Rethinking immunization programs through the life course approach
The world continues to undergo a profound demographic shift toward increasing longevity –but quality of life is not improving correspondingly. At the same time, countries are taking stock of the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national immunization programs. The pandemic exacerbated the...
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| author | Evelyn Balsells Margherita Ghiselli Carolina Hommes Beatriz Nascimento Lins de Oliveira Ana Lucía Rosado-Valenzuela Enrique Vega |
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| description | The world continues to undergo a profound demographic shift toward increasing longevity –but quality of life is not improving correspondingly. At the same time, countries are taking stock of the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national immunization programs. The pandemic exacerbated the declines in vaccination coverage for multiple vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD). To ensure that all persons receive all the vaccines for which they are eligible, it is time to consider how applying a life course approach (LCA) to immunization programs can help reinvigorate and redesign actions for greater vaccine uptake. In this mini review, we present the key concepts and principles of the LCA as applied to national immunization programs. Also, we offer recommendations on how health systems can achieve regional and national goals to ensure all people receive the recommended vaccine doses at every stage of life, thus ensuring the greatest benefits for individuals and societies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0152c06ac69a403a88622eca0e11a9562024-02-29T04:49:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652024-02-011210.3389/fpubh.2024.13553841355384Rethinking immunization programs through the life course approachEvelyn BalsellsMargherita GhiselliCarolina HommesBeatriz Nascimento Lins de OliveiraAna Lucía Rosado-ValenzuelaEnrique VegaThe world continues to undergo a profound demographic shift toward increasing longevity –but quality of life is not improving correspondingly. At the same time, countries are taking stock of the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national immunization programs. The pandemic exacerbated the declines in vaccination coverage for multiple vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD). To ensure that all persons receive all the vaccines for which they are eligible, it is time to consider how applying a life course approach (LCA) to immunization programs can help reinvigorate and redesign actions for greater vaccine uptake. In this mini review, we present the key concepts and principles of the LCA as applied to national immunization programs. Also, we offer recommendations on how health systems can achieve regional and national goals to ensure all people receive the recommended vaccine doses at every stage of life, thus ensuring the greatest benefits for individuals and societies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1355384/fulllife-coursevaccinationimmunizationimmunosenescenceIA2030 |
| spellingShingle | Evelyn Balsells Margherita Ghiselli Carolina Hommes Beatriz Nascimento Lins de Oliveira Ana Lucía Rosado-Valenzuela Enrique Vega Rethinking immunization programs through the life course approach Frontiers in Public Health life-course vaccination immunization immunosenescence IA2030 |
| title | Rethinking immunization programs through the life course approach |
| title_full | Rethinking immunization programs through the life course approach |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking immunization programs through the life course approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking immunization programs through the life course approach |
| title_short | Rethinking immunization programs through the life course approach |
| title_sort | rethinking immunization programs through the life course approach |
| topic | life-course vaccination immunization immunosenescence IA2030 |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1355384/full |
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