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Kogi children die without knowing what
Although there is no official census, the indigenous communities assert that 40 minors have died.
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POSTED ON MARCH 19, 2022
The strange virus has claimed the lives of 40 Kogi children. Some have suffocated to death; others, the palate has been so peeled that they do not want to eat and then they die of starvation and many more diarrhea and vomiting bedridden them to death.
The Tamineka indigenous community, far from everything and with the closest health center two days away, has seen children and adults become infected with a disease for which they have not found a cure in their ancestral rituals.
“There is no figure for the children who have died, but they say there are about 40 children who have died. The symptoms: high fever, a lot of coughing, their mouths peel, they don't want to eat, some get diarrhea, they vomit (...) it is worrying because it is one of the communities that is very far away," said Sandra Moscote, an indigenous leader. in radio media.
With the strange disease hanging around the reservation, the parents have begun to travel to the IPS Indígena Gonawindua. They have to do it from Palomino, in La Guajira, to Santa Marta, where one of the doctors who treats them has ruled out that the rare disease is covid-19.
The doctor Joaquín Acosta, warned about the lethality of this disease that although it has raged with the little ones, it also affects the older indigenous people.
“It is a very contagious disease. Initially, they tried to treat her with natural medicine and prayers, but so far nothing has had an effect and at this time they require government assistance, ”said doctor Acosta to Diario del Magdalena.
Acosta called for the health departments of La Guajira and Magdalena to come together to trace the epidemiological route and stop the virus that is taking the Kogui children to the grave.
“For three weeks, this indigenous population has been attacked by a highly contagious disease. Initially they tried to treat her with natural medicine and prayers, but nothing so far has worked and now they require government assistance,” he stated.
The national government prepared a commission of the National Institute of Health to determine the causes of death of minors, most of whom die from respiratory causes.
Based on the symptoms, INS experts strongly suspect that the virus that is killing the kogi is Bordetella Pertussis, better known as Whooping Cough.
“The samples analyzed by the INS National Reference Laboratory confirmed the detection by PCR of the respiratory virus Bordetella Pertussis or also known as whooping cough,” the INS said in a statement.
Although this first diagnosis is available, the experts will continue to take samples to properly identify the disease and start appropriate treatment.
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They confirm what was the disease that killed several indigenous children in the Sierra Nevada
The National Institute of Health gave details of the strange virus that affected the indigenous minors of the Kogui community.
Caribbean
18 Mar 2022 - 05:33 pm
Diana Cabrera
@dianamileca
.Author Press Icbf
Laboratory tests carried out by the National Institute of Health (INS) confirmed that the bacterium that affects the indigenous Kogui communities, inhabitants of the Taminaka settlement in the Sierra Nevada and in Dibulla, La Guajira, is whooping cough, scientifically known as (Borderella pertussis).
The entity revealed that the tests carried out confirmed an outbreak of this disease, especially in minors, to whom it caused death.
The field investigation carried out by the INS for three days began last Wednesday in different hospital centers in the city of Santa Martha, where 17 hospitalized children from the Kogui indigenous community were identified, five of them in the ICU and 12 in a state of malnutrition. acute.
The epidemiologists pointed out that the minors are currently receiving antibiotic treatment, with a good response and evolution.
"The samples analyzed by the National Reference Laboratory of the INS confirmed the detection by PCR of the respiratory virus Bordetella Pertussis or also known as whooping cough," he said.
He said that it was also possible to verify that the minors did not have a vaccination schedule against the disease.
“The INS response team, in addition to verifying the nutritional conditions of the affected minors, established that all the children were without a vaccine, since no vaccination record was found and the adults responsible for the children reported that they were not vaccinated. ", Held.
He stressed that it is important that local authorities work on the recovery of vaccination of minors in these territories.
“The departmental health secretariats, in this case, the Guajira Health Secretariat, must ensure and verify compliance with the vaccination program in their territory and the Benefits Administration Companies (EAPB) must ensure the vaccination program in their population. affiliated ,” he assured.
The INS rejected that minors are affected by this type of disease due to the lack of a vaccination scheme.
“ It is an unfortunate situation that children die and get sick from this disease. Secretaries, EAPB and parents or caring adults must commit to the vaccination of children under five years of age, ”she added.
The entity invited the health secretariats and indigenous EAPB in the area to review and ensure vaccination in their population.
The National Institute of Health also revealed that the indigenous government authorized only the indigenous IPS to enter the area from March 23 to April 2 for a new medical assessment of the region.
