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Vol. 60 No. 4 (2024)
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_24_04_02
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2024-12-16

The Italian National Vaccine Prevention Plans, 1999/2020-2023/2025: challenges and obstacles to vaccine coverage goals

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Carlo Signorelli, Fabrizio Oleari, Donato Greco, Giuseppe Ruocco, Ranieri Guerra, Giovanni Rezza, Francesco Vaia, Maria Rosaria Campitiello, Gaetano Maria Fara

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Five consecutive national vaccination plans (from 1999 to 2025) were revised, outlining their objectives, challenges, and results. Vaccination coverage for children consistently approached target levels, though regional differences emerged. In contrast, coverage for adolescents, the elderly, and vulnerable groups, consistently fell short of targets. While vaccination policies in Italy over the past 25 years were ambitious and well-planned, success was primarily limited to newborns immunization, thanks to effective organizational activities. Failure to achieve goals for other population groups was partly due to inconsistent implementation of Regional Vaccination Prevention Plans.
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Carlo Signorelli - Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Fabrizio Oleari - Già Direttore Generale, Ministero della Salute, Rome, Italy

Donato Greco - Già Direttore Generale, Ministero della Salute, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Ruocco - Già Direttore Generale, Ministero della Salute, Rome, Italy

Ranieri Guerra - Già Direttore Generale, Ministero della Salute, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Rezza - Già Direttore Generale, Ministero della Salute, Rome, Italy

Francesco Vaia - Direttore Generale, Ex Direzione Generale della Prevenzione Sanitaria Ministero della Salute, Rome, Italy

Maria Rosaria Campitiello - Capo Dipartimento della Prevenzione, della Ricerca e delle Emergenze sanitarie, Ministero della Salute, Rome, Italy

Gaetano Maria Fara - Professore Emerito di Igiene e Medicina Preventiva Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

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Signorelli, C., Oleari, F., Greco, D., Ruocco, G., Guerra, R., Rezza, G., … Fara, G. M. (2024). The Italian National Vaccine Prevention Plans, 1999/2020-2023/2025: challenges and obstacles to vaccine coverage goals. Annali dell’Istituto Superiore Di Sanità, 60(4), 247–251. https://doi.org/10.4415/ANN_24_04_02
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