May 25, 2011

The issue of immunization is quite relevant for our country. Not long ago Health Ministry has suspended the use of a vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis . And once again on the agenda at a press conference with the participation of the Ministry and other authorities - the expansion of the vaccines included in the national immunization schedule. He told the chief pediatrician of the country.

With the inclusion in immunization schedule   additional vaccines made by Alexander Baranov, chief pediatrician of Health Ministry of Russia. According to him, the national immunization schedule, you must add four more vaccines, namely, against varicella , Pneumococcal, and viral infections rotarovirusnoy papilloma .

The use of these vaccines Immunization Russia's population, according to analysis of epidemiologists, will make it possible to increase life expectancy by an average of 4 years. Moreover, drug manufacturers are willing to invest in their production in Russia, but only subject to the inclusion of these vaccines in the national immunization schedule, according to Baranov.

He supported the idea of ​​expanding the calendar Valentin Shirokov , Head of the department of medical care for children, who also attended the press conference.

To date national immunization schedule   11 includes vaccines. These include immunizations against hepatitis B, Diphtheria . TB . pertussis . Rubella , Mumps, measles, Polio . Tetanus . Flu   and Haemophilus influenzae, which is included in this group since 2011.

As previously reported, despite the fact that Russia is a country with the effectiveness of vaccination, WHO does not approve the application in our country live vaccine against polio . As an international organization responds to the intentions of the Health Ministry of the expansion of the vaccine immunization schedule it is not yet known.