Free vaccinations against pneumococci and belt rose from 2025!
Free vaccinations against pneumococci and belt rose from 2025!
On July 16, 2025, the Health Ministry From the end of 2025, these new vaccination offers are to be gradually available for adults in risk groups, especially for people aged 60 and over and for people with chronic diseases. This will expand the public vaccination program to specifically promote the health of the population.
vaccinations are required to prevent serious illnesses associated with high mortality rates. Pneumococcal vaccinations help prevent bacterial pneumonia, blood poisoning and inflammation of the brain that often affect older people. The belt rose vaccination aims to prevent acute diseases and reduce the possible consequences such as chronic nerve pain.
socio -political dimension of the vaccination campaign
Minister of Health Korinna Schumann emphasized the socio -political importance of this step. It is essential that health is not a privilege. The decision to introduce free vaccinations is based on clear recommendations from the national vaccination committee (NIG) and on comprehensive analyzes of the Technical University of Vienna and Health Austria GmbH (GöG). The Ministry of Health awaits that the measures to improve health care are particularly efficient in the vulnerable group.
The extended vaccination program is financed by means of health reform and is intended to contribute to reducing the disease burden in the long term. This is particularly relevant because around 5,000 new diseases of colon cancer are recorded in Austria annually, many of which would be prevented by early detection. As part of the measures, the age limit for free colon cancer will also be reduced from 50 to 45 years. This change will come into force from October 2025 and encompasses colonoscopy and a stool test to invisible blood every ten years.
Expansion of the vaccination campaign in Europe
This initiative is part of a larger trend to strengthen the vaccination programs in Europe, as recently from the DetailsOrt Wien, Österreich Quellen
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