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Instead of eradicating measles, cases increase. In Austria too, there are mbadive implants.
19:01, 29 November 2018
The real goal was to eradicate measles until 2020. Unfortunately, the evolution is not satisfactory: the growing number of measles infections alarmed the World Health Organization. health (WHO). 2017 are around the world 30% more cases reported as the year before. This year, in turn, it was already until November ten percent more cases summer like 2017.
2017 are around the world 110,000 people on measles deathMost of them are children, according to the WHO. At least 6.7 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with measles in the past year.
21 million saved
The initial goal was to eradicate measles by 2020. "There is no doubt that tremendous progress has been made since 2000," said Martin Friede of the WHO Immunization Department. Since then, the number of infections has decreased by 85%. According to a new badysis of all data provided by the WHO and the US Department of Health (CDC), 21 million lives have been saved.
Also in Austria and Europe is regularly warned of the problem of measles. According to the Ministry of Health have been 2017 a total of 95 diseases checked in. It was also an increase over 2016.
Measles is the most contagious disease known: if you come in contact with an infected person and you are not vaccinated, you are infected to more than 99%. "A person with measles can infect 16 to 18. With the flu, there are four infections," said infection specialist Andrea Grisold (Med Uni Graz).
Between the beginning of October 2017 and the end of September 2018, their total number has decreased in the EU Member States and in the countries of the European Economic Area (EAA), according to the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC). ). 13,453 people on measles.
Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Italy and France were particularly affected. In Austria there was in this period 83 casesThis corresponds to 9.5 diseases per million inhabitants. This rate was highest in Greece (283.1 per million inhabitants), the lowest in Denmark with only one measles disease per million inhabitants.
Measles is deadly one of the 1000 cases: This could lead to inflammation of the brain, says Werner Zenz, pediatrician at LKH Graz University Hospital. This is fatal in 20% of cases, 30% of those affected remain disabled. Or it could be lung failure, which can be fatal.
Measles also has a dreaded consequence that chronic encephalitis (SSPE). It occurs only six to eight years after measles disease, leading to brain damage, which is always fatal.
Mbadive picking
In Austria, vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella still contains many implants. For sufficient immunity of the population with regard to measles would be a Immunization coverage of 95 percent necessary with two doses.
However, measles immunization rates for 2017 show that for the Two to five years the rate of inoculation with the second dose is only about 81%. More precisely, it means that 48,000 children receive a second measles-mumps-rubella vaccine in this age group and are not adequately protected.
In the age group of Children from six to nine years if this value for the second dose is 89% in this age group, nearly 27,000 children should receive a second MMR vaccine. To the 15-30 years only have rare 70 percent on complete vaccine protection.
It means almost half a million people between the ages of 15 and 30, the second dose of the measles vaccine (in combination with mumps and rubella) is needed. The vaccine will be provided free of charge at public vaccination centers to all persons without age restrictions.
"Very contagious"
"Measles is an extremely contagious, sometimes life-threatening disease with many complications," warned Ann Lindstrand, vaccine expert at WHO. Measles / rubella (NAVKO) 37 have eliminated measles, according to the German National Verification Commission, from the 53 countries in the European region of WHO.
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