Re: Vaccination of the elderly - China
Flu vaccine and pneumonia vaccine to be provided to elderly free of charge. The article does not make it clear how many have received the pneumonia vaccine along with the flu vaccination but the scheme appears to have started implementation in 2012 and be fully rolled out by 2015.
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In May 2012, the Ministry of Health and other 15 departments jointly issued a chronic disease prevention and control work plan (2012-2015), proposed adhere to government-led, focused, prevention first, combining prevention with control "the basic principles of" more than 40 years old chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence of control "as one of the goals within 8%. In order to achieve this goal, attention to vulnerable groups, improve chronic disease prevention and control, fairness and control effect "requirements, it is recommended to the elderly population over the age of 65 free of charge and pneumonia vaccine and flu vaccine, establish and improve the communities in the implementation of the plan Adult vaccination and regulatory system, vaccine prescription rights granted to community physicians in the community to carry out the management of chronic disease prevention and control strategies. The proposals are as follows:
A focus on the elderly population, to implement a proactive, fair and effective chronic disease prevention measures
The global population is rapidly aging, According to the data provided by the World Health Organization, the number of people aged 65 and over in the next five years will be the first time in human history, more than the number of children under 5 years of age, the demographic changes in developing countries will be particularly significant. 2010 national census shows that China has 119 million 65 years and older elderly, accounting for 8.87% of the country's total population, the number of aging has been highest in the world.
Very serious health problems caused by the aging of the Chinese population, its cost and burden heavy enough to provide health services for the elderly, under-utilized. In recent years, the central and local governments continue to invest to expand national immunization programs, vaccine to prevent hepatitis B, hepatitis, rubella, mumps, epidemic encephalitis and epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis and other diseases included for infants and children provides a good disease prevention, and rarely care for the elderly with vulnerable groups. In developed countries, immunization programs not only for infants and children, will be based on the epidemiological situation for adolescents or adults, and will provide vaccination wider scope of protection, usually includes a vaccine against influenza, pneumonia.
Domestic and international research evidence has proven pneumonia vaccine and flu vaccine for the prevention of chronic diseases with good results, especially the elderly over the age of 65, but also need to be vaccinated. Therefore, the international authority of the medical institutions and medical experts called for the pneumonia vaccine and flu vaccine, recommended to the elderly to actively prevent chronic diseases.
Funded by the Government or pay for health care, free of charge to the elderly population and pneumonia vaccine and flu vaccine
"Twelve Five" period, China will accelerate the medical and health system, focused on solving the problem of institutional mechanisms. Limited health resources level, we should strive to let the people see on disease, think highly of disease, see a good disease is more important is that the people not sick, less sick, sick night, the real money "cutting edge", through health education, vaccination and other active intervention, to prevent the occurrence of diseases. At present, due to funding mechanisms, and many other reasons, the pneumonia vaccine and flu vaccine in the vast majority of our region is still at their own expense vaccination, which severely restricted the elderly population vaccination enthusiasm and accessibility, thereby affecting the prevention and control of chronic diseases .
To solve the above problem, we recommend that the state has adopted policies to encourage local to take government-funded or pay for health care, pneumonia vaccine and flu vaccine is provided free of charge to the majority of the elderly population, the prevention of chronic disease prevention and control measures. The following local practice experience is worth learning:
1, the government-funded procurement of vaccines for the elderly population vaccination:
Beijing annually since 2007 by the government-funded purchase of influenza vaccine for the elderly population in the implementation of vaccination;
Shanghai elderly population pneumonia vaccine immunization programs included in the city's public health services, and plans in the 2013 municipal financial contribution procurement pneumonia vaccine, to implement vaccination for the city's elderly.
2, Medicare pays the cost of vaccination:
L, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou and Ningbo health insurance individual account funds may be used to pay for themselves and their families pneumonia vaccine and flu vaccine costs;
L Fujian health insurance individual account funds may be used to pay the pneumonia vaccine and flu vaccine, including vaccination costs......
