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Baby dies from whooping cough

Costa del Sol 29 October 2015

A 15-day-old girl died at the Materno Infantil children?s hospital in Malaga last week from whooping cough.

Her mother tried desperately to follow a private doctor?s recommendation and buy herself a vaccination, but was unable to find any no matter how hard she searched. Little Lara from Fuengirola died from complications after catching the illness. Adrian Garcia, Lara?s uncle, told Diario SUR newspaper: ?This type of death should never happen again. We don?t want to attach blame to anyone but something should be done to make sure no more cases like that of my niece happen in Spain.?

The Spanish Medicine Agency admitted that there is a worldwide shortage of the vaccine and it may not be resolved in Spain until at least 2017. Garcia continued: ?My niece?s tragic death could have been avoided if the vaccinations had been available. I don?t understand how there can be a shortage in Spain in this day and age.? With growing concern from mothers-to-be, the head of Public Health Yolanda Gonzalez denied there being an outbreak of whooping cough in Malaga.
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[Gert van der Hoek]

Health admits more cases of whooping cough, but says it is the normal wave of pathology

Experts advise vaccinating infants at two months "to the letter", as required by SAS, to protect them as soon as possible.

LEONOR GARCIA | UPDATED 10/28/2015 - 9:01


There are more cases of whooping cough. Health confirms this, but says that the increase is at European level and part of the cyclical behavior of the disease. The death of a baby 15 days last week in the maternity hospital because the disease has set off alarms. However, since the health authorities it clarifies that is not a public health problem.

"It is the fifth consecutive year that there are more cases. We are in a wave [an increase sustained rate]. The waves last between three and seven years . When start to shrink? We do not know. But it is part of normal behavior disease, "he said the head of Public Health of the Provincial Delegation, Yolanda Gonzalez.

The data of the Office of Health collected for many years occurred two to four cases per year in the province. However, since the wave began in 2011, it has fluctuated withsignificantly higher figures . So in that year 28 cases and a rate of 1.72 per 100,000 were recorded.

In 2012 there were 36 and the rate rose to 2.19.

Inside the wave was in turn a peak of 60 cases in 2013 and the rate reached 3.63. In 2014 it dropped to 36 and the rate stood at 2.22 .

So far this year there has been a further increase since only in the first half, with 42 cases-total exceeded 2014