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1. Italian Ministry of Health has published the official data relating to vaccination coverage for 2019.
Vaccination coverage (VC),whose values are constantly monitored by the Ministry of Health, act as an indicator used to evaluate the implementation of vaccination strategies carried out nationwide. No...
2. World Polio Day: One Day, One Goal: End Polio.
In the history of medicine and the prevention of infectious diseases, the fight against poliomyelitis has always been a marathon, and currently we are running the final sprint. Even in a context such...
3. “A good coffee for a good cause: END POLIO”
October 24th 2020 marks an important anniversary: World Polio Day, with events planned and promoted all over the world. On this occasion, we remember the significant objectives reached to date thanks...
4. Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Subcommittee Meeting.
The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS), established in 1999 by the World Health Organization, provides a global, efficient, and scientifically exhaustive response to issues related to...
5. Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine
...vaccination is in winter, so as to be already protected in the period of maximum tick activity and TBE incidence. In order to be protected by the start of the ticks’ seasonal activity, the first and...
6. Tick -Borne Encephalitis (TBE)
...also through the consumption of infected dairy products. The distribution and seasonal incidence of TBE reflect the ticks’ biology (maximum activity in spring and summer). Larvae, nymphs and adult ticks...
7. Regional Vaccination Campaign: how to vaccinate against influenza.
The Regional Campaign for Vaccination Communication, implemented following Resolution No. 54/17 of 6.12.2017 – ‘Campagna straordinaria di comunicazione finalizzata a sensibilizzare, informare ed educare...
8. Travel vaccinations
...is very important to follow the protection measures against mosquito bites. Tick-borne encephalitis (Tbe)This is a viral disease, spread by a bite from infected ticks, which affects the central nervous...
9. Technical information and package leaflets for vaccines
...CholeraDUKORALVaccine for: Japanese EncephalitisIXIAROVaccine for: RabiesRABIPURVaccine for: Tick-borne Encephalitis TBETICOVACVaccine for: Influenza (Flu)AFLURIAAGRIPPAL S1BATREVACFLUADFLUARIXFLUARIX...
10. Four-component, meningococcal serogroup B vaccine
...symptoms include difficulty in sucking, weakness, hoarseness, stridor or difficulty breathing, rapid heartbeat, pallor. A severe allergic reaction requires immediate treatment. Over 90% of cases occur...
