HEALTH COACH - Italy makes 12 mandatory vaccinations for children

HEALTH COACH - 
 Italy makes 12 mandatory vaccinations for children  

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 The government in Italy ruled that children must be vaccinated against 12 common diseases before they can enroll in public schools. 
 
 Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni accused a decrease in vaccinations in part "Spread of anti-scientific theories". 
 
 Italy has recorded nearly three times as many cases of measles until here this year as for 2016. 
 
 If children are not vaccinated at 39 , Age of six, the age of departure from school, their parents will be fined 
 
. Conspiracy theories about the health risks of certain vaccinations - largely based on a discredited article - have circulated around the world, causing some parents to avoid vaccination. 
 
 In Italy, the number of children aged two years vaccinated against measles rose from more than 90% to less than 80%. This is well below the coverage recommended by the World Health Organization of 95% or more. 
 
 Measles is highly contagious and can lead to death. 
 
 "The lack of appropriate measures over the years and the spread of anti-scientific theories, especially in recent months, has resulted in a reduction in protection," said Gentiloni, A press conference on Friday. [19459109] 
 The twelve conditions on which children must be vaccinated are: 
 
     
  •  polio 

  •  diphtheria 

  •  tetanus 

  •  hepatitis B 

  •  haemophilus influenzae B 

  •  meningitis B 

  •  meningitis C 

  •  measles 


  •  rubella 

  •  coqueluche 

  •  varicella 

 
 "We send a very strong message to the public," said Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin. 
 
 In recent years, a group of anti-vaccination activists has doubled the anti-vax movement, deterred people from opting for vaccinations by citing supposed risks. 
 
 A long-discredited document by Andrew Wakefield was behind much of the fear, but the rumors surrounding vaccination continued to spread, causing public health risks Not enough people are at Of these diseases. 
 
 Mr. Wakefield was repealed from the UK medical registry after fraudulently claiming that there was a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) Autism and intestinal disease in children. 
 
 He made the application based on the experience of only 12 children, and no other study was able to replicate his findings.

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