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cord-298776-tjw45t3f	Al Awaidi, Salah	Influenza vaccination situation in Middle-East and North Africa countries: Report of the 7th MENA Influenza Stakeholders Network (MENA-ISN)	2018-08-17		.txt	text/plain	3131	172	42	During the 7th MENA-ISN meeting, representatives from 8 countries presented their influenza surveillance, vaccination coverage and actions achieved and provided a list of country objectives for the upcoming 3 years. Annual vaccination campaigns in the MENA region target primarily specific high-risk groups i.e. pregnant women; individuals >6 months with underlying chronic diseases, elderly, residents of long-term care facilities, children aged 6-59 months and health care providers. MENA-ISN support the WHO initiative in building laboratory capacity and surveillance in the region and urge the governments to give high priority to the establishment and continued support for influenza surveillance systems; identify the needs of countries for establishing or improving existing surveillance networks; disseminate surveillance and disease burden data through publications and develop actions to increase vaccination coverage rates in health care professionals (HCPs), pregnant women, people at risk, elderly and children. Each country representative summarized their current situation of influenza surveillance, influenza vaccination coverage and actions achieved, and provided a list of country objectives for the upcoming 3 years.	./cache/cord-298776-tjw45t3f.txt	./txt/cord-298776-tjw45t3f.txt