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The Ministry of Health is monitoring the cases of influenza in the whole country, from the appearance of the first notifications, inclusive, in loco, in the opportunities in which the general offices of state ask for support. Between the actions developed by the Ministry of Health they are:
I have in mind the arrival of the winter period, where there happens bigger number of cases of grippal syndrome, the Ministry of Health reinforced, through technical note in the beginning of the June, the direction in order that professionals of health followed the new Protocol of Treatment of the Influenza, which was revised in last year by the Ministry. The protocol has how I aim to update the professionals of health as for the treatment of the cases of flu, containing the direction on the quick access to an antiviral oseltamivir. Between the recommended measures they stand out:
1 The doctors must prescribe the antiviral oseltamivir, as quickly as possible, and it do not wait when it resulted from laboratory or signs of aggravation, in all the persons that to present the grippal syndrome and small children integrate one of the vulnerable groups for complications, like the pregnant women, old, obese and bearers of chronic diseases;
2 Persons with grippal syndrome who do not belong to these groups must receive the medicine prontamente if they present signs of aggravation an as as lack of air or persistence of the fever for more than three days.
3 In the last week, the Ministry of Health authorized the sending of 51.190 boxes of medicines for the treatment of the flu for three states of the South region (Saint Catarina, Paran? and Rio Grande do Sul) and Sao Paulo, being that each box contains 10 pills, corresponding ones to a complete treatment. The action is preventive and it aims to avoid what exists desabastecimento of the medicine oseltamivir, of trade name Tamiflu. It is important to emphasize that none of 26 states and Federal area presents lack of the antiviral. The Ministry of Health has been accompanying the stocks near the state general offices of Health and, in so far as they will be consumed, new shares will be sent. Besides, the Ministry of Health maintains strategic stock.
4 The Ministry of Health authorized still the sending of 1,4 million extra doses of the vaccine to complement the stock of the states to attend the population with comorbidades, like persons with diabetes mellitus, asthma, fibrose c?stica and imunodefici?ncias congenital. The vaccination of this group takes place by means of the indication and medical prescription in the Centres of Special Referencias de Imunobiol?gicos (CREATES), during the whole year.
5 The Ministry of Health reinforced partnership with the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) and regional councils of medicine, and also with the National Council of Secretaries of Health (Conass) and the National Council of Municipal General offices of Health (Conasems) and, still, the National Agency of Complementary Health (ANS) to give bigger spread to the Protocol of Treatment of the Influenza near the professionals of health.
6 The Ministry of Health also reinforced, through his nets of straight communication with the population, the necessary cares for with the grippal syndrome, on account of the winter arrival, station more cold of the year, which had beginning in the last week. This is the time in which the respiratory diseases more proliferate and there intensify the circulation of several subtypes of the virus of the flu. Therefore, it is important that the population adopts actions of personal hygiene, since he will wash the hands several times to the day, to avoid to touch the face with the hands and to protect to cough and the sneeze with disposable scarf.
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I have in mind the arrival of the winter period, where there happens bigger number of cases of grippal syndrome, the Ministry of Health reinforced, through technical note in the beginning of the June, the direction in order that professionals of health followed the new Protocol of Treatment of the Influenza, which was revised in last year by the Ministry. The protocol has how I aim to update the professionals of health as for the treatment of the cases of flu, containing the direction on the quick access to an antiviral oseltamivir. Between the recommended measures they stand out:
1 The doctors must prescribe the antiviral oseltamivir, as quickly as possible, and it do not wait when it resulted from laboratory or signs of aggravation, in all the persons that to present the grippal syndrome and small children integrate one of the vulnerable groups for complications, like the pregnant women, old, obese and bearers of chronic diseases;
2 Persons with grippal syndrome who do not belong to these groups must receive the medicine prontamente if they present signs of aggravation an as as lack of air or persistence of the fever for more than three days.
3 In the last week, the Ministry of Health authorized the sending of 51.190 boxes of medicines for the treatment of the flu for three states of the South region (Saint Catarina, Paran? and Rio Grande do Sul) and Sao Paulo, being that each box contains 10 pills, corresponding ones to a complete treatment. The action is preventive and it aims to avoid what exists desabastecimento of the medicine oseltamivir, of trade name Tamiflu. It is important to emphasize that none of 26 states and Federal area presents lack of the antiviral. The Ministry of Health has been accompanying the stocks near the state general offices of Health and, in so far as they will be consumed, new shares will be sent. Besides, the Ministry of Health maintains strategic stock.
4 The Ministry of Health authorized still the sending of 1,4 million extra doses of the vaccine to complement the stock of the states to attend the population with comorbidades, like persons with diabetes mellitus, asthma, fibrose c?stica and imunodefici?ncias congenital. The vaccination of this group takes place by means of the indication and medical prescription in the Centres of Special Referencias de Imunobiol?gicos (CREATES), during the whole year.
5 The Ministry of Health reinforced partnership with the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) and regional councils of medicine, and also with the National Council of Secretaries of Health (Conass) and the National Council of Municipal General offices of Health (Conasems) and, still, the National Agency of Complementary Health (ANS) to give bigger spread to the Protocol of Treatment of the Influenza near the professionals of health.
6 The Ministry of Health also reinforced, through his nets of straight communication with the population, the necessary cares for with the grippal syndrome, on account of the winter arrival, station more cold of the year, which had beginning in the last week. This is the time in which the respiratory diseases more proliferate and there intensify the circulation of several subtypes of the virus of the flu. Therefore, it is important that the population adopts actions of personal hygiene, since he will wash the hands several times to the day, to avoid to touch the face with the hands and to protect to cough and the sneeze with disposable scarf.
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