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24-04-2025

Lithuania has already purchased seasonal influenza vaccines

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World Immunisation Week is celebrated around the world on 24-30 April. To mark the occasion, the National Health Insurance Fund announces that it has already purchased influenza vaccines for the 2025-2026 season. 

This year, the contract was concluded for 223 000 doses of Vaxigrip vaccine. These vaccines were purchased at a cost of almost EUR 770,000 from the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund, which is 17% lower than last year’s price for the same amount of vaccines.

In Lithuania, airborne infections make up 97% of all registered cases, with seasonal influenza and acute upper respiratory tract infections being the most common. Experts note that vaccination against seasonal influenza remains one of the most cost-effective public health measures. Vaccination not only helps to prevent severe forms and complications of the disease, but also reduces the number of visits to doctors, the use of antibiotics and the number of working days lost. 

The seasonal influenza vaccine is available free of charge to at-risk persons aged 65 and over, pregnant women, residents of social care and nursing homes with chronic illnesses, health care workers who are at highest risk of infection due to the nature of their work and children aged 2-7 years.

The influenza vaccination is just one of many immunisation options available in Lithuania. The Fund also reimburses vaccinations against pneumococcal infection, COVID-19, tetanus, diphtheria, measles and rabies. From September 2024, the state budget provides free vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis for people aged 50-55.

Children’s health is also protected through active immunisation. According to the preventive vaccination calendar, children in Lithuania are vaccinated free of charge against 14 infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, hepatitis B, whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, pneumococcal infection, human papillomavirus, meningococcal infection, seasonal influenza and others.

According to the World Health Organisation, vaccines prevent 3,5-5 million deaths each year from diseases such as influenza, measles, diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough. Over the last 50 years, immunisation has saved more than 150 million lives and reduced infant mortality by 40%.

As a reminder, patients should go to their health care provider for vaccinations reimbursed by the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund.

For more information on vaccinations reimbursed by the Health Insurance Fund, click here.

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Last updated: 12-05-2025

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