Since October 18, 2016, pharmacists have been authorized to vaccinate their patients against flu. This decision was taken by the deputies to the National Assembly and set up as an experiment. The duration of this test was established at 3 years. This measure was taken to make it easier for French people reluctant to protect themselves from the flu with the seasonal vaccine.
Fight against the mistrust of the French towards the flu vaccine
It is the socialist deputy, Michèle Delaunay who initiated this bill which would give pharmacists the right to give the vaccine to adult patients. This solution would have been found to counter “the insufficiency of vaccination coverage in France among adolescents and adults” as well as the “mistrust” of the population towards vaccines. Because, this apprehension therefore leads to “the extension of infectious diseases”.
Until now, you had to get the vaccine and then make an appointment again with a doctor or nurse to be injected.
“For the flu, only 48% of those insured at risk were vaccinated in 2015-2016, a decline of more than 14 points since 2009 “, explains the amendment, recalling that” if the vaccination coverage was 75% (target set by the (WHO) 3,000 deaths would be avoided in people 65 years of age and over.
This decision should satisfy the national order of pharmacists who declared on July 1, 2016 that “the pharmacist has a major role to play in helping to increase vaccination coverage. Present throughout the country, accessible, it is an essential relay for people who are notably outside the vaccination course, and a leading prevention player “.
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