In Russia, 90% of all registered infectious diseases fall on respiratory infections. Typically, children are beginning to hurt (among the sick-based orders are 45-60%). According to WHO, modern children are ill with influenza and sharp respiratory infections from 2 to 12 times a year. Thus, schoolchildren are on average catchy 3 times a year, preschoolers - 6 times, and infants carry from 2 to 12 Episodes of ARVI. Of course, it is unpleasant to catch up, but these diseases are particularly dangerous in that against the background of frequent ARVI, severe chronic diseases are often developing.
Therefore, the preservation and strengthening of the health of schoolchildren today has become one of the most important tasks of educational institutions. For example, according to the Ministry of Health and the Social Development of the Russian Federation, only 22% of children coming in the first class are fully healthy. In Moscow, the social and educational program "5 steps against influenza" is active, which is aimed at the popularization of a healthy lifestyle and the prevention of influenza and ARVI among Muscovites throughout the epidemic period. This program was developed and actively supported by the Office of Rospotrebnadzor in Moscow, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the World Health Organization, the Russian Red Cross, Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. G. N. Gabrichevsky.
- Our program every year provides almost two hundred metropolitan schools specially designed with the support of the Moscow Department of Education Methodological materials for the "health lessons," - spoke at a press conference on the prevention of influenza and the prevention of the 2011/12 epidemic, one of the initiators of this program, Kerezrel Stefan - as well as accomplishing posters, calendars, coloring books and prophylactic sets of "5 steps against influenza", in which medical masks, electronic thermometers, wet wipes.
In order for the training of good habits, it seemed to guys a boring and incomprehensible, teachers conduct lessons in a game form, they are looking for answers to interesting questions, glue health chamomile with five petals, in the center of which photograph of each particular student. And every lesson of health is discussing the healthy habits of a particular child. "The guys really like, they struggle to pull their hand to tell us about their chamomile," the deputy shared. Director for Social Protection School No. 1372 Inna Sharaburova. She and with the audience at a press conference, journalists conducted a similar mini-lesson health.
"We didn't meet at the planetarium right now," the teacher said. - To be healthy, do not forget to poison the room and go out on the evening walk to admire the stars and, of course, move, breathe fresh air before bedtime.
And for those who like to sit at the computer, even a special site dedicated to the topic of combating coldsWWW.5-Shagov.ru has been launched. It has already visited more than 780 thousand people. There you can also find a fun game that fun and unobtrusively teaches children and adults to comply with the rules for the prevention of influenza and ARVI.
In addition to schools and worldwide cobwebs, this program covers about 250 children's and adult hospitals and preventive institutions. They are distributed free disposable masks, posters are placed, books that tell about simple steps leading to a healthy lifestyle and strengthening immunity.
By the way
According to official statistics, influenza and ARVI, we have up to 30 million people annually. And the annual economic losses from this in our country make up more than 80 billion rubles.
5 attacks against influenza and ORVI
Observe the rules of hygiene!
Wash your hands more often, especially in the period when many others hurt. Watch out for cleanliness of clothing, bed linen. Clean regularly and ventilate the premises - viruses do not like fresh air.
Bring a healthy lifestyle!
Drive the moving lifestyle, try to eat correctly, give up bad habits (for example, from smoking or unnecessary videos). Once rationally plan your time, alternate and rest.
Strengthen your immunity!
We regularly engage in sports, select an individual chart of hardening. It is important that every day on your table there were products rich in vitamins and minerals.
Take measures to prevent!
Do not act on the principle "So far is not born ...", remember, the best medicine is prevention. Therefore, in the event of a threat of an epidemic, after consulting a doctor, use or special medicines, or make a vaccination.
Caution - flu!
If you get sick, do not self-medicate, please contact the doctor. Do not go to work and in general, if possible, exclude contacts with others. Wear a mask if someone is sick of your surroundings.