Influenza epidemics and pandemics have a huge impact on society and individuals. The
weight and scope of the burden of influenza varies with the age and underlying health of the …

Randomised allocation of vaccine or placebo is the preferred method to assess the effects of
the vaccine on clinical outcomes relevant to the individual patient. In the absence of phase 3 …

Background Influenza epidemics lead to increased mortality, principally among elderly
persons and others at high risk, and in most developed countries, influenza-control efforts …

Background To explore the current landscape of seasonal influenza vaccination across
China, and estimate the budget of implementing a national “free-at-the-point-of-care” …

Background Vaccination rates for healthy senior citizens are lower than those for senior
citizens with underlying medical conditions such as chronic heart or lung disease …

Influenza vaccination is becoming an increasingly important aspect of public health
programs in developed and rapidly developing countries. In 2000, most of these countries …

Over the last decades, tremendous efforts have been made to strengthen childhood
immunisation programs. However, the burden of influenza and pneumococcal infections …

The WHO Global Agenda on Influenza calls for measuring the progress of national influenza
vaccination programs. In response, the Macroepidemiology of Influenza Vaccination (MIV) …

Trends in excess winter mortality (EWM) were investigated from the winter of 1900/01 to
2019/20. During the 1918–1919 Spanish flu epidemic a maximum EWM of 100% was …

Objectives: Economic evaluations on influenza vaccination from low resource settings are
scarce and have not been evaluated using a systematic approach. Our objective was to …