OBJECTIVES

Over the last several years, approximately 70,000 refugees have resettled to the US annually. It is important for refugees to receive immunizations to prevent communicable diseases. The CDC recommends the pneumococcal vaccine as a single or multi-dose vaccination depending on age or immunocompromised status. This study seeks to identify the prevalence of > METHODS

Data was obtained from the Jefferson Longitudinal Refugee Health Registry, which contains clinical and demographic data from recently resettled refugees who received an initial domestic medical examination from a primary care clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within 2008 – 2016. Indications requiring pneumococcal vaccination were aggregated into three mutually exclusive groups: younger (age <