(Adnkronos) - “In Campania, la situazione riguardo alle coperture vaccinali è piuttosto avanzata. Vaccinare un bambino significa prevenire un problema”. Così Vincenzo Giordano, direttore dell'UOD Prevenzione della Regione Campania, a margine del convegno "Mission Vaccinale", svoltosi a Napoli dove gli esperti hanno fatto il punto su come proteggere la salute dei nostri bambini.
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00:00What is the state of pediatric vaccination coverage in Campania, both in terms of compulsory and recommended ones?
00:13The state is quite advanced, that is, we are moving forward on what is the compulsory and recommended vaccination,
00:20thanks to the participation of free choice pediatricians and territorial structures that lead to vaccination prevention.
00:29Today we can say that, in terms of compulsory vaccines, the coverage is very well covered
00:36and now we are increasing these recommended vaccinations in this period,
00:41among which we have these last ones, which are really urgent and which greatly improve vaccination coverage.
00:50I am referring to HPV, meningococcus and also to RSV, which is going very hard to cover these children who must be vaccinated.
01:01Are there significant variations in the coverage among newborns?
01:06Among newborns, no, because they are closely followed by free choice pediatricians and there is a systematic coverage of those who are in need of vaccines.
01:14And not only, I repeat, when it comes to classic vaccinations, the trivalent meningococcus,
01:20but there is also the meningococcus and lately there is also the possibility of using antibodies and vaccines for RSV.
01:29The parents' awareness works above all with free choice pediatricians.
01:34What I can tell you is that when it comes to meningitis B, the coverage, even in the presentation I will do today,
01:40there are slides that I have created and you see that the percentage coverage is very, very responsive to the needs
01:46and it has changed in improvement compared to the past.
01:50It is logical that for meningitis B, which is a particular vaccine, it must also be defined in the proposition of the vaccine.
01:59And in this there is also the participation of free choice pediatricians, which is fundamental in my opinion,
02:04especially for family participation and for the care of the child and the family.
02:09Surveillance is done above all clinically by pediatricians and epidemiologists, once reported,
02:15to go to the clusters that have been determined, to go and implement the vaccination,
02:21if in those clusters there is a data that is documented that the vaccination is lacking.
02:26But I can tell you that we are not very, very deficient.
02:31Indeed, it may be that there are also improved communications of positive or negative trends of pathology
02:40and this logically gives an image of the impact on vaccination.
02:44But the basic vaccination is covered, we are going to give it fixed.
02:48What is fundamental is to maintain high awareness, to report, to document the pathology
02:54to allow a rapid intervention of the pediatric and epidemiological competences of the ASLE and the regions.
03:01From what the free choice pediatricians tell me, there is no fear, there is awareness.
03:07Fear is innate compared to the vaccine problem and this is a fundamental thing.
03:12It's like saying, why do I have to do it, where do I have to do it, when do I have to do it?
03:16But in this, the dialogue with the free choice pediatricians has also greatly improved the flexibility.
03:21The data we have are quite good, not quite good, very good.
03:25But they must be shared further and implemented with the communication of the free choice pediatricians.
03:30Finally, a message to parents then?
03:32Vaccinating a child means preventing a problem.