Influenza vaccination in older adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: current situation and future perspectives
Annual influenza vaccination in older adults has been successful since its implementation in Brazil, reaching vaccination coverage targets. With the emergence of COVID-19, two scenarios were observed. In 2020, influenza vaccination coverage in older adults reached 120.7%; and in 2021, with the adven...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (SBMFC) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.rbmfc.org.br:article/3355 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/3355 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Idoso Vacinas contra Influenza Cobertura Vacinal Anciano Vacunas contra la influenza Cobertura de vacunación. Aged Influenza vaccines Vaccination coverage. |
| Sumario: | Annual influenza vaccination in older adults has been successful since its implementation in Brazil, reaching vaccination coverage targets. With the emergence of COVID-19, two scenarios were observed. In 2020, influenza vaccination coverage in older adults reached 120.7%; and in 2021, with the advent of the vaccine against COVID-19 and vaccination in the same period of the influenza campaign, coverage was 70.9% in the older group. In 2022, the influenza campaign was also concomitant with the application of booster doses against COVID-19. Until August 2022, influenza vaccination coverage was 70.2% in older adults, despite its relevance for protection against subtype A (H3N2). The text discusses some strategies to increase influenza vaccination coverage in older adults in the next years, aiming to strengthen Primary Health Care to raise awareness among the older adults and adopt extramural vaccination strategies. |
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