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Is there someone who cannot manage without your help?If so, you are a Carer and you're not alone.
Health, Social Care & Well Being Strategy 2008-11
Swansea is a vibrant place, with a thriving city and some of the most beautiful natural surroundings in the country. Our ultimate aim is that the 226,000 people who live in swansea will be supported to live longer healthier lives. To work towards this, the purpose of this second strategy is to set out how we intend to improve health, social care and well-being over the next three years. The strategy has been developed by the Health Challenge Swansea Partnership together with local people. it builds on the first strategy, which covered the period of 2005-2008. The members of the Health Challenge Swansea Partnership include: The City and County of Swansea, Swansea Local Health Board, Swansea NHS Trust, National Public Health Service, Swansea Community Health Council, Swansea Council for Voluntary Services and Swansea University. The aim of the strategy is that by 2020 Swansea will be a place where: "Everyone is supported to achieve the best level of health and well-being possible, living longer healthier lives; appropriate care is delivered in the best location at the right time by a range of organisations working together; and where communities and individuals are well informed and take responsibility for their own health and well-being" *Please note this is a large document and may take a couple of minutes to download.
For twenty years the MMR vaccine has been used to protect children and young people against measles, mumps and rubella. Before the vaccine was introduced, mumps was the commonest cause of viral meningitis in children. Because of the MMR vaccine, we are now close to wiping out mumps in children. Before the MMR vaccine was introduced, rubella continued to be dangerous to unborn babies. Because of the MMR vaccine we are now close to wiping out rubella. The complications of measles affect one in every 15 cases and about one in every 100 cases need to go to hospital. Complications include chest infections, fits, encephalitis and brain damage. Measles kills around one in every 2,500 children who catch it. If you are concerned that your child may not have received the full MMR vaccination, ask at your GP surgery for advice.
To download Measles, Mumps or Rubella awareness raising posters, please click on the links below:    
Last updated: 07/12/2009 |
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