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Measles cases in Europe almost quadrupled in 2017 and at least 35 children have died from the disease,
nike air force1 damen according to the most recent data released by the World Health Organization (WHO). Last year there were 21,315 cases registered,
air force 1 while in 2016 there were 5,273. Measles has mainly affected Romania and Italy,
air jordan 15 where several deaths attributable to the disease have been recorded. WHO has identified 鈥渓arge epidemics鈥?with 100 or more cases of measles in 15 of the 53 countries where the Europe area is divided. The highest number of people with measles was in Romania: 5,562. In the country the disease has spread especially among the Roma populations,
nike air force 07s who live in rural areas and often do not vaccinate their children: they underestimate the effects of measles, which can lead to very high fever and permanent neurological damage, and they don't bring their childreni to hospital or bring them late. The mortality rate for the disease is therefore higher than in other countries. In Italy the cases of measles registered by the WHO were 5,006, a very high number if we consider that according to data from the Ministry of Health in 2016 there were 862 In our country, 2017 was the year with the most cases since 2013, when there were 2,258, less than half. The WHO explains that countries - such as Italy - where there have been more cases "in recent years have had to face various challenges, such as a reduction in vaccine coverage, which is very low among some more marginalized groups, interruptions in supplies of vaccines and ineffective disease surveillance systems". After Italy, the third country in which the most cases were recorded was Ukraine with 4,767. It is difficult to establish precisely what the influence of the campaigns against...