Millions of Greeks are completely uninsured.
Poverty leads parents to neglect indispensable vaccinations! [3][4][5][6][7]
Indebted public hospitals do not have funds to provide vaccinations to every child in Greece. [2]
Exceptional funding is necessary to prevent dangerous outbreaks of infective diseases among Greek children. [1]
Evidently, no vaccinations are performed for hundreds of thousands of children in Greece.
Tens of thousands of immigrants from polio endemic areas enter Greece every month.
Rapid Response:
Re: WHO declares polio a public health emergency
Dear Editors,
Millions of Greeks are completely uninsured.
Poverty leads parents to neglect indispensable vaccinations! [3][4][5][6][7]
Indebted public hospitals do not have funds to provide vaccinations to every child in Greece. [2]
Exceptional funding is necessary to prevent dangerous outbreaks of infective diseases among Greek children. [1]
Evidently, no vaccinations are performed for hundreds of thousands of children in Greece.
Tens of thousands of immigrants from polio endemic areas enter Greece every month.
References
[1] http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_13/05/2013_498434
[2] http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d200?tab=responses
[3] http://www.vaccinestoday.eu/vaccines/greek-crisis-children-missing-vacci...
[4] http://www.euractiv.com/health/doctors-thousands-children-greec-news-532216
[5] http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.society&id=1658
[6] http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/30/greeks-who-cannot-pay-for-children-s-...
[7] http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/12/05/thousands-of-children-in-gree...
Competing interests: No competing interests