Question 33441 — health

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Ms. Marie-Pierre Rixain draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to vaccination against rotavirus gastroenteritis. Rotavirus is a virus responsible for acute gastroenteritis which particularly affects children under 5 years old. Very contagious but benign in most cases, the disease can still cause acute dehydration requiring urgent hospitalization. According to Health public France, rotavirus is the cause of 111 million episodes of gastroenteritis each year worldwide; in developing countries, it is the main cause of infant mortality with more than half a million deaths per year. It should be noted that rotavirus gastroenteritis is more common in winter in temperate countries such as France where it appears every year in the form of an epidemic. In France, it is responsible, each year, for approximately 155,000 consultations for acute diarrhea in children under 3 years old and 14,000 hospitalizations. If deaths due to rotavirus gastroenteritis remain exceptional in France, the number of annual hospitalizations raises questions about the need to use the dedicated vaccine on a larger scale. Indeed, the vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis is very effective in that it reduces of more than 85% the risk of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis during the first year of life; by vaccinating three out of four infants, the number of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children under 5 years old would be reduced by two thirds in the short term and by three quarters in the long term. However, this vaccine, available in several doses, has a significant cost of around 200 euros and does not benefit from any insurance coverage. illness, which strongly impacts its practice in France. Furthermore, while France is awaiting a period of unprecedented health crisis due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Academy of Medicine currently recommends systematically vaccinating infants against rotavirus in order to avoid too frequent visits to hospitals. Also, she questions him about the advisability of covering this vaccine, or even registering it in the next vaccination schedule.

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