Italian healthcare professionals' real-world experience with immunization in children of non-European origin: the Vax4globe survey

By
Viviana Moschese
Simona Graziani
Antonietta Spadea
Maurizia D’Amore
Raffaella Mosco
Sara Ciampini
Nicola Di Giorgio
Susanna Arcano
Simona Ceccarelli
Marco Chianca
Simona Piccinini
Antonella Polito
Marta Porcari
Pamela Puliafito
Romina Silenzi
Elisabetta Del Duca
Alfonso Piciocchi
Claudio Pignata
Michele Miraglia Del Giudice
Gian Luigi Marseglia
the Italian Society of Pediatric Research (SIRP) and the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (SIAIP) Vaccine Committee
June 9, 2026
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Vaccine hesitancy significantly threatens global health, leading to reduced coverage and increased risk for vulnerable populations.
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The Vax4globe survey included 101 Italian healthcare professionals caring for approximately 15,000 non-EU origin children.
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Eighty-eight percent of HCPs reported that ≤50% of non-EU origin parents could provide immunization evidence for their children.
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Main barriers to vaccine adherence identified by HCPs included linguistic and socio-cultural factors (75%) and safety concerns (52%).
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Adherence to the Italian National Vaccination Prevention Plan was significantly higher than adherence to the Sars-CoV-2 vaccine among pediatric patients.

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