Apropos “Incorporating immunizations into routine obstetric care to facilitate health care practitioners in implementing maternal immunization recommendations”

Commentary on “Moniz and Beigi's maternal immunization clinical experiences, challenges, and opportunities in vaccine acceptance”

“…Despite recommendations from a number of entities including The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the authors highlight key coverage concerns in this field. [1][2][3][4][5] Notably, immunization uptake among pregnant women lacking contraindication remains suboptimal (at rates estimated to be 50%) for inactivated seasonal influenza, and tetanus and diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination. [6][7][8] As the influenza vaccination rate has stabilized over the past four years following the introduction of the H1N1 vaccine (over the previous 15% influenza vaccine coverage rate), they call attention to the fact that it is unlikely that the Healthy People 2020 goal of 80% coverage among this population will be attained.…”