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Declare the Dominican Republic Rubella and Measles free
01.25.2012 / 20:00 h
Santo Domingo, Jan 25 (EFE) .- The Dominican Republic was declared free today of rubella and measles by a committee of experts, the Ministry of Public Health.
The head of the portfolio, Bautista Rojas Gomez, was in the presence of the representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Lilian Reneau-Vernon, a report of the National Documentation Verification of Measles, Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome, which states that the Dominican Republic is free of these diseases.
The last case of rubella reported in the country was in 2007 and measles in 2001, according to a Public Health.
The day of testing was conducted with the assistance of PAHO and the support of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI).
The report was prepared by a group of experts in pediatrics, epidemiology, public health and microbiology of the country, will be sent in the coming days to the World Health Organization (WHO) for final validation, the statement said. EFE
Spanish-English translation
Declare the Dominican Republic Rubella and Measles free
01.25.2012 / 20:00 h
Santo Domingo, Jan 25 (EFE) .- The Dominican Republic was declared free today of rubella and measles by a committee of experts, the Ministry of Public Health.
The head of the portfolio, Bautista Rojas Gomez, was in the presence of the representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Lilian Reneau-Vernon, a report of the National Documentation Verification of Measles, Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome, which states that the Dominican Republic is free of these diseases.
The last case of rubella reported in the country was in 2007 and measles in 2001, according to a Public Health.
The day of testing was conducted with the assistance of PAHO and the support of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI).
The report was prepared by a group of experts in pediatrics, epidemiology, public health and microbiology of the country, will be sent in the coming days to the World Health Organization (WHO) for final validation, the statement said. EFE