Lutsk: drugs against polio does not exist! The only protection is vaccination
the First Deputy Minister of health of Ukraine Oleksandra Pavlenko, the team coordinator of the who response to outbreaks of polio Dennis king, an international expert on polaromonas Children's Fund UNICEF Nerd Khaled, head of the Department of health Volyn regional state administration Igor Vashenyuk, his Deputy Valeriy rutsky, chief specialist on Pediatrics in the area of Lyudmyla Rozhko had a working visit to the municipal establishment "Lutsk city children's polyclinic", to check the status of the III round of the polio vaccination, availability of vaccines, their storage and the like, and also tell me why is it important to protect children from this infection. The head of the Department of health of the city Council Nikolay Yakimchuk and chief doctor KU "Lutsk city children's polyclinic" greeted guests and showed a vaccination room where vaccination of children. Experts from international institutions visited, the conditions in which stored vaccine, vaccination equipment and asked several questions regarding the immunization in the city, the attitude of parents towards immunization and sensitization of the population. It is worth noting that polio is an incurable disease, its development can only be prevented. The polio virus invades the nervous system and within hours can lead to total paralysis. Systematic vaccinations the polio vaccine can protect a child for life. Since 1988, the Global programme of vaccination against polio the number of polio cases have decreased by over 99%: it is estimated that from 350 thousand to 406 reported cases in 2013. In 1994, the who region of the Americas was certified polio-free in 2000 the who Region for the Western Pacific, and in June 2002 the who European region. According to who, in 2014 only 3 countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan) remain polio-endemic. However, in the spring of 2014, UNICEF noted that the intensification of polio is a threat to millions of children in countries with low immunization coverage. To such countries, UNICEF has carried and Ukraine, which in recent years steadily reduced the number of polio vaccinated children. In this regard, the Independent office of monitoring of the Global initiative to combat polio has included Ukraine in the list of countries where it may be a polio outbreak. Because "dirty" information campaign, the question "to vaccinate or not" was for parents about hamlet and with each round increases the number of failures, doctors say that drugs against polio does not exist, vaccination is the only protection against the disease. During a press conference held after visiting the pediatric clinic in the oval hall of the regional state administration, Dennis king noted that "circulation of the virus is a threat for children and parents. The polio outbreak is an emergency in the field of public health. Nerd Khaled urged every family with children under the age of 10, to undergo immunization because vaccine is sufficient, it is high quality, safe and effective. Igor Washenik noted that the country aspires to be European, but soon may be a problem with the border crossing over the low level of vaccination of the child population. Oleksandra Pavlenko noted that Ukraine should retain the status of a country free from polio and called on parents to bring their children for vaccination. After all, only the vaccination coverage 95% of children can stop circulation poliovirus and to ensure collective immunity to protect the country from a terrible, incurable disease. The third round of immunization, which began on 26 January and was to last until February 14, has been extended for another week. Therefore, all parents who have children aged from 2 months to 10 years, must bring them to the vaccine, which can be made in KZ "Lutsk city children's clinic" and primary health-care services by place of residence. Let us together protect your children from palavras! The health Department of the city Council (tel 724653) This was reported in Lutsk city CouncilÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