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Death of Kogui children in the Sierra was caused by an outbreak of whooping cough
INS requested that a massive vaccination day be carried out in the territory.
ROGER URIEL
March 19, 2022, 10:10 AM
The National Institute of Health (INS) after carrying out rigorous tests on the Kogui population of the Taminaka reservation, established that the disease they have been suffering corresponds to an outbreak of whooping cough (Bordetella Pertussis).
The entity explained that this respiratory infection, although it can be easily prevented with vaccination, is highly contagious and can cause serious health complications among those who suffer from it.
In the case of the Kogui community, he specified that in the settlement neither children nor adults are vaccinated against the disease.
“As previously reported, the cause of the outbreak was not due to an unknown or atypical respiratory virus. The samples analyzed by the INS National Reference Laboratory confirmed the detection by PCR of the Bordetella Pertussis respiratory virus, also known as whooping cough," the INS said in a statement.
Since last Wednesday, March 16, a commission from the institute was in the affected area and had been visiting patients in clinics in Santa Marta in search of a specific diagnosis.
Based on this analysis, the entity sent guidelines to the health authorities of the department of La Guajira so that they carry out a day of special care and vaccination in the territory.
“It is an unfortunate situation that children die and become ill from this disease. Secretaries, EAPB and parents or guardian adults must commit to the vaccination of children under five years of age, ”said the INS.
A total of 21 Kogui children have died from this respiratory condition since January last year
All are currently receiving antibiotic treatment, with good response and evolution
He also specified that of the 17 children who are being treated in clinics in Santa Marta, five are in the ICU and 12 in general hospitalization.
“All of them are currently receiving antibiotic treatment, with a good response and evolution,” the entity pointed out.
It should be noted that according to the EPS Gonawindúa report, a total of 21 Kogui children have died from this respiratory condition since January of last year.
Taminaka is made up of 292 families equivalent to 1,492 people. Of this population, 365 are under 5 years of age.
Roger Urieles
For THE TIMESanta Marta
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This Wednesday begins the medical mission in the Kogui community
An action plan was defined to stop the whooping cough outbreak, but also to prevent future outbreaks.
LA GUAJIRA
Mar 22, 2022
By:
The Herald
Sandra Guerrero
From March 23 to April 3, medical care will be provided in the indigenous community of Taminaka, in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , where the authorities confirmed an outbreak of whooping cough that has caused the death of 21 children.
This was reported by the Secretary of Health of Dibulla, Ranzell Saurith Lindo, who explained that in this community of the Kogui-Malayo-Arhuaco reservation, located near the Palomino corregimiento, all measures have been activated to face the contingency and stop the outbreak of this acute respiratory disease, which rapidly progresses to pneumonia and ends in whooping cough.
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“The measures implemented jointly with the competent entities and the municipal secretariats of Dibulla, the department of La Guajira and the district of Santa Marta , have been especially oriented towards strengthening the IPSI Gonawindua, because this is the only one endorsed by the mamos and the authorities. traditional, for the health care of the 1,420 people of this community, located two days' walk from the nearest urban settlement," he explained.
He specified that, within the actions contemplated in the Specific Action Plan for emergency care and medium and long-term improvement actions, defined in the Risk Management Committee held during the weekend, traceability was reviewed of the communications sent to this community since the month of May 2019, counting 13 official letters and circulars in which important requirements are made to preserve the health of the population and control the morbidity and mortality that finally arose, due to the fact that the rate of vaccination of this population is found in 15%.
“Air transport was defined with medical equipment from the IPS Gonawindua, the holding of weekly follow-up tables every Thursday at 3 pm until the crisis is over, a meeting with the Wiwa people to raise the early warning to prevent new outbreaks, the socialization of the medical mission on April 4, 2022 and the making of a progress report to the Ministry of Health”, he added.
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There will also be a socialization about the outbreak to the ethno-educational institutions and the realization of a consultation table between the authorities, the IPSI Gonawindua and the Gonawindua Tayrona Organization, to take definitive measures that guarantee the non-repetition of this situation.
"The district of Santa Marta, together with the department of Magdalena, will coordinate with La Guajira to provide the necessary biologicals. The creation of an interdepartmental management coordination team will be studied for the prevention of these diseases in the future in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. , between Magdalena and La Guajira, and a differential media plan will be established for indigenous and western areas, respectively, in order to bring the appropriate information to each community and thus prevent a new spread of this and other diseases,” the official concluded.
All the territorial entities and organizations involved in solving this emergency have announced that they will maintain priority over this case, until the health of the affected communities is stabilized.
