The Importance of Adult
Vaccination
A Parent’s Testimony
EU Report Card on Adult Immunisation 13 November 2013
Danny DARCHE
Lore
Aug 17 – Nov 7 2010
2009 Prevention Campaign
“Whooping Cough”
PROTECT YOUR BABY
AGAINST
WHOOPING COUGH
GET YOURSELF
VACCINATED TOO
(Source : Zorg & Gezondheid.be Flanders Health Agency)
2010 Prevention Campaign
“Pregnancy & Vaccination”
You’re pregnant ?
Congratulations !
Please get a dTap
booster during the
pregnancy to protect
your baby just after
delivery.
Babies are particularly
vulnerable the first
two months.
(Source : Zorg & Gezondheid.be Flanders Health Agency)
Lore
Sources of infants’whooping cough infection
• Parents : +/- 55 %
• Brothers & sisters : 16-25 %
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Friends, cousins, others : 10-24 %
Aunts, Uncles : 10 %
Grandparents : +/- 6 %
Caregivers : 2 %
(Source : CDC “Surround babies with protection”)
Household :
+/- 80 % !!!
Lore in the media
New recommendations of the CSS/HGR
(Belgian Superior Health Council)
• dTap vaccine for the mother during each pregnancy
between week 24 – 32
• Cocoon vaccination
• Vaccination for everyone in general
• Respect of the vaccination schedule
• Breastfeeding is NOT an obstacle for vaccination
(Source : Conseil Supérieur de la Santé / Hoge Gezondheidsraad - Aug 30, 2013)
Other little victims
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