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Journal of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
ISSN: 2471-304X
E u r o p e a n C o n g r e s s o n
Vaccines & Vaccination
and Gynecologic Oncology
Vaccines & Vaccination and Gynecologic Oncology 2018
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B u d a p e s t , H u n g a r y
Introduction:
In the last few years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
(ECDC) underlined the importance of assessing the vaccine coverage of the migrants, allowing them to have access to vaccinations in
the countries of arrival. Since 2015, in the Regione Veneto, a protocol has been started up with the aim of monitoring infectious disease
and immune prophylaxis in the applicants for international protection. The protocol offers free diphtheria-pertussis-polio vaccine (DP-
IPV) and measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine (MMRV).
Methods:
Our service of public health carried out a cross-sectional, observational study analysing data from the computerized vaccine
registry of the Regione Veneto, in order to quantify the subjects applying for international protection who had been given the DP-IPV
vaccine and MMRV vaccine in 2017 in the health districts 1 and 2 of AULSS 9, as scheduled in the Regione Veneto Protocol.
Results:
The analysis of the above-mentioned data showed that in 2017, our Service performed 584 new medical examinations on
applicants for international protection (82.7% male, 27.3% female). 97.8% out of these 584 migrants are adults, and 9.2% comes from
polio-endemic countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan). DP-IPV vaccine and MMRV vaccine were proposed to adults, while minors were
suggested vaccines provided for in the national plan for vaccine prevention 2017-2019. Vaccine coverage in the adults turned out to be
100% of the examined migrants.
Conclusions:
This protocol proved to be well accepted by the migrants and easy to manage, therefore helping to prevent new measles
and varicella outbreaks in this vulnerable population (migrants applying for international protection), and at the same time contributing
to maintain our country polio-free.
daniele.spedicato85@gmail.comVaccines for migrants and Regione Veneto
Protocol: an update on vaccine coverage in the
applicants for international protection, in the
health districts 1 and 2 of the Azienda ULSS 9,
Verona, Italy
Daniele Spedicato
1
, G Salandini
1
, O Mariotto
1
, P Cicco
1
,
E Finardi
1
, N Pelacchi
1
, A Brioni
2
, L Colucci
2
, C Postiglione
2
and O Bosco
2
1
University of Verona, Italy
2
Service of Hygiene and Public Health of AULSS 9 Scaligera, Italy
Journal of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Volume: 4
DOI: 10.21767/2471-304X-C2-006
Euro Vaccines 2018