Sardinia and Umbria are currently the rear lights in the national campaign for the anti-flu vaccination, which instead sees Lazio and Puglia first regions for speed of administrations.
The goal set by the Ministry of Health is to be able to protect at least 75% of over 65s and aim for the goal of 95% in risk categories.
But, according to the report “Prevention for Equity. The flu vaccination campaigns in frail elderly people" created by the Salutequità association with the contribution of Sanofi, the island would have started in slow motion.
“Vaccinating and getting vaccinated is doubly important, both to protect people and to avoid overloading the Emergency Departments, already grappling with enormous staff shortages,” explains Maria Pia Ruggieri , councilor of Salutequità.
«Vaccination - he adds - could in fact reduce emergency room visits due to fever and complications in comorbidity/comorbidity of infectious pathology , could avoid the exacerbation of chronic cardiological, bronchopneumological, neurovascular and dysmetabolic pathologies in elderly patients who are already frail, avoiding acute hospitalization; today it is estimated that there are even more than 800 patients destined for hospitalization waiting for a bed, with over 600 of them waiting for more than 24 hours".
Among Salutequità's proposals to speed up the campaign in a homogeneous way, there is better coordination between the Ministry of Health and the Regions, favoring contact at the national level with the manufacturing companies and providing for a constant monitoring system of the progress of the anti-flu campaign, as done for the anti-Covid vaccination.
(Unioneonline/lf)
