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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Vaccines National Strategic Plan 2021-2025

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Non-Systematic Review

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Last Reviewed: February 2021

Workgroups: Immunization and Infectious Diseases Workgroup

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Vaccines National Strategic Plan is a roadmap for coordinating vaccine development and use in the United States. It builds on and updates previous federal strategies, like the 2010 National Vaccine Plan and the 2016 National Adult Immunization Plan.

The Vaccines National Strategic Plan:

  • Uses a lifespan approach to vaccination
  • Contains a 5-year time frame instead of a 10-year time frame to provide more flexibility to course correct if needed
  • Includes indicators and quantitative 5-year and 10-year targets to measure progress
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Objectives related to this resource (6)

Increase the coverage level of 4 doses of the DTaP vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑06
Little or no detectable change
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 1 dose of the MMR vaccine in children by age 2 years — IID‑03
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the proportion of children who get no recommended vaccines by age 2 years — IID‑02
Target met or exceeded
Increase the proportion of adolescents who get recommended doses of the HPV vaccine — IID‑08
Improving
Increase the proportion of people who get the flu vaccine every year — IID‑09
LHI label
Getting worse
Maintain the vaccination coverage level of 2 doses of the MMR vaccine for children in kindergarten — IID‑04
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Vaccines National Strategic Plan 2021-2025. Retrieved from https://www.hhs.gov/vaccines/vaccines-national-strategic-plan/index.html.