Abstract
Thailand has high burdens of tuberculosis, tuberculosis with AIDS and multiple drug resistance tuberculosis. This may be due to the lack of efficient and effective tuberculosis prevention and control at all levels. Vaccination against tuberculosis is a primary prevention measure. In Thailand, the Ministry of Public Health has designated BCG as a basic vaccine against tuberculosis that all newborns should receive. But BCG has numerous limitations, it can only prevent against severe tuberculosis in children, but not in others. Nowadays, researchers worldwide are trying to accelerate the development of effective vaccines against tuberculosis for all populations and all age groups for using in parallel with health promotion and disease control measures appropriate to each societal context. This should be an effective and important way to control, prevent and reduce transmission of tuberculosis. The objective of this article aimed to present importance of tuberculosis vaccines and guidelines for studying the vaccines in Thailand. It is expected that this article would benefit interested readers, especially researchers and relevant persons to apply this knowledge along with prevention programs for controlling tuberculosis in the future.
