Aged Care Research, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Department of Infectious Diseases, HIV & Tropical Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, TN, India.
Clin Interv Aging. 2023 May 31;18:869-880. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S406601. eCollection 2023.
The impact of vaccinating the older population against vaccine-preventable diseases in terms of health, social and economic benefits has been increasingly recognised. However, there is a gap in the utilisation of vaccines worldwide. The population is ageing at an unprecedented pace in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, with the number of persons older than 65 years set to double by 2050 to around 1.3 billion. More than 18% of the population in Japan, Hong Kong, and China is over the age of 65 years. This highlights the importance of prioritising resources to address societal obligations toward the needs of the ageing generation. This review provides an overview of the challenges to adult vaccination in APAC, drivers to increase vaccination coverage, vaccination insights gained through the COVID-19 pandemic, and potential measures to increase the uptake of adult vaccines in the region.
接种疫苗预防可预防疾病对老年人的健康、社会和经济效益的影响已越来越受到认可。然而，全球疫苗接种的利用率存在差距。亚太地区（APAC）的人口老龄化速度前所未有，到 2050 年，65 岁以上的人口数量预计将翻一番，达到约 13 亿。日本、中国香港和中国的人口中，超过 18%的人年龄在 65 岁以上。这凸显了优先配置资源以满足老龄化人口需求的重要性。本文综述了亚太地区成人疫苗接种面临的挑战、提高疫苗接种率的驱动因素、通过 COVID-19 大流行获得的疫苗接种见解，以及该地区提高成人疫苗接种率的潜在措施。
