2024-09-09 22:00:00
In a move that follows what is happening in many local communities, right now Buenos Aires will add immunity to the tools available in dengue epidemics which is expected to grow in the coming months.
According to sources from the government of Buenos Aires, CABA has launched several articles that constitute a comprehensive prevention campaign 2024-2025. These points include spreading of wealth among the porteños, the decacharreo of places where mosquito vectors are increasing, the “Seroprevalence Study“Which epidemiologists use to calculate with certainty what percentage of those over 18 years old in Caba have (or have) dengue. And, now, from the Ministry of Health of Buenos Aires. it appears that They will add vaccines to the prevention cocktail of the complications of this viral infection.
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What will the dengue vaccination campaign look like in CABA?
As he wrote, the City decided to follow the recommendations of those National Immunization Commission (CoNaIn) and the recommendations of the Ministry of National Health whereby the residents of Buenos Aires are able to receive this vaccine free of charge.
In particular, the vaccination strategy has to focus on the resources, prioritizing the age groups that have been most affected by the disease in recent times. Therefore, the city is buying 60 thousand vaccines against dengue, which will be used in the future. It will start with young people from 15 to 19 years; then it will continue gradually with young people from 20 to 29 years old and, finally, with adults from 30 to 39 years old.
The municipality of Buenos Aires presented its own program against dengue
It should be noted that the epidemiological criteria selected for the area of Caba They are different from those who rule in other areas. For example, in Buenos Aires, according to Axel Kiciloff and Nicolás Kreplak, the purchased needles will be used for people between 15 and 59 years old, who have had dengue in the last year, and also for those who live in the AMBA region, which is the one with the highest number of cases.
Although the date of application of the dengue vaccine is CABA not yet decided -since based on the arrival date of the goods sent by the Japanese laboratory that produced them – it has been confirmed that, start following Wednesday 18 SeptemberBuenos Aires residents (of receiving age) will be able to start choosing your time using turnera that works on the website of the Public Health Agency.
They launched a survey in CABA to estimate the number of dengue infected people
Dengue vaccine will be available for this population twelve vaccinationsdistributed in different areas, either in Buenos Aires hospitals, CeSACS or external hospital posts.
Beyond the vaccine, the Buenos Aires authorities insist on remembering that dengue prevention is not just vaccines: “We all have something to contribute.” We need some kind of social contract to attack this problem together.because most mosquitoes live in houses and there it is important that each neighbor make sure that there is no standing water and remove the rest from where the water collects. You have to remove the water, wash it with a brush with hard bristles or throw boiling water,” Prime Minister Jorge Macri explained personally.
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