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Access to yellow fever travel vaccination centres in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: A geographical study.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Jul - Aug; 18:24-29.TM

Abstract

BACKGROUND

More than 700,000 trips were made by residents in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (EWNI) in 2015 to tropical countries endemic for yellow fever, a potentially deadly, yet vaccine-preventable disease transmitted by mosquitoes. The aim of this study was to map the geographical accessibility of yellow fever vaccination centres (YFVC) in EWNI.

METHODS

The location of 3208 YFVC were geocoded and the average geodetic distance to nearest YFVC was calculated for each population unit. Data on trips abroad and centres were obtained regionally for EWNI and nationally for the World Top20 countries in terms of travel.

RESULTS

The mean distance to nearest YFVC was 2.4 km and only 1% of the population had to travel more than 16.1 km to their nearest centre. The number of vaccines administered regionally in EWNI was found correlated with the number of trips to yellow fever countries. The number of centres per 100,000 trips was 6.1 in EWNI, which was below United States (12.1) and above the rest of Top20 countries.

CONCLUSIONS

The service availability was in line with demand regionally. With the exception of remote, rural areas, yellow fever vaccination services were widely available with only short distances to cover for the travelling public.

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Authors+Show Affiliations

Petersen J
National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: Jakob.petersen@uclh.nhs.uk.
Simons H
National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: Hilary.Simons@lstmed.ac.uk.
Patel D
National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: dipti.patel@uclh.nhs.uk.

MeSH

Health Services AccessibilityHumansTravelTravel MedicineUnited KingdomVaccinationYellow FeverYellow Fever Vaccine

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

28698027

Citation

Petersen, Jakob, et al. "Access to Yellow Fever Travel Vaccination Centres in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: a Geographical Study." Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, vol. 18, 2017, pp. 24-29.
Petersen J, Simons H, Patel D. Access to yellow fever travel vaccination centres in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: A geographical study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017;18:24-29.
Petersen, J., Simons, H., & Patel, D. (2017). Access to yellow fever travel vaccination centres in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: A geographical study. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 18, 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.07.002
Petersen J, Simons H, Patel D. Access to Yellow Fever Travel Vaccination Centres in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: a Geographical Study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 Jul - Aug;18:24-29. PubMed PMID: 28698027.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Access to yellow fever travel vaccination centres in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: A geographical study. AU - Petersen,Jakob, AU - Simons,Hilary, AU - Patel,Dipti, Y1 - 2017/07/08/ PY - 2017/05/23/received PY - 2017/07/04/revised PY - 2017/07/07/accepted PY - 2017/7/13/pubmed PY - 2017/10/21/medline PY - 2017/7/13/entrez KW - Geographical accessibility KW - Preventive medicine KW - Vaccinations KW - Yellow fever SP - 24 EP - 29 JF - Travel medicine and infectious disease JO - Travel Med Infect Dis VL - 18 N2 - BACKGROUND: More than 700,000 trips were made by residents in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (EWNI) in 2015 to tropical countries endemic for yellow fever, a potentially deadly, yet vaccine-preventable disease transmitted by mosquitoes. The aim of this study was to map the geographical accessibility of yellow fever vaccination centres (YFVC) in EWNI. METHODS: The location of 3208 YFVC were geocoded and the average geodetic distance to nearest YFVC was calculated for each population unit. Data on trips abroad and centres were obtained regionally for EWNI and nationally for the World Top20 countries in terms of travel. RESULTS: The mean distance to nearest YFVC was 2.4 km and only 1% of the population had to travel more than 16.1 km to their nearest centre. The number of vaccines administered regionally in EWNI was found correlated with the number of trips to yellow fever countries. The number of centres per 100,000 trips was 6.1 in EWNI, which was below United States (12.1) and above the rest of Top20 countries. CONCLUSIONS: The service availability was in line with demand regionally. With the exception of remote, rural areas, yellow fever vaccination services were widely available with only short distances to cover for the travelling public. SN - 1873-0442 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/28698027/Access_to_yellow_fever_travel_vaccination_centres_in_England_Wales_and_Northern_Ireland:_A_geographical_study_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -