Despite the existence of efficacious vaccines, the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases remains high and the potential health benefits of paediatric, adolescent and adult vaccination are not being achieved due to suboptimal vaccine coverage rates. Based on emerging evidence that pharmacy-based vaccine interventions are feasible and effective, the European Interdisciplinary Council for Ageing (EICA) brought together stakeholders from the medical and pharmacy professions, the pharmaceutical industry, patient/ageing organisations and health authorities to consider the potential for pharmacy-based interventions to increase vaccine uptake. We report here the proceedings of this 3-day meeting held in March 2018 in San Servolo island, Venice, Italy, focussing firstly on examples from countries that have introduced pharmacy-based vaccination programmes, and secondly, listing the barriers and solutions proposed by the discussion groups.
Pharmacy-based interventions to increase vaccine uptake: report of a multidisciplinary stakeholders meeting / Ecarnot, Fiona; Crepaldi, Gaetano; Juvin, Philippe; Grabenstein, John; Del Giudice, Giuseppe; Tan, Litjen; O'Dwyer, Susan; Esposito, Susanna; Bosch, Xavier; Gavazzi, Gaetan; Papastergiou, John; Gaillat, Jacques; Johnson, Robert; Fonzo, Marco; Rossanese, Andrea; Suitner, Caterina; Barratt, Jane; di Pasquale, Alberta; Maggi, Stefania; Michel, Jean-Pierre. - In: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. - ISSN 1471-2458. - 19:1(2019), p. 1698. [10.1186/s12889-019-8044-y]
Pharmacy-based interventions to increase vaccine uptake: report of a multidisciplinary stakeholders meeting
Esposito, Susanna;
2019-01-01
Abstract
Despite the existence of efficacious vaccines, the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases remains high and the potential health benefits of paediatric, adolescent and adult vaccination are not being achieved due to suboptimal vaccine coverage rates. Based on emerging evidence that pharmacy-based vaccine interventions are feasible and effective, the European Interdisciplinary Council for Ageing (EICA) brought together stakeholders from the medical and pharmacy professions, the pharmaceutical industry, patient/ageing organisations and health authorities to consider the potential for pharmacy-based interventions to increase vaccine uptake. We report here the proceedings of this 3-day meeting held in March 2018 in San Servolo island, Venice, Italy, focussing firstly on examples from countries that have introduced pharmacy-based vaccination programmes, and secondly, listing the barriers and solutions proposed by the discussion groups.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
