Ministry of Health, in 2012 cases peak rubella during pregnancy - ANSA.it

(ANSAmed) – ROME, JULY 20 – Despite the availability of vaccines in Italy there are still too many cases of congenital rubella in pregnancy and one that affects the child while it is still in the mother’s womb . He remembers the Ministry of Health in a circular in which you define new criteria for case reporting and signaling a peak in 2012.

” In 2008, in conjunction with the ’ rubella epidemic, it was recorded a peak incidence of infections in pregnancy and congenital rubeoliche – reads the document published on the site – a new peak, although lower than the previous year, was detected in 2012.”

According to the data of ‘ National Institute of Health, presented at the European Week of vaccinations, between 2005 and 2012 there were 95 cases of rubella during pregnancy, including 17 last year alone, which led to 23 abortions, 24 syndromes Congenital rubella and a stillborn baby. At the same time cases of congenital rubella were 59, including 16 in 2012.

From the start of the National Plan ’ elimination of measles and congenital rubella immunization coverage against measles, thanks to extensive vaccination strategies of newborns, has increased, but is still below the threshold of 95%, scheduled for achievement of the goal of elimination ’.

Although vaccination coverage of adolescents and women of childbearing age is less than the critical rate to prevent the viral circulation.