Country Profile: Switzerland
Recommendations
Children:
Children aged 2 to 12 months
At-risk groups:
At-risk groups including patients with asplenia or hyposplenia (sickle cell anemia); haemoglobinopathy; HIV infection; antibody deficiency; leukemia; lymphoma; myeloma; nephrotic syndrome; renal failure
Older adults:
No recommendation
Coverage figures (2021)
Children: 88.00%
At-risk groups: –
Older adults: –
Vaccination advisory body/committee
Federal Vaccination Commission (Commission fédérale pour les vaccinations)
Sources:
WHO vaccine scheduler: https://immunizationdata.who.int/pages/schedule-by-disease/pneumo.html?ISO_3_CODE=CHE&TARGETPOP_GENERAL=
Federal Office of Public Health: https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/das-bag/aktuell/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-52005.html
Federal Office of Public Health: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/mt/i-und-b/richtlinien-empfehlungen/empfehlungen-spezifische-erreger-krankheiten/pneumokokken/empfehlung-verhinderung-invasive-pneumokokkenerkrankung-risikogruppen.pdf.download.pdf/bu-8-2014-pneumokokken-risikogruppen.pdf
Children
Federal Office of Public Health: https://www.infovac.ch/docs/public/streptococcus/recommandations-pneumocoques-2014.pdf
At-risk groups
Federal Office of Public Health: https://www.infovac.ch/docs/public/streptococcus/recommandations-pneumocoques-2014.pdf
At-risk groups aged 5 and over: vaccination is recommended but the costs cannot be covered by compulsory healthcare insurance for people over 5 years old.
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