The Victorian president of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, welcomed the recommendation.

"We have already suggested that pneumococcal vaccine be part of the schedule and we strongly advise people to consider immunisation for meningococcal C," Dr Haikerwal said.

Under the plan, likely to be adopted by the Federal Government, babies will have an extra injection at each regular immunisation visit - at two, four and six months.

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation also recommends a vaccine to guard against chicken pox and that the oral dose of polio vaccine be replaced with an injection.

"Chicken pox vaccine is certainly something we would give children, especially at school age if they haven't had it already, and there is a strong case for it to be on the schedule," he said.

"As for polio, we would take the advice of the experts as to what is the best way to give the vaccine and this is the expert group."

Dr Haikerwal said concerns children are having too many injections should not outweigh concerns about potential diseases.

"We are hoping to develop a way to protect against five different bugs with one jab and as technology improves we will be able to get less jabs and more bugs covered," he said.

Pneumococcal disease can lead to paralysis, blindness, deafness, arthritis, middle-ear infection and, in some cases, death.

It is the leading cause of meningitis in children aged under five and has a fatality rate of up to 30 per cent.

Teenagers also will be advised to have whooping cough vaccinations.

The three new vaccines would cost about $100 million a year, but the Government has in the past accepted the advice of the ATAGI.

Children would receive a dose of chicken pox vaccine at 18 months and another between 10 and 13 years.

And, for the first time, ATAGI wants teenagers between 15 and 17 immunised against whooping cough in a bid to stop the spread of the disease, which is dangerous to babies.