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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2010 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Population and risk group uptake of H1N1 influenza vaccine in mainland France 2009-2010: Results of a national vaccination campaign.
Bone A, Guthmann JP, Nicolau J, L?vy-Bruhl D.
Institut de Veille Sanitaire (French Institute for Public Health Surveillance), 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France; EPIET European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology, European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
A mass vaccination campaign against influenza A/H1N1 was launched in France in October 2009. Vaccination was offered free of charge to the entire population according to a pre-defined order of priority. Demographic data and data on vaccinations given were recorded in a dedicated database. We analysed vaccine uptake by age, sex and region in the overall population and in certain risk groups, including pregnant women. Overall vaccine uptake was 8% and varied by age-group and sex. Vaccine uptake in pregnant women was 22.7%. These low uptakes may reflect controversies around the vaccine and vaccination policy and have important implications for future pandemic vaccination strategies.
PMID: 20937310 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20937310
Population and risk group uptake of H1N1 influenza vaccine in mainland France 2009-2010: Results of a national vaccination campaign.
Bone A, Guthmann JP, Nicolau J, L?vy-Bruhl D.
Institut de Veille Sanitaire (French Institute for Public Health Surveillance), 12 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France; EPIET European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology, European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
A mass vaccination campaign against influenza A/H1N1 was launched in France in October 2009. Vaccination was offered free of charge to the entire population according to a pre-defined order of priority. Demographic data and data on vaccinations given were recorded in a dedicated database. We analysed vaccine uptake by age, sex and region in the overall population and in certain risk groups, including pregnant women. Overall vaccine uptake was 8% and varied by age-group and sex. Vaccine uptake in pregnant women was 22.7%. These low uptakes may reflect controversies around the vaccine and vaccination policy and have important implications for future pandemic vaccination strategies.
PMID: 20937310 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20937310