Call for older people to be vaccinated against pneumonia
May 14, 2018, University of New South Wales
Action is urgently needed to address declining vaccination rates against pneumococcal pneumonia, which causes more than 2,000 deaths each year in people aged over 65.
Researchers, doctors and patients have teamed with Lung Foundation Australia during this week's Pneumonia Awareness Week to call for proactive community action to address the declining vaccination rates against pneumococcal pneumonia – an infection responsible for more than 15,000 GP visits, 8,000 hospitalisations, and 2,000 deaths among those aged over 65 each year.
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