Differences in pandemic influenza vaccination policies for pregnant women in Europe

Luteijn, Johannes M; Dolk, Helen; Marnoch, Gordon J

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-819

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Vaccination policy overview by country for pregnant women and the general population

From: Differences in pandemic influenza vaccination policies for pregnant women in Europe

Country	Vaccination strategy for Pregnant women					Vaccination strategy for the general population
	Policy	Trimesters			Vaccines¹
		1	2	3
Austria	Yes		⊠	⊠	Cev	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Belgium	Yes		⊠	⊠	Pad	Priority groups only⁴
Czech Republic²	No					No
Croatia³	No					No
Denmark	Yes		⊠	⊠	Pad	Priority groups only⁴
Finland	Yes	⊠	⊠	⊠	Pad	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
France	Yes		⊠	⊠	Pan	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Germany	Yes		⊠	⊠	Pad, PIV [14]	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Greece	Yes		⊠	⊠	Foc, Pad	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Hungary	Yes	⊠	⊠	⊠	Flu	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Ireland	Yes		⊠	⊠	Cev, Pad	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Italy	Yes		⊠	⊠	Foc	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Latvia	No					No
Malta	Yes	⊠	⊠	⊠	Pad	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Netherlands	Yes		⊠	⊠	Foc	Priority groups only⁴
Norway	Yes		⊠	⊠	Cev, Pad	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Poland	No					No
Portugal	Yes		⊠	⊠	Pad	Priority groups only⁴
Slovakia	Yes	⊠	⊠	⊠	Pan	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Slovenia	Yes	⊠	⊠	⊠	Cev, Pad	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Spain	Yes	⊠	⊠	⊠	Pan	Priority groups only⁴
Sweden	Yes	⊠	⊠	⊠	Pad	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
Switzerland	Yes		⊠	⊠	Cel, Foc	The entire population was offered the vaccine and certain groups⁴ were prioritized
United Kingdom	Yes	⊠	⊠	⊠	Cev, Pad	Priority groups only⁴

¹Cel = Celtura^® (Novartis), Cev = Celvapan^® (Baxter), Flu = Fluval P^® (Omnivest), Foc = Focetria^® (Novartis), Pad = Pandemrix^® (Glaxo Smith Kline), Pan = Panenza^® (Sanofi Pasteur), PIV = CSL Pandemic Influenza Vaccine^® (CSL Biotherapies). Of these vaccines Celtura, Fluval P, Focetria and Pandemrix are adjuvanted while Celvapan, Panenza and CSL Pandemic Influenza Vaccine are non-adjuvanted. Celtura, Fluval P, Focetria, Pandemrix, Panenza and CSL Pandemic Influenza Vaccine contain Thiomersal while Celvapan does not contain Thiomersal.
²In Czech Republic the Pandemrix vaccine was unofficially recommended to pregnant women of 2^nd and 3^rd trimester and a small number of pregnant women were vaccinated. The vaccine was offered to the general population. There was no official vaccination policy.
³In Croatia, pregnant woman of 2^nd and 3^rd trimester and the general population could apply for vaccination with the Focetria vaccine via health insurance and a small number of pregnant women were vaccinated. There was no official vaccination policy.
⁴Priority groups include one or more of the following groups: pregnant women, health care workers, persons suffering from specific co-morbidities and/or people working in essential public services.

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