Fewer babies vaccinated against infectious diseases, RIVM somewhat worried

“These figures cause some concern, so it is important to stay alert, especially if the (slight) decline in babies continues in 2022,” it sounds.

Coronamaatregelen

The corona measures may have influenced the turnout for vaccinations. “As a result, appointments for vaccination sometimes had to be rescheduled,” explains the RIVM. “It also played a role that employees were often deployed in other places than for the children’s vaccinations.”

The vaccination campaign against the coronavirus may also have had some influence on participation in the National Immunization Program (RVP), the institute suspects. There has been a lot of discussion in society about the corona vaccinations.

‘Protect your children’

On the RIVM website, program manager Jeanne-Marie Hament points out that the RVP has been in existence since 1957 and that the vaccines are “extensively researched, safe and effective”. “My appeal to all parents is therefore: protect your children with the vaccinations from the NIP.”

The total vaccination coverage is only calculated later. To do this, RIVM looks at how many children have received all vaccinations before their second birthday. According to the latest figures, released last summer, 91.3 percent of children born in 2018 were fully vaccinated before they turned two. That was 0.5 percent more than a year earlier.

HPV vaccinations

The turnout for HPV vaccinations has increased over the past year. Of the girls born in 2008, 70 percent passed this shot. That is 6 percent more than the initial turnout among girls born in 2007. In that group, the vaccination rate eventually increased further last year, to 74 percent. HPV is the abbreviation for human papillomavirus. This virus can cause various forms of cancer.

By: ANP

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