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Cross-National Study:H1N1 vaccination rate among physicians highest in Taiwan

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Date : 2010/2/2

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Cross-National Study:H1N1 vaccination rate among physicians highest in Taiwan

Source: 第一組 First Division
Date: 2010/1/28

According to a cross-national study on the physicians? view of the 2009 influenza pandemic, 51% of the physicians interviewed have been vaccinated against influenza A (H1N1). Of them, 76% of physicians in Taiwan have been vaccinated, which is the highest among all the physicians interviewed. The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) indicated that medical care personnel or health care workers who are vaccinated do not only protect themselves from the influenza A (H1N1) virus, but also prevent the transmission of the virus to their patients. Hence, CECC also encouraged people who have patients with chronic diseases in their household or people who take care of patients with chronic diseases to get vaccinated against H1N1.

The cross-national study was conducted by a leading international market intelligence firm during November 20 and December 9, 2009. The study interviewed physicians from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the USA, China, Taiwan and India about their views of the 2009 influenza pandemic. 90% of physicians in the US think that pregnant women should get the H1N1 vaccine, while merely 20% of physicians in China think pregnant women should get vaccinated. 82% of physicians in the UK think the media has over-exaggerated the epidemic situation. 58% of physicians in Europe feel their workload has increased as a result of the pandemic, while only 35% of physicians in the US feel their workload has increased.



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http://www.cdc.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=27456&ctNode=960&mp=5&fpage=cp
 
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