Bolivia: 2023 Dengue

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Source: https://lavozdetarija.com/2023/01/26...a-1-074-casos/

Bolivia reports 64 new patients with dengue and adds 1,074 cases
January 26, 2023 - 10:55:00

In Bolivia, 64 new patients with dengue were reported and the number of confirmed cases rises to 1,074, according to the Ministry of Health.

Official data establish that, of the total accumulated cases, the department of Santa Cruz is the one with the highest number of infected with 721.

Meanwhile, Beni reported 245, Tarija 47, La Paz 34, Pando 12, Chuquisaca 9 and Cochabamba 6.

To date, three deaths from dengue have been reported.

Dengue is an endemic-epidemic viral disease, transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Given the abrupt increase in dengue cases in Santa Cruz, the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) urged the population not to self-medicate so as not to aggravate their health.

The Headquarters epidemiology manager, Carlos Hurtado, recalled that most dengue cases in the department are serotype 2, with hemorrhagic manifestations or complications with alarm signs.

"Instead of going to a medical center, they go to the pharmacy and buy ibuprofen or diclofenac, but these two drugs together can induce bleeding in dengue patients, so do not self-medicate," he warned.

He insisted that, in the event of any symptoms, patients should go to the Health Center and not wait for the disease to progress.

"Between the fifth and sixth day of the evolution of the disease, they just go to the hospital, when the child or adult is bleeding or dehydrated with a risk of dengue shock," he warned. /Abi

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Source: https://www.bolivia.com/actualidad/n...-dengue-388492

By: Yuly Solis • Bolivia.com
This Sunday Bolivia reports 3,437 cases of dengue nationwide
The Vice Minister of Management of the Health System warned that Santa Cruz is the "high point" of dengue.
Sun, 05/Feb/2023 5:55 pm

Given the accelerated increase in dengue cases, this Sunday the Vice Minister of Health System Management, Álvaro Terrazas, warned that the department of Santa Cruz is at the "high point" of this disease.

"The accumulated cases of dengue in Bolivia reach 3,437," Terrazas said in an interview with the state-owned Bolivia TV.

According to the information shared by the entity, with 2,554 registered cases, Santa Cruz is the department with the highest number of infected people.

Beni has 518, Tarija 150, La Paz 91, Pando 30, Chuquisaca 72 and Cochabamba 22.

In the last 24 hours, 68 new cases were reported in different parts of the country and the total number of accumulated deaths reaches 13...

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Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_th...t_85117401.htm

Bolivia reports 8,700 dengue cases, 29 related deaths
Xinhua, February 21, 2023

LA PAZ, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia has seen a sudden increase in dengue fever cases this year, with a total of 8,700 cases and 29 related deaths reported to date, Health Minister Jeyson Auza said Monday.

As of Saturday, which marked the end of the seventh epidemiological week of the year, there were 8,347 cases and 26 deaths, but the figures rose to 8,700 and 29 on Sunday, Auza said at his weekly press conference...

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Source: https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/...ever-patients/

Bolivia reports more than 11,000 dengue fever patients
February 28, 2023 CST15:14 (GMT) -0500
Published by: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

La Paz, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Ministry of Health and Sports on Tuesday reported 11,076 dengue fever cases in this country, 75 percent of them in the Santa Cruz department.

A total of 8,305 patients were recorded in that department, becoming the epicenter of the epidemic, followed by Beni with 1,156, Tarija with 869, La Paz with 331, Chuquisaca with 232, Cochabamba with 111, and Pando with 72...

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Source: https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9...vanta-reclamos

Dengue kills in Bolivia, strips the health system and raises claims
First modification: 03/10/2023 - 01:50
Text by: Javier Aliaga

43 people, most of them children, have died from dengue in Bolivia and more than 13,000 have been infected so far this year, especially in the tropical department of Santa Cruz (east), where the epidemic outbreak has once again put the naked the precariousness of the health system, raising claims from doctors and the population because they feel abandoned by the authorities.

In the city of Santa Cruz there is an ongoing health emergency with hospitals collapsed, fumigation is being carried out in some streets, houses and schools in suburban neighborhoods, "mingas" or community cleaning work is also carried out and there are mothers who pray at the doors from emergency centers for the recovery of their children.

According to the report of the Ministry of Health as of March 8, the number of deaths from dengue has risen to 43 and the cases add up to 13,470, of which close to 10,000 are in Santa Cruz, the most populated and economically strong region of the country, but whose health system is precarious with a deficit of hospital beds, equipment and 14,000 workers, according to doctors.

Some neighborhoods in Santa Cruz participated over the weekend in a collective cleaning day to eliminate unused containers, bottles and tires from the houses where the water used by the dengue-transmitting mosquito, Aedes aegypti, collects to reproduce.

Isabel Montenegro, 35, lives in District 12 and has cleaned the patio of her house and her street with her family and neighbors as part of the "minga" against dengue fever organized by the Santa Cruz mayor's office, which has mobilized your staff and heavy equipment to remove tons of trash.

Her son Jared recently contracted dengue fever and had problems with medical care...

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Source: https://www.atb.com.bo/2023/03/20/bo...encia-del-0-3/

Bolivia reports a drastic decrease in dengue cases with an incidence rate of 0.3%


La Paz, Mar 20, 2023 (ATB Digital).- The application of the strategic plan to fight dengue fever achieved, in the last week, a drastic decrease in cases with an incidence rate of 0.3% per 100,000 inhabitants, reported this Monday the Minister of Health and Sports, Jeyson Auza.

"Since epidemiological week 6, there has been a decrease in the incidence rate, except week 9, which registered an increase in cases, reaching an incidence rate of 0.3% until this epidemiological week 11," said Auza.

In the last epidemiological week, the incidence rate decreased in the seven departments where dengue is registered.

According to official data, until yesterday, Sunday, 15,6450 accumulated cases of dengue were registered in Bolivia and the infections of that day were 47.

The department of Santa Cruz presents 11,152 accumulated cases, Beni 1,510, Tarija 1,545, La Paz 561, Pando 108, Chuquisaca 508 and Cochabamba 261.

The death toll reached 47.

The minister reported that the department of Santa Cruz, epicenter of the dengue outbreak, presents an incidence of 0.4%.

In epidemiological week 5 of the disease outbreak, it registered 5.4%.

In Beni, the decrease in the incidence rate was from 4.3% to 0.3%

Meanwhile, in Tarija the incidence rate decreased from 6.35 to 0.5%.

La Paz lowered the incidence from 4.4% in week 8 to 0.5%.

"The trend of the incidence rate is to decrease, the actions that we are carrying out have achieved a decrease in cases and this epidemiological week only one death was registered," said Auza.

However, the minister urged the population not to lower their guard because "the disease can have a variation at any time."

He recommended keeping their homes clean and eliminating breeding grounds for the dengue-transmitting mosquito.

whooping cough and monkeypox

Regarding the cases of whooping cough or whooping cough, Auza reported that of the 296 accumulated cases, eight patients are still active.

According to the data, 285 people recovered and three patients died.

Auza reported that Bolivia had overcome monkeypox since no case of the disease was reported.

Of the 265 registered cases, all recovered.