients with following chronic diseases are strongly recommended to get H1N1 vaccine: Cardiac disease Diabetes mellitus Chronic metabolic diseases Asthma and chronic lung disease Renal disease Hematologic disorders Severe obesity Hepatic disease Immunosuppression (including immunisuppresion caused by disease or medication such as human immunodeficiency virus or cancer, or those on chronic steroids...) Neurological/Neuromuscular disorders

Phase 3

This is the current phase; starting from 23/02/2010, The Pandemic H1N1 vaccine for all age categories starting from 6 months of age.