Table 1.
Surveillance systems and vaccination policies in the different countries.
| Pneumococcal surveillance system |
National immunisation program |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | System | Date established | PCV implemented | Date introduced |
| Croatia | National surveillance on antibiotic resistance | 1996 | PCV7, PCV10/13 | Children aged 2 months to 5 years: 2007 Adults: 2014 |
| EARSS/EARS-Net | 2001 | |||
| Czech Republic | Surveillance database combining data from the National Reference Laboratory for Streptococcal Infections and EPIDAT | 2008 | PCV7 | 2010 |
| PCV10 PCV13 |
2010 | |||
| Hungary | National Center for Epidemiology (no IPD data collection) | 2008 | PCV7 | 2008 |
| PCV13 | 2010 | |||
| Kazakhstan | No national system | – | PCV13 | 2010–15 |
| Poland | BiNet | 2008 | PCV7, *PCV10 & PCV13 | 2009, 2012 |
| Romania | Health Ministry | 2010 | N/A | – |
| Russia | No national system | – | PCV13 | 2014 |
| Slovakia | National Reference Center for Pneumococcal Diseases | 2011 | PCV7 PCV13 PCV10 |
2009 2010 2011 |
| Turkey | Sub-national system | – | PCV7 | 2008 |
| PCV13 | 2011 | |||
| Ukraine | None | – | *PCV10/13 | 2011 |
Note. *High-risk groups only