Vaccination is one of the most effective and cost-benefit interventions that reduced the
mortality. Major vaccine preventable diseases have decreased dramatically after the …

Japan is well known as a country with a strong health record. However its incidence rates of
vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) such as hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, and …

In this Eurosurveillance issue, two articles by Colzani et al.[1] and Ortu et al.[2], raise the
question of who should be prioritised in vaccination policy when there is a temporary global …

In November 2021, the government of Japan announced a reversal of its decision in 2013 to
suspend the previous proactive recommendation for HPV vaccination. However, the …

Background The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination coverage rate in Japan has
dropped dramatically from more than 70% to less than 1% since 2013. With conflicting …

Rubella is an infectious disease caused by the rubella virus. Congenital rubella syndrome is
a risk for all newborns if pregnant women are infected with rubella, raising an important …

Given the low rates of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination initiation and timely series
completion in 11-and 12-year old children, we sought to assess potential opportunities for …

Healy et al. rightly raise the question of the role of medical ethics in the face of an absence of
vaccination or insufficient vaccination coverage against human papillomavirus (HPV), as …

On Dec 1, 2009, the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued updated
guidelines for treatment of HIV infection, 1 which include the state ment that “the Panel …

This letter is a follow-up to the one we published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
1 in light of current events. Indeed, very recently, Bruni et al published in the Lancet Global …