…a delay in introducing a second dose of measles vaccine in some European countries. With rubella, the ongoing outbreak in Poland is disproportionately hitting teenage…
…and Control (ECDC) in the 12 months leading up to March 2015, almost all of them – 96% – were in Poland. Most cases were…
…Prevention and Control (ECDC) in the 12 months leading up to March 2015, almost all of them – 96% – were in Poland. At the…
…be vaccinated. (Indeed, getting beyond 95% vaccine uptake helps to protect those who are too young or too weak to be immunised.) Poland, Lithuania, Portugal,…
…class=”cenvid”> Catch-up campaigns: Adolescents and young adults have borne the brunt of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, rubella and TB, either because they were…
…because Brazil has these diseases under control. Europe’s problem Two years ago, when football’s European Championships were held in Poland and the Ukraine, WHO Europe…
…You can see how serious the whooping cough outbreaks have been in North America, Western Europe’s measles problem, and rubella epidemics in Poland, Romania and…
…href=”https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/measles-europes-shameful-export/” target=”_blank”>failed to control these vaccine-preventable diseases – countries like the Netherlands, the UK, France and Poland. Read: Measles – Europe’s shameful export Europe has…
…vaccine uptake. There are some efforts in many countries that are encouraging. For example, we know from our member organization in Poland that the country…
…target=”_blank”>Roma community. For example, young people have been seriously affected by recent measles outbreaks in the UK and rubella epidemic in Poland, prompting the rollout…
…imported from countries where the disease still circulates. (Similarly, the US Centers for Disease Control issued a travel warning for those visiting Poland given the…
…the devastating congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) it can cause in new-born babies – remains relatively rare in Europe, yet major outbreaks in Poland and Romania…
…per million population for rubella.And, just like measles, cases are concentrated in a small number of countries. This time last year, Romania and Poland had…
…abating. That trend has continued, according to the ECDC’s latest Measles and Rubella Monitoring report. There are also signs that the rubella outbreak in Romania…
…capacity for causing serious health problems should not be underestimated. This is illustrated by recent reports of flu-related deaths in Norway and Poland, he added.…
…2011, according to the ECDC which says that around 30,000 children were infected with measles last year. There have also been outbreaks of rubella in…
…face mounting challenges. More than 15,000 rubella cases have been reported in the Region this year, with most cases occurring in Romania, Poland, Ukraine and…
…suggesting this could be an underestimate. Most of the new infections have been recorded in the country’s western region which borders Poland – the Ukraine’s…