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Table. 3.

Table 3Top 14 Vaccine authorized by pharmacist list of 9 study countries

WHO Region	African Region		European Region			Pan-America Health		Western Pacific Region
Nation	South Africa	Kenya	Ireland	UK	Portugal	US	Canada	New Zealand	Australia
Initiation year	2012	2019	2011¹⁾	2002	2007	1996²⁾	2009	2017³⁾	2014⁴⁾
Vaccination place (out of Pharmacy area)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
categories of allowed vaccines
Influenza	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
COVID-19	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pneumococcal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hepatitis B	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Human papillomavirus	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Meningococcal	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tdap booster	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Herpes zoster	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Respiratory syncytial virus	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hepatitis A	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chickenpox	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
MMR	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Poliomyelitis	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rotavirus	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Vaccination training obtained by the pharmacist in 9 study countries
Undergraduate training	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Post-graduate training	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Renewal of certification^*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

* most countries: every 2 years (every year: UK, every 5 years: Portugal) WHO: World Health Organization

¹⁾Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland. Guidance on the Provision of Vaccination Services by Pharmacists in Retail Pharmacy Businesses (VER.9), 2023

²⁾Pharmacist role in vaccination: Evidence and challenges. Vaccine, 2019:37(40), 5939-45.

⁴⁾International Pharmacist Federation (2016). An overview of current pharmacy impact on immunisation: A global report