title: The future of immunization policies in Italy and in the European Union: The Declaration of Erice.
abstract: On December 2014 the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) of the European Union adopted the Council Conclusions on "Vaccinations as an effective tool in public health," a crucial step to strengthen EU action supporting Member States (MS) to implement effective immunization policies and programs. As a contribution to the ongoing pan-European discussion and to the Italian commitment to stay at the forefront of promoting vaccination policies, the Erice Declaration was drafted by Italy's best experts in the field of immunization to transpose to the national level the goals set by the EPSCO Conclusions. The aim of the current letter is to present to the broader international audience the Italian perspective as a case study to assess different immunization policy models, challenges and priorities.
authors: a Unit of Public Health; Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological and Translational Sciences; University of Parma ; Parma , Italy.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Odone
authors: Gaetano M
authors: GM
authors: Fara
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Giammaco
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Blangiardi
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Signorelli
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017589:Immunization Programs; D007558:Italy
keywords: Europe; Italy; declaration; immunization polices; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine schedules