TY - JOUR
T1 - Adult vaccination in 11 Central European countries - Calendars are not just for children
AU - Chlibek, Roman
AU - Anca, Ioana
AU - André, Francis
AU - Čižman, Milan
AU - Ivaskeviciene, Inga
AU - Mangarov, Atanas
AU - Mészner, Zsófia
AU - Perenovska, Penka
AU - Pokorn, Marko
AU - Prymula, Roman
AU - Richter, Darko
AU - Salman, Nuran
AU - Šimurka, Pavol
AU - Tamm, Eda
AU - Tešović, Goran
AU - Urbancikova, Ingrid
AU - Zavadska, Dace
AU - Usonis, Vytautas
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this report was supported by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer . Editorial assistance was provided by Wells Healthcare Communications Ltd., funded with support from GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer.
PY - 2012/2/21
Y1 - 2012/2/21
N2 - As Europe's population ages, disease morbidity and treatment costs in the adult population are likely to rise substantially, making this a pertinent time to review and revise preventive strategies such as vaccination. Vaccine uptake remains a problem for adults and there is a lack of coordinated programmes for vaccination of adults. Countries in Western Europe have begun to identify the need to increase adult vaccination, but the situation in Central European countries remains poorly identified and inadequately described. This paper summarises the evidence to support the development of an adult vaccination calendar in the Central European Vaccination Awareness Group (CEVAG) member countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey). CEVAG recommends the introduction of an adult vaccination calendar, which should include vaccination against diseases that represent a large burden in adults in terms of mortality and morbidity. This calendar could be modified to meet the priorities of individual countries.
AB - As Europe's population ages, disease morbidity and treatment costs in the adult population are likely to rise substantially, making this a pertinent time to review and revise preventive strategies such as vaccination. Vaccine uptake remains a problem for adults and there is a lack of coordinated programmes for vaccination of adults. Countries in Western Europe have begun to identify the need to increase adult vaccination, but the situation in Central European countries remains poorly identified and inadequately described. This paper summarises the evidence to support the development of an adult vaccination calendar in the Central European Vaccination Awareness Group (CEVAG) member countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey). CEVAG recommends the introduction of an adult vaccination calendar, which should include vaccination against diseases that represent a large burden in adults in terms of mortality and morbidity. This calendar could be modified to meet the priorities of individual countries.
KW - Adult
KW - Calendar
KW - Central Europe
KW - Vaccination
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U2 - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.091
DO - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.091
M3 - Article
C2 - 22226858
AN - SCOPUS:84856780851
SN - 0264-410X
VL - 30
SP - 1529
EP - 1540
JO - Vaccine
JF - Vaccine
IS - 9
ER -