Vaccination: Are you up to date?

European Vaccination Week 2019 runs from 24 to 30 April.

On this occasion, the Occitanie Regional Health Agency, Health Insurance, the Regional Instance of Health Education and Promotion and the Bertrand Bouisson Institute recall the importance of vaccination to prevent diseases, protect themselves and protect others.

This week is a special moment to remind all over France that vaccination is a major public health issue. '' Against many serious diseases: the best protection is the vaccination'', this simple and factual observation is heart of the campaign launched by the Ministry of Solidarity and of Health and Public Health France.

The goal is to increase immunization coverage by raising awareness of the importance and effectiveness of immunization. Parents, young adults, health professionals and politicians are involved.

ARS and its partners are strongly involved throughout Vaccination Week. In all departments of Occitania, actions and information stands are organized to answer questions and inform about vaccination.

The improvement of some vaccine coverage in recent years in France and in Occitania, especially for hepatitis B, should not hide very insufficient vaccine coverage to prevent the spread of certain diseases in Occitania, such as measles or measles. meningitis C, nor interdepartmental disparities.