Evidence-based recommendations that healthcare providers (consisting of MHAS members) and caregivers can adopt to prevent influenza among the aged population in Malaysia. The finding from this report indicates that influenza has a disproportionately higher impact on older persons, with 28.3% of patients aged ≥ 65 years experiencing hospitalisation, intensive care unit admission, or death within a year owing to influenza-related illnesses or complications compared with 9.6% of patients in the 25–64 years age group. Hence, all persons aged 60 years and above who do not have contraindications should receive an influenza vaccine annually.
