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Routine vaccinations
03/07/2023Structural pages

Vaccination, our main ally in the battle against infectious diseases, is the most effective and safest prevention tool available to us.  According to estimates by the World Health Organization, about 3 million deaths every y...

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International vaccinations
03/06/2023News

International vaccinations are all those vaccinations that are compulsory and recommended, in order to travel to the tropics (tropical vaccinations), or before a trip to an area with a risk of endemic diseases.

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Hope from research for a universal flu vaccine
02/03/2023News

 An experimental vaccine designed to protect against several strains of the flu virus produced promising results in an efficacy study.  NIAID investigator Matthew J.  Memoli, M. D. , conducted the study, which involved administering o...

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Diphtheria: could it become a major global threat?
09/02/2023News

Diphtheria is a relatively easy infection to prevent, largely thanks to the availability of effective vaccines.  Currently, however, the diphtheria bacterium is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future c...

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Covid-19, colds and flu: discover the differences
25/11/2022News

The difference between Covid-19, influenza and colds. There are many similarities and few differences, so let's find out what these differences are so we can recognise the symptoms of Covid-19.

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Health prevention
20/11/2022Structural pages

Our health is one of the factors that most affects our overall well-being.  Wanting to draw on popular wisdom, we could say that “when there is health there is everything. ” It is probably an understatement, but it is unden...

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HPV prevention and treatment
07/10/2022News

Primary Prevention (vaccination)   Primary prevention against HPV is mainly through vaccination.  This is discussed in detail in the section on the HPV vaccine.    Primary prevention (prophylaxis) of sexually...

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Who we are
19/07/2022Structural pages

We focus on the customer's health, with commitment and passion.  This is our mission. Competence, dynamism, reliability.  These are our values.  We operate in the fields of prevention, protection and safety alongside individuals and comp...

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Diseases and vaccinations
18/07/2022Structural pages

In this section you can consult our sickness fact sheets and vaccine fact sheets, where present, to have all the detailed information that may be useful to you.  Tropical Epidemies Other ...

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Booking help and focus on foreign travellers
04/07/2022Structural pages

BOOKING HELP One of the fundamental aspects of prevention consists in correctly and promptly identifying specific health conditions, in order to start the right therapy as soon as possible.  Only in this way can the negative effects of...

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ambimed check-up
04/07/2022Structural pages

The fight against every disease is based on a fundamental pillar: the rapid identification of the pathology.  It is this pillar that makes it possible to avoid the disease or start the correct treatment as soon as possible.  Ma...

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History of the Smallpox vaccine
02/06/2022News

Smallpox is a contagious disease of viral origin that is fatal in 30% of cases.  The World Health Organisation declared the disease officially eradicated in 1980.  Because it is a viral disease, treatment with antibiotics is not effecti...

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The first vaccination campaign against malaria
29/05/2022News

Malawi is the first country to launch a malaria vaccination campaign, with a pilot project that will also cover other countries such as Kenya and Ghana.  The vaccine, called RTS,S, will be available to children from the age of two.  The...

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Fausto Coppi's death from malaria, preventable and treatable
29/05/2022News

Yesterday, 2 January, marked the anniversary of the death of the great cyclist Fausto Coppi.  We join the commemoration not only to remember the Italian champion, but above all to remember the preventable and treatable cause of his death...

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Flu, know it to prevent it
29/05/2022News

Flu is a highly contagious viral disease that infects the airways such as the nose, throat and lungs and is transmitted through droplets of mucus and saliva, or by contact with contaminated hands.  The primary objective of flu prevention...

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Focus on meningitis: who is most at risk?
29/05/2022News

Dr Massimo Galli, Past President of SIMIT (Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases) and Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Milan, reminds Ansa that it is children and adolescents, together with some people co...

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The importance of a personal travel medical kit
29/05/2022News

The essential personal medical kit for travellers. How to defend yourself against minor health incidents. How to combat traveller's diarrhoea. How to protect your health while travelling.

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But how well do vaccination campaigns work in the world?
28/05/2022News

Vaccines are one of the most powerful tools for substantially reducing mortality and are among the most cost-effective health interventions.  In addition to the direct protection provided to vaccinated individuals, high levels of vaccina...

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Legionellosis
28/05/2022News

Legionellosis, a disease caused by the Legionella bacterium, has been an underestimated disease in this period monopolised by Covid 19.

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