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    Laboratories: vaccine delivery delay
    Vaccine | States | Ministry of Health

    The national vaccination campaign of 2010 did not reach the goals, says study of the health sector. EL UNIVERSAL
    Health fails to apply 7.3 million doses
    The child was the sector most affected in 2010, in the absence of biological measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, polio, etc.

    MEXICO CITY (15/MAY/2011) .- The delay in the release and delivery of batches of vaccine from suppliers caused the federal health sector ceased to apply 7.3 million doses, mainly for children.

    Among the vaccines are SRP (MMR), double-SR, Td, Hepatitis B, Rotavirus and pentavalent acellular scheduled in 2010 and that prevent measles, rubella, mumps, tetanus, diphtheria, polio and whooping cough, among others.

    According to data from the Ministry of Health, one of the most affected was that of infants, it "could not meet on schedule the implementation of follow-up campaign to vaccinate indiscriminately against measles and rubella to Children aged one to four years. "

    The delays resulted in total will provide 7.3 million doses of a total of 40.6 million scheduled in 2010 and it is feared that in 2011 the problem does not recur.

    The report on the progress of indicators of budgetary programs of the Federal Public Service for the first quarter of 2011, the Ministry of Health recognizes that the problem of late delivery of vaccines by providers persists and may be present this year, resulting in "missed vaccination, low coverage, and a decrease in the achievement of the goals set for the National Health Week, which may favor the occurrence of vaccine-preventable diseases."

    Health officials argue that one of the main reasons for the delay or non-release of vaccines is the suspension of the Liberalization Program Simplified (fast track) so that the biological facility originally had, in the shortest time possible " for marketing after 2010 have to wait longer for the complete analysis for release (between 35 and 80 days).

    In this case we found an average of 700 lots of different vaccines have to undergo laboratory analysis, hence the delay in these studies may also cause distortion in the distribution by suppliers to the states, because the lots will releasing excess under analysis.

    The immediate predecessor, added the documents of the Ministry of Health, was the failure of the number of doses of vaccines given during the three national health weeks in 2010.

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    33,358,482 million doses able to apply the SSA in 2010.

    18% less than the target set was outstanding.
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