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The pandemic of COVID-19 disease from the day it appeared until today has brought to humanity a particularly high number of deaths among the infected. This review deals with the analyzation of the causes that contributed to the outbreak of the disease, the depiction of the disease in numeral forms and the highlighting of the importance and type of actions that could be taken by governments and health systems. The elements of the work are based on studies, research and examination of graphs that describe the morbidity of the infection in its international monitoring systems. The results show that individual beliefs, social and economic level affect the acceptance of the vaccine as a way to deal with the pandemic. Vaccination is an important weapon in the fight against the disease, but it takes a lot of effort to achieve universal and complete vaccination. Targeted actions are proposed, aimed at changing distorted perceptions about vaccine safety and disease risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pandemic of COVID-19 disease from the day it appeared until today has brought to humanity a particularly high number of deaths among the infected. This review deals with the analyzation of the causes that contributed to the outbreak of the disease, the depiction of the disease in numeral forms and the highlighting of the importance and type of actions that could be taken by governments and health systems. The elements of the work are based on studies, research and examination of graphs that describe the morbidity of the infection in its international monitoring systems. The results show that individual beliefs, social and economic level affect the acceptance of the vaccine as a way to deal with the pandemic. Vaccination is an important weapon in the fight against the disease, but it takes a lot of effort to achieve universal and complete vaccination. Targeted actions are proposed, aimed at changing distorted perceptions about vaccine safety and disease risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health rates are considered to be useful tools for conclusions related the population's health condition, as well as for potential interferences. This literature review aims at the presentation of the Greek population's health condition compared to this, of 15 European countries. Secondly, an outbreak in cases of measles, the potential cause and the way to deal with it, are also being mentioned. As main reasons of death in Greece and in the 15-country-member Europe (ΕΕ-15) are considered to be neoplasms and respiratory diseases. The outbreak of measles over the past years in Europe is mainly due to lacking vaccination. Among European countries, from early February 2017 till late January 2018, Romania comes first in the appearance of measles incidents, while Greece is in the third place with 1398 cases reported. Most countries have vaccination coverage of <95% for both doses of measles' vaccine. The proper briefing of parents by health experts and the prompt detection of groups with low vaccination coverage, is one of the most important measures of confrontation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vaccination programmes that are adopted worldwide, aim towards the immunization of the infant population against infectious diseases which, if not prevented, can have serious health implications, even leading to death. The purpose of the present article was to recommend certain proposals that will contribute to the enhancement of vaccination coverage of the MMR and HPV vaccines to the 5th Health Region, which have resulted from an investigation of the vaccination conditions in the counties of Central Greece and Thessaly. According to Greek and international literature, users requiring access to health services face specific social, economic and demographic obstacles, as well as obstacles that are caused by the system itself. These obstacles consist of the primary reasons for the delay of the second MMR jab, and the lack of HPV vaccination in the 5th Health Region. The delay of the second jab in the MMR vaccination process and the small percentages of HPV vaccination in the 5th Health Region, are the main drives for taking strategic decisions for the enhancement of the vaccination coverage in the local and periphery levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]