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. 2025 Feb 27:48:126767.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126767. Epub 2025 Jan 22.

Challenges to promoting maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in Japan

Emiko Oka  1 , Yutaka Ueda  2 , Asami Yagi  1 , Masaki Machida  3 , Yuki Furuse  4 , Takahiro Tabuchi  5
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Challenges to promoting maternal respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in Japan

Emiko Oka et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

Pfizer's Abrysvo vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe lower respiratory tract illness in those at high risk from the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Japan, like other countries, is promoting RSV vaccination among pregnant women, but it needs to do better. However, Japan is enduring a state of broad vaccine hesitancy. In light of our experiences with Japan's past failures in promoting the Human Papillomavirus vaccine, we describe some of the challenges encountered in promoting vaccines and discuss possible solutions.

Keywords: Maternal vaccination; Promotion of vaccination; Respiratory syncytial virus.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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