Kogi children die without knowing what
Although there is no official census, the indigenous communities assert that 40 minors have died.
...
POSTED ON MARCH 19, 2022
The strange virus has claimed the lives of 40 Kogi children. Some have suffocated to death; others, the palate has been so peeled that they do not want to eat and then they die of starvation and many more diarrhea and vomiting bedridden them to death.
The Tamineka indigenous community, far from everything and with the closest health center two days away, has seen children and adults become infected with a disease for which they have not found a cure in their ancestral rituals.
“There is no figure for the children who have died, but they say there are about 40 children who have died. The symptoms: high fever, a lot of coughing, their mouths peel, they don't want to eat, some get diarrhea, they vomit (...) it is worrying because it is one of the communities that is very far away," said Sandra Moscote, an indigenous leader. in radio media.
With the strange disease hanging around the reservation, the parents have begun to travel to the IPS Indígena Gonawindua. They have to do it from Palomino, in La Guajira, to Santa Marta, where one of the doctors who treats them has ruled out that the rare disease is covid-19.
The doctor Joaquín Acosta, warned about the lethality of this disease that although it has raged with the little ones, it also affects the older indigenous people.
“It is a very contagious disease. Initially, they tried to treat her with natural medicine and prayers, but so far nothing has had an effect and at this time they require government assistance, ”said doctor Acosta to Diario del Magdalena.
Acosta called for the health departments of La Guajira and Magdalena to come together to trace the epidemiological route and stop the virus that is taking the Kogui children to the grave.
“For three weeks, this indigenous population has been attacked by a highly contagious disease. Initially they tried to treat her with natural medicine and prayers, but nothing so far has worked and now they require government assistance,” he stated.
The national government prepared a commission of the National Institute of Health to determine the causes of death of minors, most of whom die from respiratory causes.
Based on the symptoms, INS experts strongly suspect that the virus that is killing the kogi is Bordetella Pertussis, better known as Whooping Cough.
“The samples analyzed by the INS National Reference Laboratory confirmed the detection by PCR of the respiratory virus Bordetella Pertussis or also known as whooping cough,” the INS said in a statement.
Although this first diagnosis is available, the experts will continue to take samples to properly identify the disease and start appropriate treatment.
---------------------------------------------------------
They confirm what was the disease that killed several indigenous children in the Sierra Nevada
The National Institute of Health gave details of the strange virus that affected the indigenous minors of the Kogui community.
Caribbean
18 Mar 2022 - 05:33 pm
Diana Cabrera
@dianamileca
.Author Press Icbf
Laboratory tests carried out by the National Institute of Health (INS) confirmed that the bacterium that affects the indigenous Kogui communities, inhabitants of the Taminaka settlement in the Sierra Nevada and in Dibulla, La Guajira, is whooping cough, scientifically known as (Borderella pertussis).
The entity revealed that the tests carried out confirmed an outbreak of this disease, especially in minors, to whom it caused death.
The field investigation carried out by the INS for three days began last Wednesday in different hospital centers in the city of Santa Martha, where 17 hospitalized children from the Kogui indigenous community were identified, five of them in the ICU and 12 in a state of malnutrition. acute.
The epidemiologists pointed out that the minors are currently receiving antibiotic treatment, with a good response and evolution.
"The samples analyzed by the National Reference Laboratory of the INS confirmed the detection by PCR of the respiratory virus Bordetella Pertussis or also known as whooping cough," he said.
He said that it was also possible to verify that the minors did not have a vaccination schedule against the disease.
“The INS response team, in addition to verifying the nutritional conditions of the affected minors, established that all the children were without a vaccine, since no vaccination record was found and the adults responsible for the children reported that they were not vaccinated. ", Held.
He stressed that it is important that local authorities work on the recovery of vaccination of minors in these territories.
“The departmental health secretariats, in this case, the Guajira Health Secretariat, must ensure and verify compliance with the vaccination program in their territory and the Benefits Administration Companies (EAPB) must ensure the vaccination program in their population. affiliated ,” he assured.
The INS rejected that minors are affected by this type of disease due to the lack of a vaccination scheme.
“ It is an unfortunate situation that children die and get sick from this disease. Secretaries, EAPB and parents or caring adults must commit to the vaccination of children under five years of age, ”she added.
The entity invited the health secretariats and indigenous EAPB in the area to review and ensure vaccination in their population.
The National Institute of Health also revealed that the indigenous government authorized only the indigenous IPS to enter the area from March 23 to April 2 for a new medical assessment of the region.
