Urgent request to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on November 29, 18:49
A group made up of parents who suffered from rubella during pregnancy and visited children visited the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 29th, urgently requesting that measures be strengthened as `` the rubella epidemic can not be stopped as it is '' The we.
Rubella can cause damage to the eyes, ears, and heart of a baby when a pregnant woman is infected, and it has been reported that four babies have been damaged.
To prevent the spread of rubella, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is promoting measures to allow middle-aged men aged 40 to 57 who have no opportunity to vaccinate as a child to receive antibody tests and vaccination free of charge. It is.
This year, free coupons are distributed to men between the ages of 40 and 47, and for the next year, it will be distributed to men aged 48 to 53 at the council held on the 28th. It was.
However, the use of coupons has slowed, and out of the 6.4 million people distributed this year, only 800,000 people have undergone antibody tests.
Under these circumstances, a group made up of parents who have children with disabilities visited the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 29th, saying that the rubella epidemic cannot be eliminated if it continues, requesting the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to strengthen measures. I submitted a letter.
In the request form, it is difficult to send coupons to all men aged 40 to 57 as soon as possible, and it is difficult for a busy man to go to a medical institution many times, so it is possible to vaccinate without performing antibody tests There are many reports that men in their 20s and 30s were also infected with rubella, so we are seeking to increase the age of coupon distribution.
“The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has set the goal of eliminating the rubella epidemic by 2020, and is not willing to do so. I want you to drastically review it because I can't protect my baby. "