Good compliance with recommended doses during childhood diminishes as a person reaches adolescence, especially in young adulthood, where feelings of health and safety weaken any protective piercing. As you hit 60, vaccine coverage increases, and as the decades go by, people become more compliant while feeling more vulnerable. However, adult vaccine coverage has declined significantly due to a lack of knowledge requiring highly recommended and free vaccines, lack of access to a doctor or nurse for other reasons (relating to opportunities for vaccination recommendations), or pandemic fatigue.
There are several vaccines available for people aged 60 and over, with vaccinations recommended starting at age 60; but the ones that seem to have the biggest following are the anti-flu drugs, but even then they don’t have enough followers. The response to this vaccine has been good. Among these seniors, coverage reached 66% last season, similar to before the pandemic; although it reached 85.17% in 2020. The influence of fear. This year, 346,751 people have received a flu shot, which is two-thirds of the number the public health department expects to have vaccinated by the end of the year. This year, the flu vaccine is also being expanded to children aged 6 to 59 months. And it has always been recommended to pregnant women. Last year, 4,332 people obtained this certificate, accounting for 46%. As with other respiratory illnesses, health authorities are looking to promote influenza among key workers, particularly health and social care workers, and carers of people who are vulnerable because of age or disability. In addition to this, people with chronic diseases – and this year, smokers – are also on the target list of the current campaign.
Seniors get flu shots, forget about pneumococci and stay away from coronavirus
new dose COVID-19 Booster, and the fifth are those who adhere to all guidelines. Here the reluctance is evident. Coronavirus coverage among seniors is only 20%, compared with 11% for the general population. Very low – which is also encouraged by good data on low transmission – although activity continues.
Perhaps the most forgotten is pneumococci There is now the ability to address this problem for life with one dose at age 65. In 2021, among those who are over 65 years old in that year, the proportion of people who have been vaccinated with the 13-valent conjugate vaccine will reach 29%; among those who are over 66 years old in 2021, the proportion of people who will be vaccinated with the 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine will reach 37%. Coverage fell by 20% and 30%; although before COVID-19, it was 25% and 35% respectively
Coverage decreases with age, and although coverage increases by age 60, misinformation and boredom can lead to rejection
Health sources say the vaccine was made available alongside influenza at the right time years ago, which is a boon to its momentum. Now, the instruction “is opportunistic when an older person goes to a health center for any reason; but then it is easier to forget to advise him or even to put it on. Despite the fact that in addition to personal and collective health , it has also saved the health system considerable money, improved coverage and reduced the number of hospital admissions for pneumonia (around six hundred per year in the region). Streptococcus pneumoniae can cause a variety of illnesses, including otitis media, mastoiditis, sinusitis and Other common upper respiratory tract illnesses, to other more severe forms called invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), can manifest as bacteremia, pneumonia, meningitis or sepsis.
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Pneumococcus is spread through the air or through direct contact with particles exhaled by an infected or carrier of the bacteria, and is usually more common in winter or early spring, when respiratory illnesses are more frequent.
To meet demand, the Board implemented the 20-valent anti-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, replacing the previous vaccination schedule of 13-valent anti-pneumococcal vaccine at age 65, followed one year later by the 21-valent vaccine at age 65 Get a new vaccine.
This new systematized simplification of “Streptococcus pneumoniae” not only maintains and enhances protection against the circulating serotypes responsible for most pneumococcal disease, but also facilitates access to immunization by reducing its administration to a single puncture and participation in immunization. Official calendar of vaccinations for the Lifetime System of Castilla and León.In addition, the elderly can also take a single dose Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td) as a memory at age 65; as this age includes this year’s age Shingles, a very disabling and painful disease that is at greater risk for people with certain conditions and as they age. Required doses are estimated based on numbers in this age group in 2023, with first-year coverage estimated at 55%, meaning around 20,000 users would pass the full two-dose schedule. Payments will also be made to people over the age of 80 (217,000 people) by 2024 and to those turning 65 next year.
New guidance also applies to young children
The region’s vaccination calendar also has new childhood vaccinations implemented this year. This includes vaccination against human papillomavirus for males aged 12 years, influenza for children aged 6 to 59 months, and rotavirus for infants. The meningitis B vaccine vaccination months have also been revised: three-month and five-month doses have been brought forward to two and four months. It is also considering replacing the dTpa vaccine with DTPa-VPI after six years. The inclusion of all these new developments in the official calendar of lifelong systemic vaccination in Castilla and León also means a significant increase in spending for this preventive purpose, which will increase by 34.2 million euros by 2023, accounting for 61%. An increase from 2021 and a 9% increase from the 2022 budget.