School-based delivery of routinely recommended vaccines and opportunities to check vaccination status at school, a global summary, 2008–2017

Feldstein, Leora R.; Fox, Garrett; Shefer, Abigail; Conklin, Laura; Ward, Kirsten

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.10.054

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“…In the United States, state-based mandatory vaccination policies have been associated with maintaining high childhood vaccination rates despite the variation in the number of vaccines required and the availability of exemptions [ 19 ]. A further study identified an additional benefit of the mandates, which allow for the ability to estimate the number of vaccinated children through consistent school-based checks of vaccination records, which may lead to higher rates of vaccination [ 20 ].…”

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Global assessment of national mandatory vaccination policies and consequences of non-compliance

Gravagna

Becker

Valeris-Chacín³

et al. 2020

Vaccine

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Background: Declining vaccination coverage and increasing hesitancy is a worldwide concern. Many countries have implemented mandatory vaccination policies to promote vaccination. However, mandatory vaccination policies differ significantly by country. Beyond case studies, no comprehensive study has compared these policies or the penalties for non-compliance on a global scale. Methods: We conducted extensive keyword, policy, and literature searches to identify mandatory national vaccination policies globally and develop a comprehensive database. A mandatory national vaccination policy was defined as a policy from a national authority that requires individuals to receive at least one vaccination based on age or to access a service. Two reviewers independently evaluated evidence for a mandate and whether non-compliance penalties were incorporated. We categorized penalties into four types, based on the nature of the penalty. These penalties impact an individual’s financial, parental rights, educational (i.e., child’s school entry and access), and liberty status. We rated the severity within each category. Results: Of 193 countries investigated, 54% (n = 105) had evidence of a nationwide mandate as of December 2018. The frequency, types, and severity of penalties varied widely across all regions. We found that 59% (n = 62) of countries with national mandates defined at least one penalty for non-compliance with a vaccine mandate. Among those, educational penalties (i.e., limiting a child’s entry or ongoing access to school) were the most common (69%; n = 43), with most countries with educational penalties refusing school enrollment until vaccination requirements are met (81%; n = 35). Conclusion: We undertook a comprehensive assessment of national mandatory vaccination policies and identified a diversity of penalties in place to promote compliance. Our results highlight the need to critically evaluate the implementation of non-compliance penalties in order to determine their effectiveness and to define best practices for sustaining high vaccination uptake worldwide.

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Global assessment of national mandatory vaccination policies and consequences of non-compliance

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Becker

Valeris-Chacín³

et al. 2020

Vaccine

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“…Frequently, to assess the efficacy of an immunization system and population-level vulnerability, overall vaccination coverage or levels of vaccination for particular antigen by age group are used. However, simply measuring coverage does not provide information on whether vaccinations were administered on time or in line with the prescribed schedule [ 4 ]. Timely immunization is critical in the first year of life, since transplacental immunity decreases fast [ 5 , 6 ].…”

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Assessment of vaccination timeliness and associated factors among children in Toke Kutaye district, central Ethiopia: A Mixed study

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Introduction Age inappropriate vaccination of children increases the rate of mortality and morbidity. All studies conducted in some areas of Ethiopia were only quantitative in nature and focused on the main cities ignoring rural communities. Objective The objective of this study is to assess vaccination timeliness and associated factors among children in Toke Kutaye district, central Ethiopia. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study with quantitative and qualitative data collection methods was used, for which simple random sampling was used to select 602 mothers/caregivers who have vaccinated children aged 12 to 23 months in the district. The collected data were entered into Epi-data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. Bivariate analysis with a P-value of < 0.25 was used to select candidate variables for multivariate logistic regression. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% CI and p-value < 0.05 were used to declare a significant association. Qualitative data responses were classified and then organized by content with thematic analysis. Results A total of 590 respondents responded to the interviews, making a response rate of 98%. In this study, 23.9% (95% CI: 20.4–27.7) of children aged 12–23 months had received all vaccines in the recommended time intervals. Urban residence (AOR: 3.15, 95% CI: 1.56–6.4), participation of pregnant women in conferences (AOR: 2.35, 95% CI: 1.2–4.57), institutional delivery (AOR: 2.5: 95% CI: 1.32–4.20), and sufficient knowledge of mothers (AOR: 3, 95% CI: 1.82–5.10) were significantly associated with the timeliness of childhood vaccination. Qualitative findings revealed that lack of knowledge and lack of information from mothers or caregivers, and inadequate communication with health workers hindered timely vaccination. Conclusion The overall timeliness of the child’s vaccination was low in this study. Residence, participation in a conference, place of delivery, and knowledge of the mothers were predictors of vaccination timeliness. Hence, promoting institutional delivery and increasing pregnant mothers awreness on vaccination timeliness through conference participation is compulsory.

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“…Health promotion programs seem necessary to improve the vaccination coverage for these vaccines. School-based vaccinations programs are operated in many countries with the most common vaccines being tetanus, diphtheria and HPV vaccines [ 32 ]. A school-based influenza vaccinations programme was first implemented in the United Kingdom in 2013, in a gradual process, with increasing coverage rates (80.5% in 2018–2019) and a positive impact on influenza-related outcomes [ 33 ].…”

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The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group in Israel

Stein‐Zamir

Rishpon

2021

Isr J Health Policy Res

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National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) are defined by the World Health Organization as multidisciplinary groups of health experts who are involved in the development of a national immunization policy. The NITAG has the responsibility to provide independent, evidence-informed advice to the policy makers and national programme managers, on policy issues and questions related to immunization and vaccines.This paper aims to describe the NITAG in Israel. The Israeli NITAG was established by the Ministry of Health in1974. The NITAG’s full formal name is “the Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases and Immunizations in Israel”. The NITAG is charged with prioritizing choices while granting maximal significance to the national public health considerations. Since 2007, the full minutes of the NITAG’s meetings have been publicly available on the committee’s website (at the Ministry of Health website, in Hebrew).According to the National Health Insurance Law, all residents of Israel are entitled to receive universal health coverage. The health services basket includes routine childhood immunizations, as well as several adult and post - exposure vaccinations. The main challenge currently facing the NITAG is establishing a process for introducing new vaccines and updating the vaccination schedule through the annual update of the national health basket. In the context of the annual update, vaccines have to “compete” with multiple medications and technologies which are presented to the basket committee for inclusion in the national health basket. Over the years, the Israeli NITAG’s recommendations have proved essential for vaccine introduction and scheduling and for communicable diseases control on a national level. The NITAG has established structured and transparent working processes and a decision framework according to WHO standards, which is evidence-based and country-specific to Israel.The recent global COVID-19 pandemic is a major concern for all countries as well as a challenge for NITAGs. Currently, the NITAGs have a key role in advising both on sustainment of the routine immunization programs and on planning of the COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, with ongoing updates and collaboration with the Ministry of Health and health organizations.

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School-based delivery of routinely recommended vaccines and opportunities to check vaccination status at school, a global summary, 2008–2017

Cited by 24 publications

References 27 publications

Global assessment of national mandatory vaccination policies and consequences of non-compliance

Global assessment of national mandatory vaccination policies and consequences of non-compliance

Assessment of vaccination timeliness and associated factors among children in Toke Kutaye district, central Ethiopia: A Mixed study

The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group in Israel

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