Prevention (HAV)

Reviews Mixed for Hepatitis A Vaccination Programs

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 11th, 1997

The reviews are mixed for ongoing hepatitis A virus vaccination programs aimed at high risk groups within the United States. While some such programs report high rates of vaccination, others are failing to reach their targeted population.

"The effectiveness of these programs in reaching the targeted population has varied," researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wrote in a recent report ("Hepatitis A Vaccine Programs in Communities with High Rates of Hepatitis A," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 4,1997;601-603). "The high proportion of unvaccinated children surveyed who had visited a facility during the preceding year...

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