Public Health Bulletin: Vaccination in Corsica. April 2022.
Key Points
Vaccination coverage indicators for infants (born in 2021) subject to the expanded vaccination mandate show a decline in several cases, particularly in Southern Corsica:
in Southern Corsica, the decline is observed across all vaccine types, except for the first dose of the hexavalent vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, and meningococcal C vaccine;
In Haute-Corse, the only decline concerns the 3-dose pneumococcal coverage (-3.4 percentage points).
Vaccination coverage rates lower than national rates:
vaccination coverage for all valences is lower than the national rates.
Increase in vaccination coverage among children not subject to the expanded vaccination mandate:
+4.1 percentage points for the first dose of the HPV vaccine among 15-year-old girls born in 2006 (36.2%) compared to those born in 2005 (32.1%),
increase in catch-up vaccination coverage against meningococcal C across all age groups.
Increase in influenza vaccination coverage compared to the 2019–2020 season:
+2.6 percentage points among people aged 65 and older, but 7.8 percentage points lower than in mainland France.
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