[Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine].

combinations against diseases that have an international public health impact. These papers, which are concerned primarily with the use of vaccines in large-scale immunization programmes, mmarize essential background information on the respective diseases and vaccines, and nclude with the current WHO position concerning their use in the global context. The papers ve been reviewed by a number of experts within and outside WHO and since April 2006 they e reviewed and endorsed by WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on vaccines d immunization. The position papers are designed for use mainly by national public health ficials and immunization programme managers. However, they may also be of interest to ternational funding agencies, the vaccine manufacturing industry, the medical community, ientific media, and the public.