Disease prevention

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  COVID-19

  COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) is an acute respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus S ARS-CoV-2. The infection is transmitted by airborne droplets: when an infected person coughs, sneezes or simply talks to you at close range (less than 1.5 m). The most common symptoms are fever; cough; fatigue; loss of taste or smell.

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  Tuberculosis

  Tuberculosis is a dangerous infectious disease. To protect children from the most severe forms of tuberculosis, many countries around the world are implementing mass immunisation of newborns with BCG vaccine. Ukraine is one of these countries.

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  Polio

  Polio is an acute infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. The course of the disease is characterised by damage to the central nervous system, with paresis and paralysis, and can sometimes result in death.

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  Diphtheria. Tetanus. Whooping cough

  For the purpose of immunoprophylaxis against pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus, Ukraine uses a vaccine for the prevention of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, an adsorbed, whole-cell pertussis component suspension for injection.

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  Measles. Mumps. Rubella

  Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) vaccination protects a child's body against these three seemingly non-fatal but very insidious diseases. Measles is a highly infectious disease - the number of susceptible people who will become ill after exposure to the virus exceeds 80%.

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  Viral hepatitis B

  Hepatitis B is a viral infection that affects the liver and can cause both acute and chronic illness. This virus is transmitted through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person.

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  Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib/Hib) infection

  According to statistics, from 3 to 6% cases of Haemophilus influenzae type b infection in children are fatal; up to 20% patients who survive meningitis caused by Hib lose their hearing or have neurological complications.

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  Human papillomavirus (HPV)

  Human papillomaviruses are a group of viruses that are predominantly sexually transmitted in both men and women, affecting the skin and mucous membranes. There are about 200 different strains of human papillomavirus.

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  Prevention of mushroom poisoning

  Since the beginning of 2022, 2 cases of wild mushroom poisoning have been registered in the region, resulting in 4 people being poisoned. The first case occurred in March this year - 3 adults were poisoned as a result of eating canned and fried raw mushrooms, and the second case in October - 1 person (a child of 16 years old) was injured, the poisoning was caused by eating fried mushrooms.