Easy to administer, better accepted and possibly more efficient, the nasal vaccine against flu is recommended from 2 years by health authorities. But it is still not marketed in pharmacies.
Fear, cries, tears. Every parent knows: it is sometimes enough to pronounce the word “vaccine” for a child to turn into an anxiety ball. The development of Vaccines administered nasal therefore represents a reassuring advance, in particular when it is a gesture to be renewed each year. Good news: for flu, this nasal vaccine exists. Bad news: it is not available to date in France …
However, it is acclaimed by experts. “A vaccine in the form of simple spray greatly facilitates its acceptability, both in children and in their parents”underlines Dr. Andreas Werner, president of the French Association of Ambulatory Pediatrics. The High Authority for Health (HAS) shares this analysis, and now recommends preferential use Intranasal Fluenz vaccine in children from two years old, largely because of this better acceptability.
Possibly wider protection
But the interest of nasal vaccines does not …
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