@article{3185272,
    title = "Immunisation of migrants in EWEEA countries: Policies and practices",
    author = "Giambi, Cristina and Del Manso, Martina and Marchetti, Giulia and and Olsson, Kate and Ali, Karam Adel and Declich, Silvia and Tiefengraber, and Daniel and Grammens, Tine and Wyndham-Thomas, Chloe and Neyts, Mie and and Top, Geert and Carrillo-Santisteve, Paloma and Vladimirova, Nadezhda and and Jordanova, Sonia and Parmakova, Kremena and Petrovic, Goranka and and Vucina, Vesna Visekruna and Koliou, Maria and Castkova, Jitka and and Knudsen, Lisbet Krause and Valentiner-Branth, Palle and Filippova, Irina and and Tiittala, Paula and Nohynek, Hanna and Bouscaillou, Julie and and Herida, Magid and Levy-Bruhl, Daniel and Wichmann, Ole and Vygen-Bonnet, and Sabine and Georgakopoulou, Theano and Panagiotopoulos, Takis and and Stavrou, Theodora and Molnar, Zsuzsanna and Thorolfur, Gudnason and and Cotter, Suzanne and Clarke, Anna and Fitzgerald, Margaret and Iannazzo, and Stefania and Kantsone, Ieva and Kupreviciene, Nerija and Berthet, and Francoise and Weicherding, Pierre and Melillo, Tanya and Melillo, Jackie and M. and Veldhuijzen, Irene and de Melker, Hester and Bergsaker, Marianne and A. Riise and Paradowska-Stankiewicz, Iwona and Cale, Etelvina and and Valente, Paula and Fernandes, Teresa and Stanescu, Aurora and Hudecova, and Helena and Bakoss, Ivan and Vitek, Marta Grgic and Limia, Aurora and and Sanchez-Cambronero Cejudo, Laura and Lindstrand, Ann and Saliba, Vanessa and and Crawshaw, Alison F. and Ramsay, Mary and Venice Survey Working Grp",
    journal = "Vaccine",
    year = "2019",
    volume = "37",
    number = "36",
    pages = "5439-5451",
    publisher = "Elsevier Sci Ltd, Exeter, United Kingdom",
    issn = "0264-410X",
    doi = "10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.06.068",
    keywords = "Migrants; Vaccination; Policy; Vaccine preventable diseases; Europe",
    abstract = "In recent years various EU/EEA countries have experienced an influx of
migrants from low and middle income countries. In 2018, the “Vaccine
European New Integrated Collaboration Effort (VENICE)” survey group
conducted a survey among 30 EU/EEA countries to investigate immunisation
policies and practices targeting irregular migrants, refugees and asylum
seekers (later called “migrants” in this report). Twenty-nine
countries participated in the survey. Twenty-eight countries reported
having national policies targeting children/adolescent and adult
migrants, however vaccinations offered to adult migrants are limited to
specific conditions in seven countries. All the vaccinations included in
the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) are offered to
children/adolescents in 27/28 countries and to adults in 13/28
countries. In the 15 countries offering only certain vaccinations to
adults, priority is given to diphtheria-tetanus, measles-mumps-rubella
and polio vaccinations. Information about the vaccines given to
child/adolescent migrants is recorded in 22 countries and to adult
migrants in 19 countries with a large variation in recording methods
found across countries. Individual and aggregated data are reportedly
not shared with other centres/institutions in 13 and 15 countries,
respectively. Twenty countries reported not collecting data on
vaccination uptake among migrants; only three countries have these data
at the national level. Procedures to guarantee migrants’ access to
vaccinations at the community level are available in 13 countries. In
conclusion, although diversified, strategies for migrant vaccination are
in place in all countries except for one, and the strategies are
generally in line with international recommendations. Efforts are needed
to strengthen partnerships and implement initiatives across countries of
origin, transit and destination to develop and better share
documentation in order to guarantee a completion of vaccination series
and to avoid unnecessary re-vaccination. Development of migrant-friendly
strategies to facilitate migrants’ access to vaccination and collection
of vaccination uptake data among migrants is needed to meet existing
gaps. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd."
}