TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction of new and reinforcement of existing compulsory vaccinations in italy: First evaluation of the impact on vaccination coverage in 2017
AU - D’Ancona, Fortunato
AU - D’Amario, Claudio
AU - Maraglino, Francesco
AU - Rezza, Giovanni
AU - Ricciardi, Walter
AU - Iannazzo, Stefania
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In June 2017, a decree-law to increase the number of mandatory vaccinations from 4 to 10 for minors up to 16-years-old was issued in Italy. The vaccination coverage for 2017 showed a positive impact for all the vaccines, particularly for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at 91.6% for the year 2017, showing a 4.4% increase compared with 2016 (87.2%). Continued monitoring is needed to evaluate the medium to long-term effects of the law.
AB - In June 2017, a decree-law to increase the number of mandatory vaccinations from 4 to 10 for minors up to 16-years-old was issued in Italy. The vaccination coverage for 2017 showed a positive impact for all the vaccines, particularly for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at 91.6% for the year 2017, showing a 4.4% increase compared with 2016 (87.2%). Continued monitoring is needed to evaluate the medium to long-term effects of the law.
KW - Mandatory vaccination
KW - Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine
KW - Vaccination coverage
KW - Vaccines and immunisation
KW - Mandatory vaccination
KW - Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine
KW - Vaccination coverage
KW - Vaccines and immunisation
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/131981
UR - https://www.eurosurveillance.org/docserver/fulltext/eurosurveillance/23/22/eurosurv-23-22-1.pdf?expires=1528703363&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=b6d3fab204cc8a65e0d6fae3cc777096
U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.22.1800238
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.22.1800238
M3 - Article
SN - 1025-496X
VL - 23
SP - 2
EP - 5
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
ER -
