the world warned health organization WHO, the UN-children’s Fund, Unicef: Globally, the number of measles cases is on the rise. In a New York-report published by Unicef alarming Numbers.
In which countries the Situation is particularly dramatic?
According to Unicef, has increased in the last year in 98 countries, the number of measles cases. Thus, in the past, progress against this dangerous virus would be infectious to nothing. The Problem is, the focus is mainly ten countries, which had been for around three-quarters of the total measles rise.
the highest increase of around 30 per cent had been in the Ukraine. There 35.120 people sick in the last year of measles. According to Ukrainian government figures at the beginning 24.042 to put in more people. A significant increase was also recorded in the Philippines with 13 percent. There 15.599 people sick in the last year of measles. And since the beginning of the year there 12.736 more cases were registered.
Brazil reported, according to Unicef, 10.262 cases. The year before, there had been in the South American state not only registered the measles disease. In France, 2269 cases were reported. In Madagascar, more than 76,000 people with measles were infected since September. Also in Yemen, in Venezuela, Serbia, Sudan and Thailand, the Numbers have increased, according to Unicef.
How dangerous is a vaccination refusal?
in January, the world health organization (WHO) had declared the refusal of vaccination to become one of the ten largest global health risks – and as a proof also the outbreak of measles. By 2017, 30 percent more people were affected than in the previous year. And in the year 2018 229.000 cases of infectious disease were reported. 110,000 people have died, most of them children under five years of age. The high dark figure not counting.
This is already vaccinated. This would prevent the extrapolation of the WHO, a year two to three million deaths. 1.5 million more Deaths could be avoided, however, if more people were vaccinated. And the Problem is not only in lack of access to vaccines , but specifically in countries with good health care in negligence, and a lack of trust. In this country opponents on – and offline medically untenable to spread allegations about the often resist myth, there is a connection between measles vaccinations and autism.
How is the Situation in Germany?
In Germany, the number of infections has decreased in the past year: According to the Robert Koch Institute and the reported cases of 929 cases (2017) decreased to 543 cases. However, in this country, according to WHO calculations, the number of 80 cases per year is not exceeded, the often deadly disease to eradicate. The all-time record since the introduction of the reporting obligation 2001 2015 with 2465 of reported measles was the year of the cases.
A Problem is still a lot of low vaccination rates. According to the Robert Koch-Institute, 92.9 percent of the first graders are vaccinated twice against measles. Far greater than the gaps in adolescents and young adults. A study by the Institute showed that more than 40 percent of 18 – to 44-Year-olds are not vaccinated against measles. It’ll be vaccinated “is often late and not complete,” said Ole Wichmann, Robert Koch Institute, the German ethics Council recently organized a hearing on the topic.
in Germany there Is a mandatory vaccination?
according to experts, measles epidemics can only be eliminated if at least 95 percent of the population are vaccinated. The German authorities continue to Vaccinate so far on a voluntary basis. Since 2015, there are only a few minor obligations: parents need to demonstrate ever since the day-care centre entrance a vaccination advice. And when it comes in the nursery or school to measles disease should not be vaccinated children temporarily excluded.
Earlier, the health authorities should be rigorous. In West Germany, for example, each child had to be vaccinated up to the age of twelve years up to the end of 1975, against smallpox. And in the East growing up to 18. Age even mandatory a total of 20 vaccinations under
Where there is currently a vaccination?
In Australia, there are financial penalties. Those who refuse to let their children vaccinated, will lose a tax benefit for families (“No Jab, no Pay”), per month of loss for Impfmuffel is more than 50 dollars. In France, the compulsory vaccination of 2018, have been extended massively. Every child must be vaccinated in the first two years of life against eleven diseases, including measles, diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, rubella, Mumps and whooping cough.
In Italy there is since a larger measles outbreak recently, also ten mandatory vaccinations for children and young people; anyone who refuses, is threatened with fines. Croatia, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Hungary require vaccinations. However, Croatia was the measles-number of cases in spite of vaccination in the year 2015 in the EU at the forefront.
In most other European countries there are only recommendations, which are based on those of the WHO. In Germany, the German Standing vaccination Committee (STIKO), headquartered at the Robert-Koch-Institute, currently, vaccinations against 14 diseases.
How the population is?
Among the citizens, there is a clear majority in favour of a General vaccination. According to a representative survey of the Schwenninger health insurance company, from December 2018, 77 per cent are in favour of such default for certain groups of people – above all for small children in the crèche or kindergarten age (87 percent), school children (81 percent) and infants (73 percent). In the new Federal States the rate is 86 percent, in the West at 75 percent.
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negligence to Vaccinate Unicef alarming increase in the number of measles cases
looks Only for adults outweighs the skepticism, only 39 percent are for a vaccination. On diseases related to the citizens, particularly vaccination against Tetanus (88 percent), polio (75 percent) and measles (69 percent). It rubella (67 percent), Mumps, and diphtheria (66 percent), TBE (53 per cent), HPV (50 percent) and flu (38 percent).
