Trends of influenza vaccination coverage in pregnant women: a ten-year analysis from a French healthcare database.

ABSTRACT: Pregnant women have a high risk of severe influenza, associated with obstetrical complications. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended influenza vaccination for all pregnant women since 2012. The vaccination coverage remains low worldwide, and in Europe, due to a lack of proposition from the health care providers, and a high refusal rate from the women. The primary aim of this study was to estimate the influenza vaccination coverage (IVC) in a population of pregnant women in France, and to analyse its evolution from 2009 to 2018. The secondary objective was to describe the vaccinated population and to find determinants associated with the vaccination. This retrospective cohort study is based on the EGB French health care database, a representative sample of the French populati

SUBMITTER: Corbeau M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062868 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature