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Source: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-s...ud-confirma-muerte-de-nina-en-ahuachapan.html
Translation:
Health confirms death of girl in Ahuachap?n
Although it is reported as the seventh death was the first victim of H1N1 and not registered yet.
Written by Mario Enrique Paz
Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:00
A girl of five months was the first fatality from influenza A in the country, although his death was not counted in the records of the Ministry of Health. Seven people have already lost their lives by the pandemic.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Eduardo Espinoza, and the chief of surveillance, Julio Armero, confirmed that the child died on June 21 in Santa Ana, but neither the hospital nor the santaneco Basic Integrated Health System (SIBASI) Ahuachap?n notified of the fact . The ministry launched the investigation after the epidemiologist Jaime Hernandez confirmed the death of the child to La Prensa Grafica on Wednesday and said that was not registered yet.
"We had access only to diagnosis was a death from severe pneumonia, but then we confirmed it was a confirmed case of H1N1," said the doctor, an epidemiologist in the department of SIBASI.
Armero said the confusion occurred because the child died when it was reported that if it was H1N1 positive, no death was reported. "Brother-in-law asked her to file the audit is to be told that he died," said the Head of Health Surveillance.
Espinoza said that the deaths audited by H1N1 in the country amounted to 20, including seven to nine confirmed and three more were discarded investigated: a 14-year old died in San Miguel, a child with Down syndrome, San Bartolo, and one a month in Santa Ana
The fourth victim was a Guatemalan who consulted a health unit on the border, but their relatives took him to Guatemala at death.
Increase pneumonia
The deputy minister also confirmed a report of pneumonia in the country but not yet reached the dimensions of the epidemiological outbreak of 2005 and 2007. Indeed 25.866 cases were reported January 4 to July 22 this year, against 18.497 in 2008 for the same period last year.
Espinoza said that the cases are increased by viral processes in the country: "This year we have two seasonal influenza virus, the virus paroinfluenza we adenovirus insitial respiratory virus and H1N1, and all are susceptible to a complication with pneumonia .
The official said that an epidemic year 2009 is complicated by the emergence of H1N1, and that elevates the cases of pneumonia, but rescued the rate of mortality, even with more cases, is lower than last year. "This is due to disease surveillance," he explained.
Both Espinoza and Armero discussed underreporting of cases of H1N1 in the country, which is very difficult to control. In fact the head of monitoring said many of the cases are retrieved to generate their own defenses.
"Of all the cases are handled consult most outpatient, about 99%, the virus is spread throughout the country and we must focus on serious cases or outbreaks to be giving," he said.
Until last night confirmed cases by the ministry amounted to 508 and 169 fell more in the range of suspects.
Translation:
Health confirms death of girl in Ahuachap?n
Although it is reported as the seventh death was the first victim of H1N1 and not registered yet.
Written by Mario Enrique Paz
Saturday, 25 July 2009 00:00
A girl of five months was the first fatality from influenza A in the country, although his death was not counted in the records of the Ministry of Health. Seven people have already lost their lives by the pandemic.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Eduardo Espinoza, and the chief of surveillance, Julio Armero, confirmed that the child died on June 21 in Santa Ana, but neither the hospital nor the santaneco Basic Integrated Health System (SIBASI) Ahuachap?n notified of the fact . The ministry launched the investigation after the epidemiologist Jaime Hernandez confirmed the death of the child to La Prensa Grafica on Wednesday and said that was not registered yet.
"We had access only to diagnosis was a death from severe pneumonia, but then we confirmed it was a confirmed case of H1N1," said the doctor, an epidemiologist in the department of SIBASI.
Armero said the confusion occurred because the child died when it was reported that if it was H1N1 positive, no death was reported. "Brother-in-law asked her to file the audit is to be told that he died," said the Head of Health Surveillance.
Espinoza said that the deaths audited by H1N1 in the country amounted to 20, including seven to nine confirmed and three more were discarded investigated: a 14-year old died in San Miguel, a child with Down syndrome, San Bartolo, and one a month in Santa Ana
The fourth victim was a Guatemalan who consulted a health unit on the border, but their relatives took him to Guatemala at death.
Increase pneumonia
The deputy minister also confirmed a report of pneumonia in the country but not yet reached the dimensions of the epidemiological outbreak of 2005 and 2007. Indeed 25.866 cases were reported January 4 to July 22 this year, against 18.497 in 2008 for the same period last year.
Espinoza said that the cases are increased by viral processes in the country: "This year we have two seasonal influenza virus, the virus paroinfluenza we adenovirus insitial respiratory virus and H1N1, and all are susceptible to a complication with pneumonia .
The official said that an epidemic year 2009 is complicated by the emergence of H1N1, and that elevates the cases of pneumonia, but rescued the rate of mortality, even with more cases, is lower than last year. "This is due to disease surveillance," he explained.
Both Espinoza and Armero discussed underreporting of cases of H1N1 in the country, which is very difficult to control. In fact the head of monitoring said many of the cases are retrieved to generate their own defenses.
"Of all the cases are handled consult most outpatient, about 99%, the virus is spread throughout the country and we must focus on serious cases or outbreaks to be giving," he said.
Until last night confirmed cases by the ministry amounted to 508 and 169 fell more in the range of suspects.