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http://yucatan.com.mx/mexico/descarta-ssa-que-en-mexico-haya-virus-del-oeste-del-nilo/
Spanish-English translation
Discard SSA- Mexico does not have West Nile virus
Published: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:35 pm | Mexico
MEXICO (AP). - The head of the Ministry of Health (SSA), Woldenberg Chertorivski Solomon said that in Mexico there have been no cases of West Nile virus, and there is no warning for that cause.
"Until today there are no cases of West Nile virus, there were many in the United States , and maintain surveillance maintained very important, and to this day no alert or alarm. No case in our country, "he said in an interview.
He said that even when you have universal health coverage, it should work with opportunity and efficiency to meet the challenge of prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases.
As he led the National Meeting on Prevention and Promotion for Better Health 2012, in which prizes were awarded 'Walking for Excellence ", said public health specialists are the backbone of the Mexican health system, are responsible for epidemiological surveillance and the promotion of health care.
Woldenberg Chertorivski considered that the work of these experts as the most rewarding but also the most invisible, because if things go well no one notices, but if something goes wrong there alarm immediately.
In public health can not be 'vigilant' one day, and recalled that in the last 10 years increased the budget for prevention of 500 million pesos, more than 20 billion.
Spanish-English translation
Discard SSA- Mexico does not have West Nile virus
Published: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 8:35 pm | Mexico
MEXICO (AP). - The head of the Ministry of Health (SSA), Woldenberg Chertorivski Solomon said that in Mexico there have been no cases of West Nile virus, and there is no warning for that cause.
"Until today there are no cases of West Nile virus, there were many in the United States , and maintain surveillance maintained very important, and to this day no alert or alarm. No case in our country, "he said in an interview.
He said that even when you have universal health coverage, it should work with opportunity and efficiency to meet the challenge of prevention of chronic noncommunicable diseases.
As he led the National Meeting on Prevention and Promotion for Better Health 2012, in which prizes were awarded 'Walking for Excellence ", said public health specialists are the backbone of the Mexican health system, are responsible for epidemiological surveillance and the promotion of health care.
Woldenberg Chertorivski considered that the work of these experts as the most rewarding but also the most invisible, because if things go well no one notices, but if something goes wrong there alarm immediately.
In public health can not be 'vigilant' one day, and recalled that in the last 10 years increased the budget for prevention of 500 million pesos, more than 20 billion.