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Immunisation Information Systems (IIS) are computerised confidential population based-systems containing individual-level information on vaccines received in a given area. They benefit individuals directly by ensuring vaccination according to the schedule and they provide information to vaccine providers and public health authorities responsible for the delivery and monitoring of an immunisation programme. In 2016, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) conducted a survey on the level of implementation and functionalities of IIS in 30 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries. It explored the governance and financial support for the systems, IIS software, system characteristics in terms of population, identification of immunisation recipients, vaccinations received, and integration with other health record systems, the use of the systems for surveillance and programme management as well as the challenges involved with implementation. The survey was answered by 27 of the 30 EU/EEA countries having either a system in production at national or subnational levels (n = 16), or being piloted (n = 5) or with plans for setting up a system in the future (n = 6). The results demonstrate the added-value of IIS in a number of areas of vaccination programme monitoring such as monitoring vaccine coverage at local geographical levels, linking individual immunisation history with health outcome data for safety investigations, monitoring vaccine effectiveness and failures and as an educational tool for both vaccine providers and vaccine recipients. IIS represent a significant way forward for life-long vaccination programme monitoring.

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Immunisation Information Systems – useful tools for monitoring vaccination programmes in EU/EEA countries, 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Tarik+Derrough&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Derrough Tarik</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Kate+Olsson&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Olsson Kate</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Vincenza+Gianfredi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gianfredi Vincenza</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Francois+Simondon&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Simondon Francois</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Harald+Heijbel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Heijbel Harald</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Niklas+Danielsson&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Danielsson Niklas</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Piotr+Kramarz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kramarz Piotr</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lucia+Pastore-Celentano&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pastore-Celentano Lucia</a></span>. Immunisation Information Systems – useful tools for monitoring vaccination programmes in EU/EEA countries, 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(17):pii=30519. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.17.30519" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.17.30519</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 22 Nov 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 02 Apr 2017 </span> </p>
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