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Advancing Vaccination Strategies for Older Adults

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dc.contributor.authorDel Riccio, Marco
dc.contributor.authorMaggi, Stefania
dc.contributor.authorWieczorowska-Tobis, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorNewell, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorCzech, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorBotelho-Nevers, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorMichel, Jean Pierre
dc.contributor.authorHummers, Eva
dc.contributor.authorDuque, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorLundgren, Jens
dc.contributor.authorBarrat, Jane
dc.contributor.authorTan, Litjen
dc.contributor.authorWysocki, Jacek
dc.contributor.authorBoccalini, Sara
dc.contributor.authorBechini, Angela
dc.contributor.authorJindal, Sakshi
dc.contributor.authorHendrickx, Greet
dc.contributor.authorVan Damme, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorBonanni, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorPattyn, Jade
dc.contributor.institutionNOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)
dc.contributor.pblAdis International Ltd
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-16T12:40:02Z
dc.date.available2026-04-16T12:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2026-03
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2026.
dc.description.abstractAs Europe’s population ages, optimizing vaccination strategies for older adults is an increasing public health priority. Vaccine-preventable infections pose significant risks, including increased morbidity and mortality, reduced quality of life, and substantial healthcare costs. Prevention, particularly adult vaccination, plays a vital role in mitigating these outcomes and supporting healthy ageing. While childhood immunization remains essential, a life-course approach including routine older adult vaccination is needed. Coverage among older adults across Europe remains suboptimal owing to factors such as heterogeneous (sub)national policies, health literacy issues, financial barriers, access issues, and persistent structural and societal barriers. To meet these challenges, the Adult Immunization Board (AIB) convened a technical meeting in May 2025, to discuss strategies for improving vaccination in older adults. The meeting explored how older adults are defined in immunization policies (for the meeting, an operational threshold of ≥ 50 years was used, while acknowledging that many national age-based programs commonly start around 60–65 years) and reviewed current adult vaccines and programmatic implementation across six vaccines. Discussions highlighted the need for a life-course approach with coordinated (inter)national policies, clear adult vaccination schedules, dedicated infrastructure and programs, stronger surveillance, and structured follow-up. Key recommendations included shifting from fragmented efforts to cohesive, system-wide approaches. This approach requires addressing organizational challenges with programmatic strategies such as integrating adult vaccination into routine healthcare, providing co-administration guidance, and adapting successful pediatric models for adult programs. This summary presents insights shared during the AIB meeting, highlighting gaps and promising solutions for advancing older adult immunization in Europe. Vaccination must be recognized as an investment in healthy ageing, which is also able to generate a return in economic terms, as part of a holistic health package for older adults, not as an optional add-on to treatment. With older adults now outnumbering children under 5 years globally, it is time to invest equally in their vaccination.en
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dc.format.extent15
dc.format.extent834695
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s40266-026-01284-y
dc.identifier.issn1170-229X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 160359301
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 175bdcba-bf10-45a3-a6ce-975f0463bfbe
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 105033865700
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 41792534
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/202289
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105033865700
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectGeriatrics and Gerontology
dc.subjectPharmacology (medical)
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleAdvancing Vaccination Strategies for Older Adultsen
dc.title.subtitleInsights of the Adult Immunization Board Meetingen
dc.typereview
degois.publication.firstPage223
degois.publication.issue3
degois.publication.lastPage237
degois.publication.titleDrugs and Aging
degois.publication.volume43
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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