HPV-VACCINATION COVERAGE IN FLANDERS REMAINS HIGH IN THE VACCINATION PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG GIRLS

BackgroundIn September 2010 HPV-vaccination for young girls was added to the vaccination programme of Flanders. Vaccines are made available free of charge to all vaccinators. All vaccinations with free vaccines should be registered in the vaccination registry. The availability of the new partially reimbursed 9-valent HPV-vaccine caused some concern the participation degree in the vaccination programme might decrease with a fall in vaccination coverage as a result (91% in 2016).MethodsTo evaluate the impact of the new situation on the vaccination coverage, we compared the number of ordered and... Mehr ...