Influenza Among the Elderly in the Americas:
A Consensus Statement

Following a consensus conference co-hosted by AHF and Fighting Infectious Diseases in Emerging Countries (FIDEC), a Special Report entitled Influenza among the elderly in the Americas: a consensus statement, was published in the October 2013 issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health. It calls for better influenza surveillance and continued vaccination of people aged 65 and over in Latin America, to reduce the disproportionate number of influenza-related deaths and illnesses in this fast-growing age group. Click here to read the full article.