Journal article
Interventions to improve vaccination uptake and cost effectiveness of vaccination strategies in newly arrived migrants in the EU/EEA: A systematic review
C Hui, J Dunn, R Morton, LP Staub, A Tran, S Hargreaves, C Greenaway, BA Biggs, R Christensen, K Pottie
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | MDPI | Published : 2018
Abstract
Newly arrived migrants to the EU/EEA (arrival within the past five years), as well as other migrant groups in the region, might be under-immunised and lack documentation of previous vaccinations, putting them at increased risk of vaccine-preventable diseases circulating in Europe. We therefore performed a systematic review conforming to PRISMA guidelines (PROSPERO CRD42016045798) to explore: (i) interventions that improve vaccine uptake among migrants; and (ii) cost-effectiveness of vaccination strategies among this population. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) between 1 January 2006 to 18 June 2018. We included three primary intervention..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Rachael Morton is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellowship #1054216. Robin Christensen of the Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, the Parker Institute is supported by grants from the Oak Foundation. Sally Hargreaves is funded by the Imperial NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, theWellcome Trust (Grant number 209993/Z/17/Z), and the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) through an ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM) research grant.