Vaccination Programmes and Health Systems in the European Union
- ISBN-10
- 9279941429
- ISBN-13
- 9789279941429
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018
Description
Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions available and the main tool for primary prevention of communicable diseases. However, the EU is facing increasing outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases, while some fatal cases of measles and diphtheria have been reported. This opinion identifies the main factors (enablers and obstacles) influencing vaccination uptake, and assesses measures that can be expected to improve vaccination coverage. After providing a systems approach to national vaccination programmes (including an appropriate legislative framework, governance arrangements, existence of a register of the target population, funding mechanisms and monitoring), a range of obstacles and enablers of high rates of vaccination coverage are identified.
