A/H1N1: effectiveness of prevention in childhood

The question on how to manage the presence of the pandemic virus A/H1N1 in schools when the specific vaccine was not yet available was based on environmental and behavioural interventions. Some countries have decided to postpone the opening of schools to avoid the epidemic peak, others have preferred to wait for the mass vaccination to contain the epidemic. WHO has issued a briefing note in which measures to be taken in school activities to limit the spread of virus A/H1N1 were detailed. In our experience, the education of students towards good hygiene practices has given interesting results.