Country Profile: Belgium

Recommendations

Children:
Children aged 2 to 12 months

At-risk groups:
All people aged 2 to 64 with asplenia or dysfunction of the spleen, chronic respiratory/heart/kidney/liver disease, diabetes, immunosuppression, cochlear implants and cerebrospinal fluid leaks

Older adults:
All people over the age of 65

Coverage figures

Children: 93.80% (2021)

At-risk groups:

Older adults: 10.60%* (2013)

Vaccination advisory body/committee

Belgian National Immunisation Technical Advisory Group

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Notes:

*Figure is an average of two age groups: 10.00% in people aged 65-84 years and 11.20% in people aged >85 years.

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