Key Points

Increase in vaccination uptake among infants born since January 1, 2018, compared to those born in 2017: +5.5 percentage points for the use of the hexavalent vaccine; +1.4 percentage points for vaccination coverage of the first dose of the pneumococcal vaccine; +36.4 percentage points for vaccination coverage of the first dose of the meningococcal C vaccine

Increase in vaccination coverage among children born before the law took effect, between 2017 and 2018: +2.2 percentage points for the first dose of the MMR vaccine; +3.2 percentage points for the first dose of the HPV vaccine among 15-year-old girls

Significant decrease in the incidence of invasive meningococcal C infections among infants under one year of age, against a backdrop of a sharp increase in vaccination coverage for the first dose of the vaccine at 5 months of age

Majority of parents in favor of mandatory vaccination

Positive shift in young parents’ views on vaccination and its benefits

Strong support among healthcare professionals for vaccination and new mandatory vaccinations

Social marketing initiative for vaccination The Ministry of Solidarity and Health and Santé publique France are launching, for the first time, a campaign to promote vaccination in order to build trust and help increase vaccination coverage. A professional section is available on the website vaccination-info-service.fr to provide factual, practical, and scientific information that answers the public’s questions.

Success of vaccination-info-service.fr with the general public The leading website on vaccinations has attracted more than 5 million unique visitors since its launch in March 2017.