Department of Health Systems Development, World Health Organization Country Office for India , New Delhi, India.
Department of Community & Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) , Jodhpur, India.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020 Jul 2;16(7):1508-1510. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1692564. Epub 2019 Dec 6.
In the last two decades, the childhood vaccination coverage in most low and middle-income countries including India has increased. Additional vaccines are being offered through national immunization programs as well as through private sector and the benefits of vaccination are reaching to more children than ever. This has resulted in major decrease in vaccine preventable diseases and contributed to decline in the morbidity and mortality rates. This development is expected to result in epidemiological transition (which is already happening) and mandates for policies and strategies to extend the benefit of available vaccines and vaccination beyond traditionally target age groups to include the adults, elderly and the at-risk populations. This article reviews the present status of adult vaccination in India and proposes a few approaches to move towards life course vaccination.
在过去的二十年中，包括印度在内的大多数低收入和中等收入国家的儿童疫苗接种覆盖率有所提高。国家免疫规划、私营部门也提供了更多疫苗，疫苗的益处比以往任何时候都惠及更多儿童。这使得疫苗可预防疾病的发病率显著下降，发病率和死亡率也有所降低。这一发展预计将导致流行病学转变（这种转变已经在发生），并需要制定政策和战略，将现有疫苗和接种的益处扩大到传统目标年龄组之外，包括成年人、老年人和高危人群。本文回顾了印度目前的成人疫苗接种现状，并提出了一些方法，以迈向全生命周期疫苗接种。
