Vaccination Coverage in People Linving With Diabetes

For several years, the prevalence of people living with diabetes (pDT) has been steadily increasing. It was estimated by the health insurance in 2016 at 5 %, or more than 3.3 million people in France. By different physiological mechanisms, diabetes is associated with immunodeficiency. As a result, several vaccines are recommended in pDT. The vaccination policy is drawn up in France by the French Minister of Health, who makes public the vaccination schedule after the opinion of the High Authority of Health. Currently according to the 2019 immunization schedule, the dTP vaccine is the only mandatory in the general population with recalls in adults aged 25, 45, 65 and every 10 years. This vaccine is especially indicated for this segment of the population because diabetes is a risk factor for tetanus. In 2011, the Ministry of Health estimated that only 50.5% of the general population was up to date against dTP. Two vaccines are recommended for pDT according to the current vaccine schedule: the flu vaccine and the pneumococcal vaccine. In fact, influenza and pneumococcal disease are more frequent and more serious for these patients compared to the general population. Influenza vaccine has to be done annually in the early winter period. The vaccine coverage for winter 2018/2019 was estimated at 46.8 % of the target population. The vaccination scheme for pneumococcal vaccine is more complex: it involves a primary vaccination with a vaccine with 13 valences followed by another with 23 valences at least eight weeks later. Thereafter, a recall is to be carried out every five years with the 23 valences vaccine. Vaccination coverage was estimated in France in 2011 at 8.1 % in the population at risk. According to several studies, the shingles virus has a greater impact and is more aggressive in pDT than in the general population. Similarly, the virus would tend to unbalance diabetes. There is currently a vaccine against shingles that is recommended and reimbursed in the popu