The value of unfunded vaccines and the challenge in implementation
There are life-saving vaccines available in Canada that are licensed, proven to be efficacious, but they are also unfunded and therefore underutilized. There are significant challenges related to awareness acceptability, and resultant proactive recommendation for immunization with unfunded vaccines. Healthcare providers are challenged with overcoming the perception that unfunded vaccines are less important, navigating conflicting information between product labels versus recommendations, and integration of unfunded vaccines within complex patient pathways. The challenges of unfunded vaccines will continue to be a problem in the future as a growing number of vaccines will move from the pipeline to the Canadian market. Furthermore, these unfunded vaccines may never have public programs that cover all individuals at risk. In the absence of clear guidelines for how healthcare providers should manage and discuss these vaccines in their practice, patients will remain susceptible to vaccine-preventable diseases. How can the Canadian immunization community rise to meet this challenge? Learning Objectives
This program was co-developed with AMMI Canada and GSK and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance. This session will be offered in English only.
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