Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 17, 28 April 2011
Editorials
Are European immunisation programmes recession proof?
D O?Flanagan (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, D L?vy-Bruhl<SUP>2</SUP>, S Salmaso<SUP>3</SUP>
Citation style for this article: O?Flanagan D, L?vy-Bruhl D, Salmaso S. Are European immunisation programmes recession proof?. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(17)
ii=19855. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19855
Date of submission: 21 April 2011 <HR>
The activities during the European Immunisation Week demonstrate a common momentum by member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region to increase the success of immunisation programmes through advocacy and targeted communication. These efforts ultimately aim to raise awareness and reach people who have not been immunised or did not receive all recommended vaccinations. Fifty two countries agreed to participate in 2011, the largest number since the first European Immunisation week in 2005 [1]. This proves increasing political commitment to vaccination throughout the region. It?s thus a good time to celebrate advances in vaccination programmes as the first decade of the 21st century has been the most productive in the history of vaccine development. New life-saving and disease-preventing vaccines, such as conjugate vaccines against pneumococcal and meningococcal disease, human papilloma virus (HPV) and second-generation rotavirus vaccines have been developed, and others will soon be available.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 17, 28 April 2011
Editorials
Are European immunisation programmes recession proof?
D O?Flanagan (
- Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) Health Services Executive (HSE), Dublin, Ireland
- French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS), Saint-Maurice, France
- Istituto Superiore di Sanit?, Rome, Italy
Citation style for this article: O?Flanagan D, L?vy-Bruhl D, Salmaso S. Are European immunisation programmes recession proof?. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(17)
ii=19855. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19855 Date of submission: 21 April 2011 <HR>
The activities during the European Immunisation Week demonstrate a common momentum by member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region to increase the success of immunisation programmes through advocacy and targeted communication. These efforts ultimately aim to raise awareness and reach people who have not been immunised or did not receive all recommended vaccinations. Fifty two countries agreed to participate in 2011, the largest number since the first European Immunisation week in 2005 [1]. This proves increasing political commitment to vaccination throughout the region. It?s thus a good time to celebrate advances in vaccination programmes as the first decade of the 21st century has been the most productive in the history of vaccine development. New life-saving and disease-preventing vaccines, such as conjugate vaccines against pneumococcal and meningococcal disease, human papilloma virus (HPV) and second-generation rotavirus vaccines have been developed, and others will soon be available.
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