Country Profile: Bulgaria
Recommendations
Children:
Children aged 2 to 12 months
At-risk groups:
At-risk people with chronic conditions such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic diseses such as diabetes, alcoholism liver cirrhosis; asplenia; reduced immunoreactivity, HIV
Older adults:
All people over the age of 50
Coverage figures (2021)
Children: 86.40%
At-risk groups: –
Older adults: –
Vaccination advisory body/committee
Ministry of Health (Министерството на здравеопазването)
Sources:
Children
ECDC vaccine scheduler: https://vaccine-schedule.ecdc.europa.eu/Scheduler/ByDisease?SelectedDiseaseId=25&SelectedCountryIdByDisease=35
At-risk groups
Ministry of Health: https://www.mh.government.bg/bg/informaciya-za-grazhdani/imunizacii/
At-risk groups with increased risk of pneumococcal infection: vaccination is recommended but performed at the patient’s request for a fee.
Older adults
ECDC vaccine scheduler: https://vaccine-schedule.ecdc.europa.eu/Scheduler/ByDisease?SelectedDiseaseId=25&SelectedCountryIdByDisease=35
Older adults aged 50 and over: vaccination is recommended but not funded by the National Health system.
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