(Adnkronos) - “Noi pediatri cerchiamo di arrivare alle famiglie attraverso un’educazione sanitaria e un’informazione basata sulle evidenze scientifiche”. Lo ha detto ai microfoni di Adnkronos Antonio D’Avino, presidente Federazione italiana medici pediatri - Fimp, intervistato a valle dell’evento “Pediatria di famiglia – la protagonista della prevenzione vaccinale”
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00:00In the field of vaccinations of the National Vaccine Prevention Plan, there are the so-called
00:11recommended ones, which are just as important as the so-called mandatory ones, because mandatory,
00:17let's remember, is only for the school obligation.
00:20In the field of the recommended ones, it is particularly important to talk about the vaccination
00:27against type B meningococcus.
00:29Meningococcus is a bacterium that can determine infections, even severe, up to the patient's exitus.
00:37In particular, it has two age groups that are most striking.
00:42That of the very young child, and we are talking about the first and second years of life,
00:48and then the adolescent group.
00:50It is particularly important to raise awareness, on the one hand, of family pediatricians who are already
00:57well aware of the type of infection that is that of meningococcus B, on the other hand,
01:03to reach the family directly through a health education and above all,
01:09the most correct information possible, in the sense based on scientific evidence.
01:15It is a bit what we pediatricians of family try to do, always based on the data that
01:21arrive from the Ministry of Health, from the Institute of Health and from all the other accredited entities
01:28that for us represent benchmarking.
01:32In terms of data on meningitis, today we are particularly thinking of the adolescent age,
01:39because this bacterium is transmitted, for example, in discos, where adolescents have more
01:46ease of transmission of this bacterium called Neisseria meningitidis.
01:52And as far as sensitization is concerned, it is essential that in days that remember
01:59how much the vaccination activity has saved millions of human lives, probably only
02:06at the same rate as drinking water, it is even more important that all health workers
02:12are involved in a system that increases vaccination coverage through
02:18a dissemination of scientific information always based on the available data.