On 1 October, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Health, began the campaign for vaccination against l'influenza stagionale.
Dopo il clamore vissuto lo scorso anno per la famosa pandemia influenzale, l'impressione è che quest'anno (ancora una volta paradossalmente) se ne parli poco. Qualcuno dirà che questo è un bene, un segnale magari positivo per ricondurre le campagne di informazione, su argomenti di sanità pubblica, in una ambito formale che riguarda i medici, i distretti territoriali e magari le Regioni.
Tuttavia, il problema è quello di capire, come discusso recentemente anche su Medico e Bambino, quali strumenti di comunicazione vanno utilizzati per rendere, un programma di prevenzione di salute pubblica, davvero efficace. Ricordate Topo Gigio lo scorso anno che cercava in tutti i modi di tranquillizare l'opinione pubblica? E ci sarebbe riuscito magari benissimo se a distanza di due minuti dalle sue parole, magari nel notiziario sulla stessa rete televisiva, non ci fossero stati gli annunci sconsiderati e contraddittori di morti e di raccomandazioni che cambiavano di giorno in giorno.
Qualcuno dice che, a fronte di una possibile pandemia, era meglio fare tutto ed anche di più, e che i mass-media non potevano fare altre che riflettere queste contraddizioni.
Il richiamo a quanto è successo lo scorso anno e a quanto non accade in questi giorni sui principali organismi di stampa (ma anche sui siti di medicina e pediatria) ha tuttavia un obiettivo di richiamo al significato vero, epidemiologicamente serio, dell'influenza stagionale e della vaccinazione per prevent it.
In fact, the recommendations published by the Ministry of Health led back to the problem of the 2010-11 influenza prevention and control in an area now "scientific" absolutely reasonable with the identification of those at risk as the only place to go and the active offer of free vaccine: "The vaccination campaign vacation, promoted and financially supported by the National Health Service is mainly addressed to those identified and classified at risk of severe and sometimes lethal complications, in case from contracting the flu. The free offer is also aimed at active people at risk who are engaged in specific social value. The inclusion healthy children aged between 6 months and 24 months (or up to 5 years) in the priority categories to be immunized against seasonal influenza is a topic currently under discussion by the international scientific community. This choice has already been made by Canadian and American health care and some EU countries but the data of vaccination coverage achieved so far is insufficient to assess the impact of this intervention. Therefore it is not considered necessary to promote programs offering free activities of seasonal influenza vaccine to children who do not present individual risk factors. "
You can read the entire document, which also shows the measures demonstrably effective protective equipment, types of vaccines available and false contraindications to the use of the vaccine, on the home page of Medical and Child heading report.
October issue of The Physician and Child will be published a summary of the recommendations by the Institute of Health. Do not forget to read it. In the meantime, let's once again serving to make the flu shot this time very useful for children and adolescents at risk and therefore have sources really need.
You can read the entire document, which also shows the measures demonstrably effective protective equipment, types of vaccines available and false contraindications to the use of the vaccine, on the home page of Medical and Child heading report.
October issue of The Physician and Child will be published a summary of the recommendations by the Institute of Health. Do not forget to read it. In the meantime, let's once again serving to make the flu shot this time very useful for children and adolescents at risk and therefore have sources really need.
seriously, and information science, without contradictions. Federico Marchetti
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