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31. It is said that unnecessary vaccines are forced on us, just to boost sales. Can we debunk this myth?
...the situation of hepatitis B – with the approval of WHO, the vaccine has been universally offered in Italy since 1991 - preventing thousands of cases of tumours of the liver and chronic hepatitis, diseases...
32. Poliomyelitis: National Plan for Preparedness
...identifying and monitoring intervention actions to guarantee and maintain polio-free status. Currently, in Italy Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) Surveillance and the Environmental Surveillance of Poliovirus...
33. 17 September 2020: World Patient Safety Day
...aimed at improving the security of care practices reducing possible and potential harm to patients.In Italy, as is the case in Public Health internationally, the safety of patients and of the healthcare...
34. International HPV Awareness day 2024: "Close the Care Gap".
...strong evidence supporting the importance of prevention as a powerful life-saving weapon, in Europe and Italy HPV vaccination coverage in girls and boys, already far from the 95% target in previous years...
35. Rotavirus
...of these, around 80% occur in developing countries (1). In the United States, a similar context to Italy, deaths associated with rotaviruses mainly affect children between 3 and 35 months of age (2...
36. Prevention and control of flu syndrome
...to 15.7 cases per 1,000 population. It will be possible to monitor weekly the progress of ILIs in Italy and Sardinia by downloading the weekly report from the Influnet website.In accordance with the...
37. Hepatitis A
...cases of hepatitis A occur sporadically, even though epidemics can occur in particular conditions. Italy is an area with medium-low endemicity and, after peaks in 1992, 1994 and 1997 linked to the consumption...
38. Herpes Zoster (HZ)
...various sensory and pain stimuli (defined as paresthesia, dysesthesia, allodynia and hyperalgesia ). In Italy a recent study, carried out through a network of general practitioners, showed that in, respectively...
39. Measles
...single episode of measles confers lifelong immunity. In 2002, a vast measles epidemic occurred in Italy, with an estimate of over 40,000 sick children, more than 600 hospitalisations, 15 cases of encephalitis...
40. Mumps
...Europe among adolescents and young adults - the subjects most exposed to the risk of complications. In Italy, since 1999, there has been a progressive increase in vaccination coverage and, in parallel...
