The children’s Fund, the United Nations observed the disease to an alarming increase in measles. World’s 98 countries to 2018 would have registered more cases of measles than in the previous year, said Unicef on Friday. In view of the rise, the organization warned against “negligence” in the fight against the disease. Three-quarters of the increase had been registered in only ten States, including in France . Particularly in the Ukraine, the Philippines and Brazil, the number of diseases has grown.
The Ukraine had therefore in the past year, 35.120 cases – almost 30,000 more than in 2017. Brazil reported according to the report, 10.262 cases. The year before, there had been in the South American state not only registered the measles disease. In France, 2269, further cases were reported. In mid-February, the world had notified health organization (WHO), have doubled the number of registered measles cases in one year to 229.000.
“This is a Wake-up call,” said Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “We have a safe, effective, and inexpensive vaccine against a highly contagious disease – a vaccine that saves lives during the past two decades, a year, almost a Million.”
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The severe measles outbreaks in 2018 are due to omissions in the past. Similarly, the Absence of measures would have today, “with devastating consequences for the children of tomorrow.” Unicef support to the affected countries, for example, with the help of vaccination campaigns. Also in Germany the health insurance companies observe a carelessness in Vaccination of children. (AFP, KNA)