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Mexico will host the World Meeting on Animal and Human Influenza
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Health / General | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 16:14 hrs.
During the meeting, will consider action strategies for the prevention of avian influenza.
Mexico City .- The Secretary of Health Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos reported that the suggestion of the World Bank, Mexico will be in November 2011, the headquarters of the World Meeting on Animal and Human Influenza with a vision of global health, where decisions will be made before a possible avian flu pandemic.
"Strategies will be action for the prevention of avian influenza, ie what is done to improve the crop of birds in Asian countries that still takes place in households with no surveillance," said C?rdova Villalobos, during the 50 Board meeting of the Pan American Health Organization.
The federal official said that Mexico is in pandemic preparedness phase two of a six, with the possibility that at any time, "tomorrow", come the eastern virus of avian influenza known as H5N1, which can trigger a massive epidemic, more aggressive and deadly H1N1 strain.
In this regard, Alejandro Mac?as, National Influenza commissioner, said that after Vietnam report that the H5N1 virus and is transmitted from birds to humans, the world, including Mexico, was put on alert and in phase two of contingency the possibility of a mutation is passed from human to human, and a pandemic.
"It would be substantially more lethal and for which the country has a reserve of 1.4 million antiviral oseltamivir and zanamivir 100 000 (with a possible resistance)," he explained Macias.
Macias made it very clear that the H5N1 (characterized by severe cases of flu, respiratory affections, leading to pneumonia and more serious complications that H1N1) if you are arriving in Mexico, but "fortunately, most likely, is that first start in other countries and that a grace period will allow us to refine our epidemiological system. "
He added: "The initial mechanisms of transmission of influenza are mainly from birds to humans and in Mexico are not ripe for that, say, the close interaction between humans and birds is more present in tropical countries because there are many farm backyard chickens and turkeys. "
Moreover, C?rdova stated that on Oct. 4, in Leon, Guanajuato, will take place the United States-Mexico Binational Meeting, which involved six countries, and will be the opportunity to meet all efforts aimed at improving health of migrants, such as prevention in the Windows of Health located at the Consulates and care program without question of their employment status.
Latin American consulates will conduct the Binational Health Week during which you can access various free services such as blood pressure tests, HIV, mammograms or prostate cancer.
The meeting is of fundamental importance to the fact that more than 24,000 immigrants were detained by U.S. authorities when crossing the border illegally, and have received since 1 June to voluntary repatriation program from Arizona. Most of them are men (84.2%).
Similarly commented that reviewed the cooperation agreement we have with the island of St. Lucia, through which our country rests on the development of its mental health program and training of human resources in nursing, with stays at the National Institute of Cardiology.
In a meeting with the Canadian government to address the health of indigenous peoples, vertical birth, childbirth at home, and the next meeting of the Global Health Initiative Segurity Group 8 over Mexico in December our country.
Issues will be reviewed on the health impact of climate change, influenza, planning and security and will be attended by representatives from Canada, USA, England, Mexico, Italy, Germany, France and Japan.
Blanca Valadez / Goals