WORKING GROUP

INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS AS A PRIORITY IN THE COVID-19 ERA

The Influenza Working Group Meeting, now in its 6th year, has the aim of increasing seasonal influenza vaccine above the target 75% in all countries across Europe. Influenza vaccination rates have been boosted in 2020/21 due to the need to avoid influenza caused hospitalisation in parallel to COVID-19 admissions. However, the very real fear is that as social distancing measures are relaxed and COVID-19 vaccines rolled out, influenza vaccination rates will fall back to even lower rates than pre-COVID levels. The Working Group will also explore all barriers to uptake and explore how influenza vaccines should be promoted and even administered at the same time as COVID vaccinations to protect and increase uptake.

If you wish to participate please nominate yourself or your organisation

Members of each group collaborating throughout the year through online tools and the Vaccines Together Platform.

BRIEFINGS 

DISCUSSIONS

STATEMENTS 

SUGGESTED ACTIONS

MEMBERS

Roman Prymula ● Gary Finnegan (Vaccines Today) ● Elisabeth Sanders (RVIM) ● Jess McNamara (EPSA) ● Barbara Rath (ViVI) ● Anna Odone ● Hanna Noynek (THL) ● Daniela Quaggia (ACN) ● Peggy Maguire (EIWH) ● Roy Philip ● Catherine Weil Olivier ● Elena Moya (CoMO) ● George Syrogiannopoulos ● Paolo Bonanni ● Timo Vesikari ● Dace Zavadska ● Mihai Craiu

SUGGESTED ACTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS 2021/22

Based on all the work and collaboration between the Working Groups, both in the Expert mapping surveys and the Working Groups that took place in 2020, the reports include Observations, Challenges, Strategies and Suggested Campaigns/Actions for each barrier or observation.

Working alongside partners and supporters we will then tackle as many areas and conduct as many proposed actions as possible to overcome barriers to vaccination uptake.