Alison F Crawshaw, Lucy P Goldsmith, Anna Deal, Jessica Carter, Felicity Knights, Farah Seedat, Karen Lau, Sally E Hayward, Joanna Yong, Desiree Fyle, Nathaniel Aspray, Michiyo Iwami, Yusuf Ciftci, Fatima Wurie, Azeem Majeed, Alice S Forster, Sally Hargreaves
BACKGROUND: Migrants in the UK and Europe face vulnerability to vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) due to missed childhood vaccines and doses and marginalisation from health systems. Ensuring migrants receive catch-up vaccinations, including MMR, Td/IPV, MenACWY, and HPV, is essential to align them with UK and European vaccination schedules and ultimately reduce morbidity and mortality. However, recent evidence highlights poor awareness and implementation of catch-up vaccination guidelines by UK primary care staff, requiring novel approaches to strengthen the primary care pathway...
May 3, 2024: BMC Medicine