Operational considerations for planning and implementing catch-up vaccination in the WHO European Region

Overview

The purpose of this operational considerations document is to:

• assist national immunization programmes in establishing and refining a catch-up vaccination strategy, as an essential component of a well-functioning immunization programme, to ensure individuals who have missed their routine vaccine doses can receive their overdue doses at the earliest possible opportunity;
• provide practical guidance in operationalizing the global guidance for planning and implementing catch-up vaccination using a structured algorithm.