The diseases shown on the left of the graph are: measles, mumps, rubella, polio, whooping cough, other (measles, mumps, rubella, polio, whooping cough, others). In Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks (diseases that can be prevented by vaccination), an interactive map created with the help of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to see the outbreaks of these diseases from 2008 to the present.
The chart has been published by Armando in Babies and More that explains that everything was going well and with real possibilities of eradicating some diseases, until a man named Andrew Wakefield A story was invented linking vaccines with autism. From that moment began to increase anti-vaccination movements, giving vaccines a bad name and getting the vaccine coverage began to decline. In the case of Spain, disease outbreaks can be seen in recent years with an indication of the number of cases and place.
I have preferred to do zoom in Spain although the number of points worldwide, and especially in Europe, should lead us to reflect. In developing countries because they still need access to resources of all kinds, not just sanitary, while in Europe, which if one lives in a welfare state, does not seem reasonable and only seems to be due to an interest in getting vaccinated.
Armando says he misses the last measles outbreak in Catalonia at the beginning of 2014 and that it understands that it is pending monitoring and supervision.
I hope that this type of graphics and efforts to communicate and explain what happens, driven by the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, serve as an example to reflect and think about why these diseases can leave sequels or cause death.
