Thousands of children in Greece have been left unvaccinated because their parents have no health insurance and consequently, neither do they. According to Eleftherotypia newspaper, which quotes Nikitas Kanakis of Medecins du Monde in an interview with Sto Kokkino radio, “Uninsured children who are unvaccinated are in imminent danger. Apart from the threat to their own health, they face exclusion from school because there are directives saying unvaccinated children cannot attend school.”
In Greece, vaccinations are recorded in the health books that each child is supposed to have. He added, “Inequality is increasing and this shows just how unjust the public health system is. There is silence on the issue of the uninsured and we are very close to tearing down the vaccination barrier in this country.” This year alone, over 6,000 children from impoverished families have received vaccinations at voluntary clinics run by his organization, he added.
(source: ANSA)
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