Epidemiology, Vaccination and Public Health

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue entitled Epidemiology, Vaccination and Public Health in the journal Vaccines, which is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal on public health. More information about the journal can be found at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines.

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic substantially affected health services worldwide. Recent analyses show that most countries have experienced at least some disruptions to essential health services, with routine immunisation services among the most frequently interrupted. With global gains in vaccine coverages stalling or declining in recent years, any additional delay in routine vaccination administrations is a threat to population health, especially for children. Within this context, effective catch-up strategies for recovery and expansion of routine immunisation services and increasing vaccine acceptance are in constant need of research.

We are pleased to invite you to submit an article to this Special Issue on Epidemiology, Vaccination and Public Health. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: (1) catch-up vaccination strategies and immunization rates; (2) vaccination of population subgroups including pregnant women, children, adolescents and healthcare workers; (3) interventions to promote vaccine acceptance.

Original research articles and reviews are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Valentina Baccolini
Dr. Giuseppe Migliara
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Vaccines is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.