Cuba begins second phase of vaccination against influenza A (H1N1)

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Cuba begins second phase of vaccination against influenza A (H1N1)
Written by Diony Sanabia Abadia
Saturday, May 1, 2010

May 1, 2010, 09:17 Havana, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Some 150 000 children receive in Cuba from next Monday another dose of the vaccine against influenza virus A (H1N1), media reported Tuesday.

The second part of the vaccination campaign in order to combat the pandemic evil runs through next May 22, points out the newspaper Granma.

Now they will have the benefit of children from six months old to nine years old, who were immunized in the first phase and are enrolled in nursery schools and special education centers.

In this particular case appear as high risk by presenting bronchial asthma, insulin-dependent diabetics and those with oncologist diseases, hematological and fibrocystic.

They will be joined in patients with cardiovascular malformations, transplants, kidney failure, HIV / AIDS and physical-motor disabilities.

The head of the Communicable Disease Department of the Ministry of Public Health, Otto Pel?ez, recalled that it is essential to maintain the strict observance of all recipients for one hour.

Although the Cuban experience in the administration of more than one million doses of vaccine Pandemrix international practice confirms that it is a safe immunobiologic, such surveillance provides the ability to respond immediately to any adverse reactions considered.

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Second phase of vaccination against influenza A H1N1

Monday, May 3, 2010 22:42 Costafeda Ariel Soler
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Guantanamo .- The second phase of vaccination against pandemic influenza virus H1N1 began to close the immunization course of nine thousand 80 children between six months and nine years old in the province of Guantanamo.

These infants who had received an initial dose during the first stage of inoculation Pandemrix, antidote donated to Cuba by the World Health Organization

During the still ongoing first phase of the strategy were vaccinated immune to 99.3 percent of the 36 000 400 patients in risk groups, said Dr. Maria Sanchez, an epidemiologist responsible for the Vaccination Program in this area

He said that half of the municipalities complied with the established time strategy: El Salvador, Yateras, Im?as, Perez and Caimanera Niceto, while Guant?namo, the most densely populated and San Antonio del Sur, have virtually completed the program. Maisi and Manuel Tames also enter the final straight and only stays Baracoa behind.

The advance of the pandemic vaccine does not mean that this averted the danger, so that the public should increase personal hygiene to avoid contracting influenza virus, which in large number and diversity currently circulating in the province of Guant?namo, alert health authorities.

Torreblanca Antonio Pineda, deputy director of the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, explained the similarity of clinical manifestations of influenza virus that can disguise the similarity H1N1, reason to see a doctor at the first sign.

The province is in an epidemic phase-stressed and reported that the emergency wards of health centers serving the province respiratory infections on average, about five thousand people weekly.

He called for raising the personal hygiene and maintain preventive behaviors: wash hands frequently, cover your tracks when you cough or sneeze, stay away from human conglomerates to avoid infection and seek medical advice if you have cold symptoms.

Parallel to the progress of vaccination against influenza A H1N1 inthe province successfully complete the 49 anti-polio campaign, during which they were immunized in two stages over 27 thousand 800 children, aged 30 days old to two years, 11 months and 29 days, and from nine years to nine years, 11 months and 29 days old.