Power to Vaccinate resilient or resistant?

10. Nope immunization day: Joint training of Doctors and pharmacists

Vienna (OTS) – The 10. Nope immunization day, the on 16. March in St. Pölten takes place, will deal with the role of vaccinations as a resilience factor. There are different aspects of resilience and resistance in Vaccinology will be lit and the participants practical, relevant recommendations will be given.

The Initiator of the NÖ Impftags, Prim. Univ-Prof. Dr. Karl Zwiauer, a member of the Impfgremiums of the Ministry of health, explains the decision for this year’s theme of „resilience & resistance,“ as follows: „vaccinations will make an extraordinary health contribution and are becoming more and more understood as a key factor in the resilience, the health, resilience, and, Through the rejection of vaccinations, this Impfresilienz is missing, however, in many countries in Europe. It is the question of how we increase this and in the next decades, the valuable effects of vaccination can utilize, therefore, arises for many health systems.“

Unlike earlier definitions of resilience, which saw them solely as a static, inherent personality trait, to make newer models to the notion of a variable constellation of internal resources. „The concept of resilience, originally from the psychology of coming, has been supplemented in the last years, the concept of salutogenesis – the to health – related factors and dynamic interactions that lead to the emergence and maintenance of health and extended. Health is understood not as a state but as a dynamic process, and risk and protective factors in an interaction process,“ illustrates Zwiauer.

Social resistance to vaccination to lead
low rates of vaccination

Higher vaccination rates would stays in hospital and absences from Work can be reduced, which would in turn have economically and socially positive. „Vaccination brings personal and social Benefits and the most effective and cost-effective measure to protect against certain diseases. The vaccination coverage rate is high, people are protected, can not be vaccinated, such as babies and small children or people with weakened immune system“, the Impfreferent of the chamber of Physicians of lower Austria OA Dr. Robert wine, paper, and regrets: „society politically vaccinations, but in the world in an increasing voltage field and cause some groups of the population resistance. The group of Impfskeptiker and opponents is growing, unfortunately, for years. One of the main causes for the spread twisted facts, incorrectly interpreted studies, and targeted the wrong information on the Internet. The theories of the opponents are making today is a much faster round than in the past and the people through the written word is very easy to unsettle.“

The current measles epidemic in Europe shows the impact of resistance to vaccination, and thus the consequences of a lack of Impfresilienz in the population. In Austria vaccination in the last few months were due to a measles outbreak in Styria, again often in the media. With Stand 1. March 2019 were reported this year 58 measles cases. In the entire year of 2016, there was a total of 30 cases fewer. The cause of the Problem is the low vaccination rate is. This was in Austria to 2017, in the case of the Two-to five-year for the second vaccination at about 81 percent. In the age group of Six – to nine-year-olds, the vaccination rates for the second dose at 89 percent. In the case of the 15 – to 30-Year-old, with just under 70 per cent do not have a complete Vaccination with two doses. In order to eradicate the disease, 95 per cent would be necessary. In America, this is managed with rigorous vaccination programmes. In Europe, however, each year, are listed on the New local or large-scale measles outbreaks.

Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Maria Paulke-Korinek, PhD, DTM, head of the Department of immunization, Federal Ministry of labour, social Affairs, health and consumer protection, says protects: „to Vaccinate. Check your status now! As the current measles situation, the gaps in the population with regard to measles. Although vaccination against measles in combination with components against Mumps and rubella at public vaccination centres for all persons is available free of charge, there is a large pent-up demand. Missed immunizations can and should be in every age to be rescheduled. In the future, it will be through the electronic vaccination card, vaccination status, at any time, to query, what is sure to contribute to the increase in vaccination rate.“

It needs in addition to vaccination campaigns and awareness-raising is also a
Mandatory vaccination?

From the chamber of pharmacists, it continues to focus on education and hopes, like Likes. pharm. Peter Gonda, President of the chamber of pharmacists of lower Austria, explained that the immunization campaigns of the population are assumed to be: „There are few things with which the Individual by a selfish motivated action of the resilience of the collective nearly as useful can be like a vaccination. The paradox is that people refuse to just with the intention to increase their personal defense force, often vaccinations, as we know, unfortunately, as a Whole, do not dissolve. Just from this perspective, each Individual who is considering a change through our advocacy work, his negative attitude to invest the effort value. In addition to the deployment of vaccines in sufficient quantity that I see for us pharmacists in this information and educational work, both for the individual and for the collective enormously important task. In addition, vaccination campaigns of the Austrian pharmacies help to increase the vaccination rates. The tick protective vaccine action lasts until 31. August and the pneumococcal vaccination campaign to 31. March. During the promotion period, the vaccines are given at a discount in the pharmacies.“

Lately, the voices calling for a mandatory vaccination, louder and louder. So also the Vienna chamber of Physicians called for an indirect compulsory vaccinations for young people under the age of 14. As sanctions, the withdrawal of family allowance and the exclusion from attending public kindergartens and schools were discussed. Mr. Dr. Dietmar Baumgartner, Vice-President and Chairman of the Curia of the Physicians of the medical Association of lower Austria, said: „taking into Account the fact that, especially against measles in Austria, the lack is vaccination to obtain herd immunity, should be taken, the discussion on the introduction of a General vaccination seriously. After all, 97 out of 100 unprotected people and a 1,000 is not a disease of measles diagnosed measles survived. Hungary and the Czech Republic have such a vaccination. In Austria up to the year 1980, until the discovery of the WHO, that this disease is eradicated, a vaccination against smallpox. After it is in the case of measles to an exclusively human disease in question, it would be theoretically possible to eradizieren this. Education is of course important, however, I’m now 34-years as an established Fund contract doctor for child and youth medicine, not sure whether this is sufficient. Maybe the media could help campaigns. The success of TBE vaccination in Austria is exemplary. In this disease, there is no obligation to Vaccinate, however, unvaccinated children are not excluded rare of school Outdoor events, such as wall days.“

In addition to the resilience and the „resistance“ of the opponents of the 10. Nope immunization day to deal with the issue of the medical resistance. Vaccinations are a highly successful means to prevent the development of resistance in the medicine, on the other hand, you are always under suspicion of favouring the development of pathogen resistance. „During the immunization day in St. Pölten scientific studies are, therefore, in the centre of interest to explore whether modern vaccines can lead to drug resistance, e.g. antibiotics, or whether we change by vaccination the virus spectrum and it comes to the emergence of more aggressive pathogen,“ announces Zwiauer.

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