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Introduction: The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program was established in 1994 to provide recommended vaccines at no cost to eligible children and help ensure that all U.S. children are protected from life-threatening vaccine-preventable diseases.
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- The U.S. Vaccines for Children (VFC) program has been providing free vaccines since 1994 to children from low-income families and has significantly impacted public health.
- Routine childhood vaccinations from 1994 to 2023 have prevented around 508 million cases of illness, 32 million hospitalizations, and over 1 million deaths among approximately 117 million children.
- The program has generated substantial economic benefits, yielding net savings of $540 billion in direct costs and $2.7 trillion in societal costs, while also promoting health equity.
Information on Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine in the Copenhagen School Health Records Register.
Scand J Public Health
April 2024
American University, School of Public Affairs, USA.
Background: The Copenhagen School Health Record Register (CSHRR) includes health information from school examinations and is now updated with information on measles, mumps and rubella vaccines for the cohorts born from 1977 to 1994.
Aim: The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive description and validation the newly digitised vaccine information in the CSHRR.
Methods: We describe the data collection and the newly digitalised information in the CSHRR.
A Lesson from a Measles Outbreak among Healthcare Workers in a Single Hospital in South Korea: The Importance of Knowing the Prevalence of Susceptibility.
Vaccines (Basel)
September 2023
Department of Infectious Diseases, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Goyang-si 10326, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Background: Despite the high vaccination coverage rate, in-hospital transmission of measles continues to occur in South Korea. We present a measles outbreak in which two healthcare workers (HCWs) with presumptive evidence of measles immunity were infected by a patient with typical measles at a single hospital in South Korea. This facilitated the evaluation of measles seroprevalence in all HCWs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChanges in vaccination administration in Japan.
Vaccine
April 2023
Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, 577, Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan. Electronic address:
This paper reviews the administration related to vaccination in Japan after the enactment of the Immunization Act in 1948, under which vaccination was implemented mandatory for the public. To enhance the effectiveness of vaccination activities, the government implemented group vaccination, which is convenient for vaccinating recipients all at once. In 1976, Japan established the relief system for health damage after vaccination.
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