Progress toward sustainable influenza vaccination in the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic, 2012-2018.
Influenza
Laos
Policy
Vaccination program
Vaccine
Journal
Vaccine
ISSN: 1873-2518
Titre abrégé: Vaccine
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8406899
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 05 2019
21 05 2019
Historique:
received:
14
12
2018
revised:
03
04
2019
accepted:
08
04
2019
pubmed:
28
4
2019
medline:
26
9
2020
entrez:
28
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Despite global recommendations for influenza vaccination of high-risk, target populations, few low and middle-income countries have national influenza vaccination programs. Between 2012 and 2017, Lao PDR planned and conducted a series of activities to develop its national influenza vaccine program as a part of its overall national immunization program. In this paper, we review the underlying strategic planning for this process, and outline the sequence of activities, research studies, partnerships, and policy decisions that were required to build Laos' influenza vaccine program. The successful development and sustainability of the program in Laos offers lessons for other low and middle-income countries interested in initiating or expanding influenza immunization.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31027926
pii: S0264-410X(19)30511-0
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.04.047
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Influenza Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3002-3005Informations de copyright
Published by Elsevier Ltd.