…are now rare in Europe. The UK, for example, eliminated rubella in 2015. Most European cases are reported in Poland, although some experts have suggested…
…study teenagers’ perceptions of vaccines and meningitis, as well as their media habits. Teenagers in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Poland were included…
…and efficient.’ Conclusion: There is no one-size fits all approach to improving vaccine uptake. Some countries with mandates, such as Poland, have high vaccination rates;…
…the exception of two adults aged 21 and 22 years. People affected had travelled from Chechnya to Germany using different routes crossing Poland, Russia or…
…Endemic transmission of measles and rubella Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, The Russian Federation, Turkey,…
…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…
…to 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,…
…Europe. 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 not…
…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…
…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…
…a higher vaccine uptake.There are some efforts in many countries that are encouraging. For example, we know from our member organization in Poland that the…
…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…
