Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://metronews.ca/health/222947/flu-shot-program-misses-under-2s-study/
May 14, 2012 Updated: May 14, 2012 | 6:52 am
Flu shot program misses children under two in Ontario: study
By Helen Branswell The Canadian Press
TORONTO ? Ontario?s universal flu shot program isn?t making much progress with the under-two crowd, a new study suggests.
Vaccination rates among children aged six to 23 months is very low and has been since Ontario started offering free flu shots for all, said the study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Ontario?s universal flu shot program began in 2000.
The rate of toddlers who were fully immunized for flu from 2002 to 2009 never topped 10 per cent, the research showed. From a high of seven to nine per cent in the three seasons following the province?s SARS outbreak in 2003, the rate slipped downward to four to six per cent in the latter part of the study period...
May 14, 2012 Updated: May 14, 2012 | 6:52 am
Flu shot program misses children under two in Ontario: study
By Helen Branswell The Canadian Press
TORONTO ? Ontario?s universal flu shot program isn?t making much progress with the under-two crowd, a new study suggests.
Vaccination rates among children aged six to 23 months is very low and has been since Ontario started offering free flu shots for all, said the study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Ontario?s universal flu shot program began in 2000.
The rate of toddlers who were fully immunized for flu from 2002 to 2009 never topped 10 per cent, the research showed. From a high of seven to nine per cent in the three seasons following the province?s SARS outbreak in 2003, the rate slipped downward to four to six per cent in the latter part of the study period...