Thousands of children in Greece have been left unvaccinated because they and their parents have no health insurance, the Greek section of an international humanitarian aid organisation has said.
“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, Nikitas Kanakis of Médecins du Monde said, in an interview with Sto Kokkino radio.
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. We’re very close to
tearing down the vaccination barrier in this country.”
This year alone, over 6,000 impoverished children have received vaccinations at voluntary clinics run by his organisation, he added.
Source: enetenglish
