An executive official went to the Chamber of Deputies and explained that they are working so that “each province has its own strategy.”
While different district governments advance in the campaigns to guarantee the dengue vaccine Before the beginning of summer, the national government confirmed in the Chamber of Deputies who will delegate the prevention strategy to the provinces.
The officialization was carried out by the Secretary of Health of the Nation, Leandro Busso, who pointed out in the Commission for Social Action and Public Health that the Executive decided “not to put the vaccine on the national calendar, following the recommendations of the National Immunization Commission (CoNaIn) and the WHO.”
However, he noted that “We have designed a dengue prevention and control plan so that it can be adapted to the reality of each province.. The plan includes entomological and vector control to try to combat the larvae.” In turn, he raised the need for “the dissemination of information for the population along with health strategies, with clinical guides, to give patients an early consultation.”
The head of the Commission for Social Action and Public Health, the Tucuman Pablo Yedlin (Union for the Homeland) reproached him for “Although CONaIn maintained that it is a focal disease, this does not prevent it from being included“such as the yellow fever vaccine, which is on the calendar but not all Argentines have to get it.”We need to put the dengue vaccine on the vaccination schedule, so that the Nation can buy all the vaccines that are needed and distribute them on time. establishing clear criteria for who should apply them,” he added.
Debate on the health situation regarding dengue
The president herself National Immunization Commission (CONaIn), Angela Gentilewas on the commission and pointed out that “the most affected provinces are in the NOA and NEA and that we consider them to be priorities, since they are very densely populated areas.” “The best strategy for the country must be focused and intensive. The target population ranges from 15 to 39 years of age“, he said.
In turn, it was also expressed Florencia Cahn, president of the Argentine Society of Vaccinology and Epidemiology (SAVE): “Including a vaccine in the calendar generates equity among those people who are recipientsIt is best to vaccinate now so that we are well prepared for the next outbreak.
The deputies, who intend to approve a bill to legislate a strategy against dengue, also raised the need for the Nation to guarantee the distribution of repellents and a proper national prevention campaign, with fumigations and dissemination of information.
Source: Ambito
