Immunisation schedule of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics: 2024 recommendations

Abstract

The AEP Immunization Calendar for 2024, with its immunization recommendations for pregnant women, children and adolescents residing in Spain, marks the 25th edition since the first one was introduced in 1995, being annual since 2003, as a vaccination calendar, and since 2023 as immunization schedule due to the inclusion of a monoclonal antibody for the prevention of RSV disease. Novelties for this year include the following:•Tables of systematic immunizations for healthy people and those belonging to risk groups.•Although vaccination recommendations were previously made for pregnant women, they have been now included in the table and a specific section has been created.•Vaccination against pneumococcus is recommended with one of the new expanded valence conjugate vaccines, replacing PCV13.•It is recommended to replace the meningococcus C vaccine at 4 months of age with the MenACWY vaccine, thus leaving the recommended schedule as 1 + 1 + 1 (4 months, 12 months and 12 years, with a catch-up for adolescents up to 18 years).•The intranasal flu vaccine is recommended as the preferred vaccine for people over 2 years of age.•Following the proposals of the WHO, ECDC and CISNS, vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 is now recommended only for people over 6 months of age with risk factors, using vaccines containing the XBB.1 lineage. Vaccination recommendations against covid in pediatrics will be updated periodically on the CAV-AEP website.The rest of the recommendations from the previous calendar remain unchanged.