Importance of vaccination in people over 50 years - Florence Baron-Papillon
Channel: WAidid
Date: 2017-02-27

According to the report "Health at a glance for Europe in 2016", recently published by the European Commission and OECD, one third of the population will be aged 65 years or more by 2060; moreover, the budget allocated to healthcare is scarser and scarser in many European Countries. So, asks dr. Baron-Paillon, "Why not preventing the preventable?". The vaccination of adult population aged 50 is justified from both a clinical and a socio-economical point of view. A life course approach to vaccination has been recognized as a fundamental tool for public health but unfortunately the immunization rates are stil not sufficient.
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