Changes to country-specific hepatitis A travel vaccination recommendation for UK travellers in 2017 —responding to a vaccine shortage in the national context

A routine review of hepatitis A travel vaccination recommendations was brought forward in June 2017 due to hepatitis A vaccine shortages and a concurrent outbreak in men who have sex with men (MSM). There were three objectives: first, to document the review process for changing the recommendations for the UK travellers in June 2017. Second, to study the impact of these changes on prescribing in general practice in 2017 compared with the previous 5 years. Third, to study any changes in hepatitis A notifications in June –October 2017 compared with the previous 5 years.
Source: Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Themed Paper – Original Research Source Type: research