The rapidly rising number of measles infections alerted the world health organization (WHO). As this is now have been reported around the world by 2017, 31 percent more cases than in the previous year. Even in 2018, there have been to November, ten percent more cases than in 2017. Original goal was it, the measles up to the year 2020 to eradicate. The WHO is sceptical about whether this can succeed. There is concern over the development in Germany, WHO experts have said.
“No doubt there were since the year 2000, huge progress,” said Martin Friede of the WHO Department of vaccines. By comprehensively introduced vaccination campaigns led the number of infections decreased in the past 17 years to 85 percent. An estimated 21 million people had been saved, life is so, the findings of a new analysis.
“But we are victims of our own success,” says peace. Because many parents see in countries such as Germany, hardly any measles cases, you underestimated the risk and were reckless. “Measles is a highly contagious, sometimes fatal disease with many complications,” warns the WHO Impfexpertin Ann Lindstrand.
Germany failed to achieve their objectives
Also in Germany the number of cases of measles has increased in comparison to 2016. 2017 929 measles cases were reported in 2016, only 325. Thus, Germany is not among the 37 out of a total 53 States in the WHO European Region, where by 2017, managed to eliminate the measles. This is considered to be reached when the country is infected far lasting less than a person per a Million inhabitants with the Virus. According to this Definition, it should be in Germany only 82 cases per year.
Worldwide in 2017, have been reported, according to the report, a total of 173.330 measles cases in 2016, it was 132.328. The WHO estimates that only a small part of the increase is improved Monitoring of the disease explain. Moreover, only a fraction of cases are reported. A model calculation shows that the actual number of Sufferers is at 6.7 million in the year 2017. In the same period, have died according to this calculation, approximately 110,000 people worldwide have the disease.
The under-appreciated children’s disease
The measles are extremely contagious. The viruses are transmitted when Talking, coughing or Sneezing, on tiny droplets in the air. The disease starts with flu-like symptoms and later a characteristic rash accompanied by skin. The infection weakens the immune system immensely, more infections are so common.
A dreaded result of an inflammation of the brain, the measles encephalitis which can be fatal or with permanent damage. As a late result of measles infection is an inflammation of the nerve cells of the brain and of the spinal cord may form also after years of a so-called subacute sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE),. It leads to the failure of brain functions and finally to death.
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