Polio and the risk for the European Union

Celentano, Lucia Pastore; Lopalco, Pietro Luigi; Huitric, Emma; Coulombier, D; Giesecke, Johan

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)62223-0

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“…5 The geopolitical location of Greece accentuates this importance, having neighboring countries where health systems have collapsed and recent outbreaks revive the danger of wild-type poliovirus resurgence. 23,24 Furthermore, Greece is facing an increased influx of refugees and illegal immigrants exacerbating the pressure on the public health system.…”

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A cross-sectional vaccination coverage study in preschool children attending nurseries-kindergartens: Implications on economic crisis effect

Georgakopoulou

Menegas

Katsioulis

et al. 2017

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Vaccination coverage studies are important in determining a population's vaccination status and strategically adjusting national immunization programs. This study assessed full and timely vaccination coverage of preschool children aged 2-3 y attending nurseries-kindergartens (N-K) nationwide at the socioeconomic crisis onset. Geographically stratified cluster sampling was implemented considering prefectures as strata and N-K as clusters. The N-K were selected by simple random sampling from the sampling frame while their number was proportional to the stratum size. In total, 185 N-K (response rate 93.9%) and 2539 children (response rate 81.5%) participated. Coverage with traditional vaccines for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, polio and measles-mumps-rubella was very high (>95%), followed by Haemophilus influenzae type b and varicella vaccines. Despite very high final coverage, delayed vaccination was observed for hepatitis B (48.3% completed by 12 months). Significant delay was observed for the booster dose of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) and meningococcal C conjugate vaccines (MCC). Of the total population studied, 82.3% received 3 PCV doses by 12 months, while 62.3% received the fourth dose by 24 months and 76.2% by 30 months. However, 89.6% received at least one MCC dose over 12 months. Timely vaccinated for hepatitis A with 2 doses by 24 months were 6.1%. Coverage was significantly low for Rotavirus (<20%) and influenza (23.1% one dose). High vaccination coverage is maintained for most vaccines at the beginning of the crisis in Greece. Coverage and timeliness show an increasing trend compared to previous studies. Sustained efforts are needed to support the preventive medicine system as socioeconomic instability continues.

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A cross-sectional vaccination coverage study in preschool children attending nurseries-kindergartens: Implications on economic crisis effect

Georgakopoulou

Menegas

Katsioulis

et al. 2017

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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“…Health services in these camps have been a subject of discussion and there is a good literature regarding these. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] In the following section, we discuss our findings using the structure we used in our Results section.…”

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Syrian Refugees in a Container City in Turkey: Retrospective Evaluation of Primary Care Admissions

Döner

Kahveci

Şencan

et al. 2019

Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Objective: The aim of this study was to collect and share information about primary care (PC) services provided to the Syrian refugees in Kilis container city and to evaluate their situation excluding preventive services. We also tried to determine further needs. Methods: This is a retrospective type descriptive study. Data about PC services provided to Syrian refugees in Öncüpınar was collected by personal contacts and observation besides summarizing our own experience. The container cities have a manual system. For the take of the analysis, information from the paper files was transferred to an electronic database. The study covered the period between April 2012-where settling of Syrians started-and 20th December 2012 when admissions were recorded. Total number of admissions to the PC center was 17399 during this period. Results: Health care services are provided through a PC center, 112 medical emergency service stations and a tent hospital. Most of the admissions were in 12-59 month age group (20.2%), followed by 20-29 years age group (16.6%),46% of all admissions were acute problems including respiratory tract infections, gastrointestinal system problems, soft tissue infections and pain. Hypertension was the most common diagnosis among chronic conditions. Of all admissions, 10.8 % ended up with referral, 17.5 % of the patients were referred to the emergency service where the remaining were referred to different specialty services. Conclusion: This is the first study of the PC services provided to the Syrian refugees in Turkey and identifies main causes of admissions and referrals. Day by day living in the host country, all requirements are increasing and changing occasionally. Therefore the situation should be reviewed constantly and plan should be done for the current and future needs.

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