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1. Dengue Alert: important to vaccinate!
...situation regarding the recent dengue epidemic in Brazil, whose number of cases exceeded 4 million in 2024 (an incidence four times higher than the number recorded in the same period last year - 902,174...
2. International HPV Awareness day 2024: "Close the Care Gap".
Cervical cancer nowadays represents the fifth most common cancer worldwide, and, with an age-standardized incidence rate of 13.3 per 100,000 women (2020), is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths...
3. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections may now be prevented for all newborns in Sardinia
...with the monoclonal antibody Nirsevimab. Real-world data were presented at the ESPID Congress in May 2024 and in the journal Vaccines. In addition to the safety data on the use of the monoclonal antibody...
4. World Immunization Week 2024 kicks off: Humanly Possible!
Each year, World Immunization Week (WIW) honours the extensive work carried out through joint action by the Member States of the European Region, with the involvement of all WHO National Offices and partners...
5. Practical guidelines on childhood vaccinations
Hygienists underline the cruciality of taking urgent action to implement and optimise childhood vaccinations, in particular those recommended, which are an essential cornerstone for the prevention of...
6. Seasonal Flu Update: The call for vaccination!
...incidence of flu-like syndromes observed in all Italian regions during the surveillance weeks of the 2023/2024 season. The incidence was categorized into five classes and each category was assigned a...
7. Seasonal flu and flu-like syndromes: increasing incidence.
...especially in the most at-risk populations: the over-65s and the infirm aged 60 and over. To meet the 2023-2024 flu vaccine campaign and given the needs defined by the ASLs and Hospital Boards, the Region...
8. World Polio Day: One Day, One Goal, The End of Polio!
...first round of an emergency vaccination campaign conducted in three phases from 1 to 12 September 2024 in the Gaza Strip. The 12-day campaign provided the new oral polio type 2 vaccine (nOPV2) to 558,963...
9. Available online the ‘Loreto Charter’ for HPV Prevention in Marche Region.
HPV is one of the most widespread sexually transmitted infections in the world, related to several forms of cancer, including cervical carcinoma. Despite the World Health Organisation's goal of vaccinating...
