…vaccination rates are low and death rates are now at their highest since the pandemic began, or Poland where the latest wave has pushed mortality…
…from UNICEF’s Angus Thomson on the role of social media companies in vaccine acceptance; Joanna Oberska, on the role of pharmacists in Poland and beyond;…
…months but sharply decoupled in the summer while France, Denmark, Malta, Ireland and Portugal raced ahead. Near neighbours in Hungary, Slovakia and Poland are also…
…Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania and Spain. Answers were also received from Croatia, Germany, Finland, Austria, Bulgaria, the UK, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia.Survey…
…was spreading fast. Teachers began asking Joanna and Marianna to teach more classes; new schools contacted them from other large cities across Poland. Thanks to…
…has vaccinated the highest number of people, followed by China, the United Kingdom, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Germany, Italy and Poland are also…
…been reported across the continent, prompting the WHO to advise that older people and healthcare workers be prioritised.Several countries, including Portugal, Poland, Ireland and the…
…Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia and Estonia) report flu vaccine uptake rates below 20%. A further six countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and Poland) did not…
…the 95% measles vaccination target EU reports more than 12,000 cases in first nine months of 2019; France, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania and Poland are worst…
…the political spectrum. In Europe too, there are examples of anti-vaccine populists (broadly) on the right in France, Poland and Italy. But, anecdotally, there are…
…are for life, not just for kids In France, a 17-year-old girl died of measles last year; in Poland, adolescent boys are hardest hit by…
Iceland has given €1 million to Malawi’s immunisation programme through GAVI Norway has helped Poland develop a vaccination website Denmark backed Lithuania’s vaccination programme in…
…are now rare in Europe. The UK, for example, eliminated rubella in 2015. Most European cases are reported in Poland, although some experts have suggested…
…study teenagers’ perceptions of vaccines and meningitis, as well as their media habits. Teenagers in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Poland were included…
…and efficient.’ Conclusion: There is no one-size fits all approach to improving vaccine uptake. Some countries with mandates, such as Poland, have high vaccination rates;…
…the exception of two adults aged 21 and 22 years. People affected had travelled from Chechnya to Germany using different routes crossing Poland, Russia or…
…Endemic transmission of measles and rubella Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, The Russian Federation, Turkey,…
…a delay in introducing a second dose of measles vaccine in some European countries. With rubella, the ongoing outbreak in Poland is disproportionately hitting teenage…