It started as a presidential election pledge during the candidacy of the current president, and then became a pledge by most parties in the recent general election. It has also been pointed out at the National Assembly audit. The agenda in issue is the introduction of the shingles vaccine into the National Immunization Program (NIP).

The decision for its inclusion into the NIP should have been made already, but its progress seems unclear. There is no news of a budget allocation, and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the ministry in charge, is making unexpectedly slow progress.

According to the 'Announcement of Research Results on the Introducing Vaccines into the Na