Survey of distribution of seasonal influenza vaccine doses in 201 countries (2004–2015): The 2003 World Health Assembly resolution on seasonal influenza vaccination coverage and the 2009 influenza pandemic have had very little impact on improving influenza control and pandemic preparedness

Vaccine

Volumn 35, Issue 36, 2017, Pages 4681-4686

  Palache, A ^a   Abelin, A ^b   Hollingsworth, R ^b   Cracknell, W ^c   Jacobs, C ^d   Tsai, T ^e   Barbosa, P ^f  

^a Consultant at Abbott ^*  (Netherlands)

^b SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^c Seqirus Ltd   (Australia)

^d GSK   (Belgium)

^e Millennium: A Takeda Company   (United States)

^f Intl Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations Regulatory Science Committee   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Monitoring and evaluation; Pandemic preparedness; Seasonal influenza; Vaccination coverage rates; Vaccination policy; Vaccine recommendations

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPOUND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VACCINATION; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; SEASONS; VACCINATION; VACCINATION COVERAGE;

EID: 85025707593     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.053     Document Type: Article

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