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- Title
Influenza Vaccination Strategies Should Target Children.
- Authors
Bambery, Ben; Douglas, Thomas; Selgelid, Michael J; Maslen, Hannah; Giubilini, Alberto; Pollard, Andrew J; Savulescu, Julian
- Abstract
Strategies to increase influenza vaccination rates have typically targeted healthcare professionals (HCPs) and individuals in various high-risk groups such as the elderly. We argue that they should (instead or as well) focus on increasing vaccination rates in children. Because children suffer higher influenza incidence rates than any other demographic group, and are major drivers of seasonal influenza epidemics, we argue that influenza vaccination strategies that serve to increase uptake rates in children are likely to be more effective in reducing influenza-related morbidity and mortality than those targeting HCPs or the elderly. This is true even though influenza-related morbidity and mortality amongst children are low, except in the very young. Further, we argue that there are no decisive reasons to suppose that children-focused strategies are less ethically acceptable than elderly or HCP-focused strategies.
- Subjects
INFLUENZA vaccines; INFLUENZA prevention; VIRAL vaccines; EPIDEMICS; MORTALITY
- Publication
Public Health Ethics, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 2, p221
- ISSN
1754-9973
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/phe/phx021