Key Points

• Continued significant increase in vaccination uptake among infants born since January 1, 2018, for whom the expanded vaccination requirement applies

  • Regional vaccination coverage (VC) rates against DTP, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), hepatitis B (3 doses), and pneumococcal disease (3 doses) are increasing: +9.4 percentage points, with a vaccination coverage rate of 91.3% for the hexavalent vaccine, and +2.3 percentage points, with a vaccination coverage rate of 91.9% for the pneumococcal vaccine.

  • The measles CV (2 doses) is 85.7%, with variations by department.

  • Vaccination coverage against meningococcal C (1st dose) reached 88.9% (+11.9 percentage points for the cohort of children born in 2020).

• Increase in vaccination coverage among children born before the law took effect

  • Increase in catch-up vaccination coverage against meningococcal C across all age groups, but still insufficient among adolescents to achieve herd immunity

  • Vaccination coverage for a single dose of the HPV vaccine among 15-year-old girls is 39.6% (an increase of 5.9 percentage points) but remains very insufficient.

• Increase in influenza vaccination coverage

  • Influenza vaccination coverage in 2020 reached 55.9%, an increase of 8.6 percentage points compared to the previous season, and reached 59.4% among people aged 65 and older, compared to 51.2% in 2019–20.