Addressing the Life-Course Approach in Vaccination Policy across Europe: The Case History of Spain

In April 2019, the Italian NGO Cittadinanzattiva, through its international branch Active
Citizenship Network (ACN) launched, during the European immunization week, a new project
called “European Active Citizens for Vaccination”. The aim was to improve the awareness on the
importance of vaccination across Europe: The scientifi c evidence is clear; vaccination is an essential
public health tool and helps to guarantee our fundamental rights as European citizens. ACN realized
a social media communication campaign supporting and spreading awareness on the topic of lifelong vaccination, videos were made in all the national languages of the involved countries (Italy,
Hungary, Poland, Ireland and Spain) and then produced, shared and customized for each country.
Moreover, an informative leafl et in a different language was produced. Civic consultations on the
National Immunization Plan were held in Poland, Hungary and Spain. This article describes the main
results of the focus group held in Spain on the topic of vaccination and on its related policies. The
full report has been published in the Report entitled “European Active Citizens for Vaccination: focus
on Spain (2019 - 2020)” edited by Cittadinanzattiva APS.