Tonka
Well-known member
http://www.pernambuco.com/ultimas/nota.asp?materia=20110903174607&assunto=31&onde=Brasil
Portuguese to English translation
Government is considering changing after contamination of polio vaccination of children
Writing DIARIODEPERNAMBUCO.COM.BR 03/09/2011 | 17h46 | Droplet
The Ministry of Health (MOH) study changes in the polio vaccination for next year. The proposal would combine the current oral vaccine, which has the attenuated virus, with the injection, made with the virus inactive. The information was only officially went public after a suspected case of paralysis after vaccination, which had been developed by a boy of 1 year and 4 months in Pouso Alegre (MG). Health officials argue that the possibility of change in the immunization program has been discussed since the mid-year and has no direct relationship with the episode. The decision will be made in December, when the folder disclose the vaccination schedule for the coming year.
The case of postvaccination paralysis came to light this week after receiving the report of the MS Department of Health of Pouso Alegre reporting on the part of the child, who received the third dose of vaccine on October 27, 2010. In the same year, the boy showed the first symptoms of paralysis, but the diagnosis of paralysis after vaccination was not done in March this year by a neurologist, who reported the incident to the office. The case only came to the attention of federal health officials in the last 26 days, five months after diagnosis. An international technical committee formed by representatives of the ministry and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will analyze what happened. The group will have the responsibility to determine whether the child has acquired the disease due to vaccine or if health problems are due to another factor. The creation of the commission was announced yesterday by the State Secretariat of Health of Minas Gerais (SES-MG). Before the subject being evaluated by Opas, specialists of SES-MG and the ministry will prepare a document that will serve as the basis for the international award. According to the Secretary of Health Surveillance, Jarbas Barbosa, the combination of oral and injectable vaccines would decrease risk of infection by viruses with the vaccine drops. "It is a rare event, but it happens," he says. According to MS, every 3 million doses of oral, only one can cause polio. In Brazil, where it has been applied to 457 million doses of oral vaccine, there were 46 cases of polio in 10 years. Worldwide, the annual average is 500 cases after immunization. If implemented, the injectable form would be used in the first two doses, when the risk of contracting the disease is higher. In strengthening and the doses applied during campaigns, the oral vaccine would still be used, by providing logistic facilities. "In a day of campaigning with the oral vaccine, are mounted 115 000 points of immunization. It can be done in a community center in a church or a square. The injection can be given at a health clinic and this reduces by half the service stations, "said Secretary of Health Surveillance
Portuguese to English translation
Government is considering changing after contamination of polio vaccination of children
Writing DIARIODEPERNAMBUCO.COM.BR 03/09/2011 | 17h46 | Droplet
The Ministry of Health (MOH) study changes in the polio vaccination for next year. The proposal would combine the current oral vaccine, which has the attenuated virus, with the injection, made with the virus inactive. The information was only officially went public after a suspected case of paralysis after vaccination, which had been developed by a boy of 1 year and 4 months in Pouso Alegre (MG). Health officials argue that the possibility of change in the immunization program has been discussed since the mid-year and has no direct relationship with the episode. The decision will be made in December, when the folder disclose the vaccination schedule for the coming year.
The case of postvaccination paralysis came to light this week after receiving the report of the MS Department of Health of Pouso Alegre reporting on the part of the child, who received the third dose of vaccine on October 27, 2010. In the same year, the boy showed the first symptoms of paralysis, but the diagnosis of paralysis after vaccination was not done in March this year by a neurologist, who reported the incident to the office. The case only came to the attention of federal health officials in the last 26 days, five months after diagnosis. An international technical committee formed by representatives of the ministry and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will analyze what happened. The group will have the responsibility to determine whether the child has acquired the disease due to vaccine or if health problems are due to another factor. The creation of the commission was announced yesterday by the State Secretariat of Health of Minas Gerais (SES-MG). Before the subject being evaluated by Opas, specialists of SES-MG and the ministry will prepare a document that will serve as the basis for the international award. According to the Secretary of Health Surveillance, Jarbas Barbosa, the combination of oral and injectable vaccines would decrease risk of infection by viruses with the vaccine drops. "It is a rare event, but it happens," he says. According to MS, every 3 million doses of oral, only one can cause polio. In Brazil, where it has been applied to 457 million doses of oral vaccine, there were 46 cases of polio in 10 years. Worldwide, the annual average is 500 cases after immunization. If implemented, the injectable form would be used in the first two doses, when the risk of contracting the disease is higher. In strengthening and the doses applied during campaigns, the oral vaccine would still be used, by providing logistic facilities. "In a day of campaigning with the oral vaccine, are mounted 115 000 points of immunization. It can be done in a community center in a church or a square. The injection can be given at a health clinic and this reduces by half the service stations, "said Secretary of Health Surveillance