A type of STRUCTURED PROGRAMME.

An IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME aimed at maintaining an adequate level of immunisation in a population against a specific IMMUNISATION DISEASE by a determined sequence of IMMUNISATION COURSE TYPES.

Each programme has a recommended number of doses which depend on the IMMUNISATION DISEASE being targeted. For example (this is not an exclusive list),

	Disease	Primary course doses	Reinforcing (booster) course doses
	Diphtheria	3	2
	Pertussis	3	1
	Tuberculosis	1

This class is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	IMMUNISATION PROGRAMMES