Refusal of vaccinations for the first time considered a global threat to the world

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicted potential threats to human health in 2019. Over the years, the list of global threats remained essentially unchanged, but this time in it for the first time in history appeared the point "Refusal of vaccinations".

A timely vaccination against dangerous diseases, according to WHO experts, will help avoid up to one and a half million premature deaths per year.

Refusal of vaccinations today is most often due to the fact that people either do not have sufficient awareness of the effects of certain vaccines or are unsure of their safety. Most often dissidents are parents of young children.

The number of measles cases has increased by 30% over the past year, and this is due to the rejection of the corresponding vaccine. The human papillomavirus is gaining momentum, and this year WHO is planning to intensify preventive work to promote the HPV vaccine. In some countries, such as Afghanistan, the rejection of vaccines has led to an outbreak of polio.

Among other threats for the current year, WHO called air pollution, diabetes and cancer, new influenza viruses from which there are no vaccines, antibiotic resistance of microbes, which was formed due to the uncontrolled use of antibacterial drugs by people, HIV.

According to experts, only a five percent reduction in vaccination increases the likelihood of an outbreak of a dangerous disease by 3 times! Therefore, parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are advised to think well: by their actions they create a danger not only for their children, but also for many other people.