ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “The vaccine: the response that protects you”. It is the claim of the campaign of communication on flu vaccination wanted by the Ministry of Health that will be aired today on radio, TV Rai and on the social channels of the dicastery. The campaign aims to promote vaccination as the main tool for preventing seasonal influence and its possible complications. “To approach the influence is a gesture of protection for itself and for others, especially for those who are more fragile,” says the Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci.
“I invite citizens and, in particular, the elderly, people with chronic diseases and those who are most exposed to the risk of complications to join the vaccination campaign. Prevention – he adds – is a commitment that is renewed every year: with vaccination we can help protect the health of people and our communities.”.
For the undersecretary of Health, Marcello Gemmato, “our responsibility, as institutions, is twofold: to make prevention concretely accessible and to guarantee citizens the tools to understand its value. It means protecting above all those who are more vulnerable, strengthening confidence in science and building a health information system capable of answering people’s questions, wherever they seek their answers, even in new digital environments.”.
Information clearly and correctly is essential. And it is necessary to do so starting from the questions and needs of people, offering reliable answers on the safety, effectiveness and modalities of flu vaccination. This is what emerged from an investigation by the Demopolis Institute on influenza vaccination conducted on behalf of the ministry.
40% of respondents say, in fact, that in the last 3-4 years he began to learn more about health. In particular, if asked about influenza vaccination, 48% of those who participated in the investigation would like to learn more about effective contagion protection, 44% on the effectiveness of the vaccine in limiting possible complications of influenza, 33% on the possible incidence of adverse events. Information requests become more marked among citizens who have not yet decided to vaccinate themselves.
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