---------------------------------------------
Death of Kogui children in the Sierra was caused by an outbreak of whooping cough
INS requested that a massive vaccination day be carried out in the territory.
ROGER URIEL
March 19, 2022, 10:10 AM
The National Institute of Health (INS) after carrying out rigorous tests on the Kogui population of the Taminaka reservation, established that the disease they have been suffering corresponds to an outbreak of whooping cough (Bordetella Pertussis).
The entity explained that this respiratory infection, although it can be easily prevented with vaccination, is highly contagious and can cause serious health complications among those who suffer from it.
In the case of the Kogui community, he specified that in the settlement neither children nor adults are vaccinated against the disease.
“As previously reported, the cause of the outbreak was not due to an unknown or atypical respiratory virus. The samples analyzed by the INS National Reference Laboratory confirmed the detection by PCR of the Bordetella Pertussis respiratory virus, also known as whooping cough," the INS said in a statement.
Since last Wednesday, March 16, a commission from the institute was in the affected area and had been visiting patients in clinics in Santa Marta in search of a specific diagnosis.
Based on this analysis, the entity sent guidelines to the health authorities of the department of La Guajira so that they carry out a day of special care and vaccination in the territory.
“It is an unfortunate situation that children die and become ill from this disease. Secretaries, EAPB and parents or guardian adults must commit to the vaccination of children under five years of age, ”said the INS.
A total of 21 Kogui children have died from this respiratory condition since January last year
All are currently receiving antibiotic treatment, with good response and evolution
He also specified that of the 17 children who are being treated in clinics in Santa Marta, five are in the ICU and 12 in general hospitalization.
“All of them are currently receiving antibiotic treatment, with a good response and evolution,” the entity pointed out.
It should be noted that according to the EPS Gonawindúa report, a total of 21 Kogui children have died from this respiratory condition since January of last year.
Taminaka is made up of 292 families equivalent to 1,492 people. Of this population, 365 are under 5 years of age.
Roger Urieles
For THE TIMESanta Marta
------------------------------------------
This Wednesday begins the medical mission in the Kogui community
An action plan was defined to stop the whooping cough outbreak, but also to prevent future outbreaks.
LA GUAJIRA
Mar 22, 2022
By:
The Herald
Sandra Guerrero
From March 23 to April 3, medical care will be provided in the indigenous community of Taminaka, in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , where the authorities confirmed an outbreak of whooping cough that has caused the death of 21 children.
This was reported by the Secretary of Health of Dibulla, Ranzell Saurith Lindo, who explained that in this community of the Kogui-Malayo-Arhuaco reservation, located near the Palomino corregimiento, all measures have been activated to face the contingency and stop the outbreak of this acute respiratory disease, which rapidly progresses to pneumonia and ends in whooping cough.
...
“The measures implemented jointly with the competent entities and the municipal secretariats of Dibulla, the department of La Guajira and the district of Santa Marta , have been especially oriented towards strengthening the IPSI Gonawindua, because this is the only one endorsed by the mamos and the authorities. traditional, for the health care of the 1,420 people of this community, located two days' walk from the nearest urban settlement," he explained.
He specified that, within the actions contemplated in the Specific Action Plan for emergency care and medium and long-term improvement actions, defined in the Risk Management Committee held during the weekend, traceability was reviewed of the communications sent to this community since the month of May 2019, counting 13 official letters and circulars in which important requirements are made to preserve the health of the population and control the morbidity and mortality that finally arose, due to the fact that the rate of vaccination of this population is found in 15%.
“Air transport was defined with medical equipment from the IPS Gonawindua, the holding of weekly follow-up tables every Thursday at 3 pm until the crisis is over, a meeting with the Wiwa people to raise the early warning to prevent new outbreaks, the socialization of the medical mission on April 4, 2022 and the making of a progress report to the Ministry of Health”, he added.
...
There will also be a socialization about the outbreak to the ethno-educational institutions and the realization of a consultation table between the authorities, the IPSI Gonawindua and the Gonawindua Tayrona Organization, to take definitive measures that guarantee the non-repetition of this situation.
"The district of Santa Marta, together with the department of Magdalena, will coordinate with La Guajira to provide the necessary biologicals. The creation of an interdepartmental management coordination team will be studied for the prevention of these diseases in the future in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. , between Magdalena and La Guajira, and a differential media plan will be established for indigenous and western areas, respectively, in order to bring the appropriate information to each community and thus prevent a new spread of this and other diseases,” the official concluded.
All the territorial entities and organizations involved in solving this emergency have announced that they will maintain priority over this case, until the health of the affected communities is stabilized.
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