Contraindications to vaccination in the Russian Federation - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2000 Feb:181 Suppl 1:S228-31.

doi: 10.1086/315567.

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Contraindications to vaccination in the Russian Federation

V Tatochenko et al. J Infect Dis. 2000 Feb.

Abstract

Failure to achieve high levels of immunity among children contributed to the epidemic of diphtheria that occurred in the Russian Federation during the 1990s. A major factor in this failure was the extensive list of contraindications to vaccination that was in use throughout the countries of the former Soviet Union. In 1980, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Soviet Union adopted an extensive list of contraindications for use of the diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-pertussis (DTP) vaccine. In 1994, the MOH of the Russian Federation revised the list of contraindications to vaccination to be largely in accord with World Health Organization recommendations. Since then, age-appropriate vaccination coverage has increased markedly: In 1996, DTP3 coverage among children 12 months of age had increased to 87% from 60% in 1990.

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