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The Marina Alta registers one of the lowest rates of papilloma virus vaccination

20 September 2018 - 17: 37

Experts have warned this Thursday, in the Hospital de Dénia, of the low vaccination rate against the papilloma virus that is registered in the Marina Alta with respect to the rest of the Valencian Community. It has been within the framework of the III Conference on Vaccines, held with the aim of raising awareness among the population about the importance of having a high vaccination rate.

It has also warned of the shadow that exists in the vaccination of the adolescent, since it is a population that does not frequent the health services. In this sense it is necessary to remind the parents that among the 11-18 years it is necessary to administer, in addition to the Papiloma virus for the young women to the 12; also tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis and meningococcal.

The meeting has been developed around two round tables in which the myths, barriers and plot errors of the anti-vaccine movements have been addressed. The strategies to follow in the measles vaccine or the vaccination schedule of the adolescent population have also been drawn up.

In the first table Myths and barriers of vaccination the Doctor of Public Health of Dénia, María Gironés; the faculty of the Basic Zone of Pego, Ricardo Murillo and the Pediatrician of the Hospital of Dénia, Alicia Berghezan.

During the day experts have highlighted the safety offered by vaccines today, as in addition to going through countless controls, every day expose to a lesser extent the body, while they increase the
immune response for longer.

The second table of the day, which has been about vaccination strategies, has involved the Head of Pediatrics of the DSD, Josep Mut; the Head of Preventive Medicine of the DSD, Antonio Valdivia; the Head of the Pediatric Service of the University General Hospital of Alicante, Javier González de Dios; the Supervisor of Preventive Medicine of the DSD, Teresa Prats and the Public Health Nurse, Mª José Orozco.

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