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	News Archive EPI-NEWS Events		News     10. March 2010 - Microbiological 24-hour service to be discontinued As from 1 March 2010, the microbiological 24-hour service at SSI was discontinued. Read more in EPI-NEWS 09/2010 10. March 2010 - Pandemic vaccine to non-risk group persons Excess pandemic vaccines are now offered to healty citizens who have not previously been offered the vaccine. Vaccines may be ordered free of charge from Statens Serum Institut. Read more in EPI-NEWS 09/2010 10. March 2010 - DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccination coverage Vaccination coverage was calculated on 30 November 2009 on the basis of person-identifiable data from the national childhood vaccination database. As from birth cohort 2007, a slightly increasing trend has been recorded for DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccinations performed at 3, 5 and 12 months. The coverage of DTaP-IPV revaccination has not increased, but maintains a stable level corresponding to revaccination of 4 in every 5 children by the age of 5 years. Read more in EPI-NEWS 09/2010 3. March 2010 - PCV 7 coverage & invasive pnenomoccal disease 2008/2009 The 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7) has been part of the Danish childhood vaccination programme since 1 October 2007. PCV7 is given at the ages of 3, 5 and 12 months in the routine programme. Children who on 1 October 2007 were aged 4-11 months or 12-17 months were offered three and two doses, respectively, as part of a catch-up programme. Prior to the introduction of PCV7, the seven pneumococcal serotypes included in the vaccine comprised 60-65% of all cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in children below the age of 5 years. The IPD incidence in children < 2 years has been halved compared to the average incidence recorded in the seven-year-period leading up to the introduction of PCV7 to the childhood vaccination programme. This is primarily due to a decrease in the occurrence of the serotypes included in the vaccine. During the next year, the decision will be made to replace PCV7 with either PCV10 or PCV13. In spring, however, PCV13 will temporarily replace PCV7 as this vaccine will be discontinued. Read more in EPI-NEWS 07/08-2010 18. February 2010 - HPV vaccination: Coverage As from 1 January 2009, HPV vaccination forms part of the Danish Childhood Vaccination programme as an offer given to girls around the age of 12 years, born in 1996 or later. The coverage of the vaccination programme for 12-year-olds reflects that girls born in 1996 have had a shorter vaccination time window than the girls covered by the catch-up programme. Consequently, coverage in this group has not yet reached its corresponding expected level. Overall it is assessed that the introduction of HPV vaccination of girls in the childhood vaccination programme has been well-received. The National Board of Health informs that routine HPV vaccination of girls aged 12 years should be completed before their fifteenth birthday. Read more in EPI-NEWS 06/2010
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