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91. Seasonal Flu Update: The call for vaccination!
...considering that there have been more than one million cases of illness from respiratory viruses recorded in Italy in the 2023/2024 flu season, of which, more than one third are caused by influenza viruses...
92. World Immunization Week 2024 kicks off: Humanly Possible!
...Surveillance System of the Ministry of Health document an incidence of meningococcal meningitis in Italy in 2021 of 0.04 per 100,000 inhabitants, 0.81 per 100,000 inhabitants for the form due to Streptococcus...
93. Progress in the fight against Poliomyelitis: Rotary's initiatives for World Immunization Week
...Thanks to mass vaccination campaigns, polio cases since 1988 have decreased by 99.9 percent, and Italy itself was officially certified "polio-free" on June 21, 2002 (although the last case to occur...
94. World HIV/AIDS Day: progress made yet challenges remain
...population) is infected, accounting for more than two-thirds of people living with the virus worldwide. In Italy, 2,349 new HIV diagnoses were registered in 2023, an increase in diagnoses compared to...
95. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections may now be prevented for all newborns in Sardinia
...antibodies). Several countries (Spain and France) have already made use of this prevention strategy and, in Italy, the first region to do so is Valle d'Aosta, which led the way last season by implementing...
96. 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...
97. “Protect Tomorrow” – Youth rap for HPV prevention
...Europe is to achieve at least 90% vaccination coverage by 2030, a target that is still some way off in Italy, where uptake varies greatly between regions. The song will be broadcast during European Immunization...
98. New 21-valent pneumococcal vaccine: AIFA authorises use in adults
...conditions. The new 21-Valent vaccine, already authorized at European level and now also approved in Italy, significantly expands the scope of protection available: it covers 21 different serotypes of...
99. Why get vaccinated?
The decision to vaccinate has two foundations: an individual one and one regarding the population as a whole. From the individual point of view, in the presence of a vaccine-preventable disease that is...
100. Anti-influenza vaccination in pregnancy
What risks does influenza pose for a pregnant woman?Pregnant women in the second and third trimester of gestation during seasonal flu period are one of the categories to which vaccination is actively...
