Government Wants to Introduce Chickenpox Vaccine

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The government wants vaccination against chickenpox to be introduced into the national general vaccination program for children. “Every child has the right to be healthy enough to go to school,” says Helene Odenjung, children's rights policy spokesperson for the Liberals, in a press release.

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The government wants the chickenpox vaccine to be introduced into the national general vaccination program for children.

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The government is proposing a vaccine against chickenpox in the budget. The plan is for the vaccine to be included in the national general vaccination program from 2027. “We are now lifting the burden of chickenpox from Swedish parents,” says Minister of Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed (KD).

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The government wants to introduce a vaccine against chickenpox in the vaccination program for children. The main aim is stated to be to reduce the “burden of chickenpox” for parents. In the budget for 2026, the government proposes to introduce a vaccine against chickenpox in the national vaccination program for children from 2027. It also wants to supplement this with a so-called “catch-up vaccination” for children up to 18 years of age who have…

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The Swedish government plans to include the chickenpox vaccine in Sweden's childhood vaccination program from 2027. This is reported by the Swedish public service media SVT.