돼지독감 예방주사로 인해서 남호주에서 6천명 이상의 4세 어린이들이 홍역, 볼거리(유행성 이하선염), 풍진, 디프테리아, 파상풍, 백일해, 소아마비 예방주사를 접종하지 못했다고 합니다. 이러한 전염병에 대한 면역률이 떨어짐에 따라 이들 질병에 대한 감수성이 더욱 높아져 공중보건 상의 문제를 일으킬 수 있다는 우려가 제기되고 있습니다.

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Swine flu blamed for SA vaccination fall

Swine flu is being blamed for a drop in immunisation rates among four-year-olds in South Australia.

General Practice SA says more than 6,000 children in the State are not protected against diseases such as whooping cough, measles and mumps.

Bronwyn Myles from the Adelaide Northern Division says when swine flu was prevalent, parents became complacent about other vaccinations.

“These children are going to be susceptible to these diseases because this is a booster dose that they are getting for the measles, mumps, rubella and their booster dose for their diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough and polio vaccinations,” she said.

출처 : (AFP) 2010년 5월 22일

GENEVA — World Health Organisation members adopted an ambitious plan against measles in a bid to prevent the resurgence of the disease which could kill up to 500,000 people a year by 2012, a WHO expert said Friday.

“Starting in 2008, there has been a considerable decline in funding and political commitment for measles control that has resulted in the stagnation of progress,” said Peter Strebel, medical officer of the WHO’s department of immunization, vaccines and biologicals.

As a result, the disease is “making a rapid comeback” with large outbreaks across Africa as well as in parts of Asia and Europe.

“More alarmingly, WHO estimates that the combined effect of decreased financial and political commitment could result in a return to over 500,000 measles deaths a year by 2012, wiping out the gains made over the past 18 years,” added Strebel.

In a bid to prevent the resurgence, the 193 member states of the WHO meeting this week in Geneva adopted a series of targets for 2015 aimed at cutting measles cases to less than five per million persons as well as reducing mortality by 95 percent from its 2000 levels.

It also aims at achieving at least 90 percent of measles vaccination coverage nationally.

An earlier goal set by the WHO had targeted a cut in measles mortality by 90 percent from 2000 by 2010. It said in December 2009 that all regions except one managed to achieve the goal.