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ASIA.Infant mortality and child most pneumococcal disease, mostly from Asia, including Indonesia.

SIDNEY.The Confederation of Meningitis Organizations (COMO) today issued an appeal for immediate action to parents in Asia to immunize their children against pneumococcal disease (pneumonia), in order to reduce the risk of serious illness and preventable death in young their children. Appeal for action that emerged towards the Child Disease Science Congress Asia-Pacific region to 13 to be held in China at the Shanghai International Convention Center, which aims to overcome health problems affecting children in Asia.

Pneumococcal disease is the leading cause of death can be prevented by the vaccine around the world in children aged under five years old (toddlers). The disease is estimated to kill one million children each year, with half of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of pneumococcal disease are in Asia.

In Indonesia alone, research has shown that 24 percent of people infected with invasive pneumococcal disease died of the infection. Pneumococcal disease can also cause pneumonia and meningitis, which are the two most serious conditions that can be suffered by a child.

Pneumococcal immunization is very important in protecting children from pneumococcal disease, which refers to the various diseases caused by infection with the bacteria streptococcus pneumonia, which is also known as pneumonia. The vaccine protects against participating pneumococcal disease has been available and widely used throughout the world for more than nine years.

“We strongly encourage all parents to immunize their children, because the baby is the main carrier life-threatening illness,” said Bruce Langoulant, President of COMO. “Therefore, immunizing children against pneumococcal disease can reduce the spread of these bacteria to other children,” he said.

Pneumococcal disease is transmitted through close contact with an infected carrier. Most people carry pneumococcal bacteria in their nose and throat. The bacteria are transmitted to others through saliva or mucous droplets, such as a bearer of sneezing, coughing, playing with or kissing someone.

World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended priority inclusion of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 7-valent (PCV7) in the immunization program at the national childhood around the world since 2007. In Asia, PCV7 is currently available on child immunization programs in Hong Kong.

Although not included in PCV7 immunization in childhood in other countries in Asia, is increasingly easy to obtain from the doctor. Parents can find more information about immunization against pneumococcal disease is life threatening.

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