Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States.
Front Public Health. 2024 Feb 29;12:1355384. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1355384. eCollection 2024.
The world continues to undergo a profound demographic shift toward increasing longevity -but quality of life is not improving correspondingly. At the same time, countries are taking stock of the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national immunization programs. The pandemic exacerbated the declines in vaccination coverage for multiple vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD). To ensure that all persons receive all the vaccines for which they are eligible, it is time to consider how applying a life course approach (LCA) to immunization programs can help reinvigorate and redesign actions for greater vaccine uptake. In this mini review, we present the key concepts and principles of the LCA as applied to national immunization programs. Also, we offer recommendations on how health systems can achieve regional and national goals to ensure all people receive the recommended vaccine doses at every stage of life, thus ensuring the greatest benefits for individuals and societies.
世界继续经历着深刻的人口结构变化，朝着长寿的方向发展——但生活质量并没有相应提高。与此同时，各国都在评估 COVID-19 大流行对国家免疫规划的负面影响。大流行加剧了多种疫苗可预防疾病（VPD）疫苗接种率的下降。为了确保所有人都能接种所有符合条件的疫苗，现在是时候考虑如何将生命历程方法（LCA）应用于免疫规划，以帮助重振和重新设计行动，以提高疫苗接种率。在这个小型综述中，我们介绍了将 LCA 应用于国家免疫规划的关键概念和原则。此外，我们还就卫生系统如何实现区域和国家目标提出了建议，以确保每个人在生命的每个阶段都能接种推荐剂量的疫苗，从而确保个人和社会获得最大的利益。
