Below is a statement released by those responsible:
THURSDAY 2 MAY AT 6.30 PM
at the BIBLIOCENTER (EX TANNERY)
VIA BARSENTO – ALBEROBELLO
The event takes place as part of the PREVENTION THURSDAYS cycle – Dissemination seminars of the Faber Up project of the Alberobello Community Cooperative and aims to best define current knowledge on the topic but at the same time wants to answer citizens’ doubts.
The Fire of saint Anthony it is the reactivation of the chickenpox virus which by affecting the nervous structures leads to a painful skin rash. This poses a threat to adults and the complications can also be very serious and in some cases fatal. Today there is a Vaccine which allows you to prevent shingles which is free and safe.
After the institutional greetings entrusted to the councilor for social policies Valentina Liuzzi and the acting General Director of ASL Bari, lawyer. Luigi Fruscio and the introduction by Giuseppe De Palma (president of the scientific committee of the cycle) the speaker prof. Peter Louis Lopalcoprofessor of hygiene at the University of Salento, will inform about the risks of shingles and underline the importance of vaccination against this common and potentially disabling pathology in adults.
Moderating will be doctors Cosmo Damiano De Felice and Cesare Lamanna, respectively trustee and vice-trustee of the Medical Association of the Province of Bari for Alberobello, who will start a discussion open to questions that will be asked to the prof. Lopalco.
Free and open participation
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Alberobello
