On the occasion of European Vaccination Week (April 25 to 30), the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (Inpes), and the regional health agencies (ARS) recall that “to getting vaccinated means protecting yourself and others”.
Prevent deaths through vaccination
European Vaccination Week this year emphasizes the benefits of vaccination and recalls that “the positive impact not only personal, but also collective and altruistic of vaccination: by getting vaccinated we also protect the smallest and most fragile from his entourage (such as the elderly). The higher the vaccination coverage, the more the risk of an epidemic is reduced by preventing the spread of the disease”.
She points out that this simple gesture saves lives and that ignoring it has direct consequences. Indeed, the InVS was able to estimate the number of cases of death or hospitalizations that could have been avoided thanks to vaccination.
Between 2008 and 2014, the measles thus experienced an epidemic outbreak, causing 34 neurological complications and 10 deaths. With regard to invasive meningococcal C infections, the InVS states that among the 569 cases declared between 2011 and 2015, 255 occurred in unvaccinated subjects aged 1 to 24 years. “Population for which vaccination is recommended and that 25 deaths, potentially avoidable thanks to vaccination, have been observed. However, all these cases and these complications could have been prevented by better vaccination coverage,” recalls the Institute.
To understand everything about vaccination
To disseminate the benefits of vaccination on a large scale, Inpes has developed and put online at the first stage of the information site www.vaccination-info-service.fr. Thanks to this new site, the Internet user will find simple explanations on vaccination and answers to the most common questions: what are vaccines used for? How do they work? At what age should they be done?
Practical advice will also be available on the vaccination schedule, the vaccination record, the storage of vaccines, the places and the people authorized to vaccinate.
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