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. 2024 Nov 25;50(1):252.
doi: 10.1186/s13052-024-01777-9.

Post COVID-19 vaccination coverage recovery model

Marina Giuliana Del Piano  1 , Marina Russo  2 , Francesca Vassallo  3 , Pietro Buono  4 , Tiziana Ciarambino  4 , Carmine Carbone  5 , Giuseppe Russo  6
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Post COVID-19 vaccination coverage recovery model

Marina Giuliana Del Piano et al. Ital J Pediatr. .

Abstract

Vaccination is a crucial tool for the primary prevention of infectious diseases. Thanks to the widespread of vaccinations it has been possible to eradicate very serious diseases. Unfortunately, vaccination coverage in Italy has been decreasing starting from 2015, getting worse during COVID-19. Nowadays, very few Italian regions have achieved the goal of 95% coverage. In this study we present a vaccination recovery model proposed by Local Health Department "Napoli 3 Sud" in Campania. An evaluation of the vaccination coverage from January 2019 to December 2021 of the 13 Districts of the Local Health Department "Napoli 3 Sud" in Campania was carried out, by extraction from the regional computerized platform "GE.VA" Regional Vaccine Registry and from Sinfonia Vaccini Soresa platform. Vaccination coverage of the Local Health Department "Napoli 3 Sud" for the cohorts of newborns in the year 2019-2021 improved to an average of 96.29% for Pneumococco, of 84.78% for Meningococcal, of 94.3% for Measles, Mumps and Rubella, 91.4% for chickenpox. This study highlights how the collaboration between family pediatricians and the Local Health Department, with the help of a regional computerized platform GE.VA, is effective in improving vaccination coverage.

Keywords: Chickenpox; Haemophilus influenzae type b; Hepatits B; Measles; Pneumococcal disease; Public health policy; Rotavirus; Tetanus-diphtheria- pertussis; Vaccination coverage.

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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Hexavalent vaccination coverage cohort 2018
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Pneumococcus vaccination coverage cohort 2018
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MEN C vaccination coverage cohort 2018
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MPR vaccination coverage cohort 2018
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