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http://www.dgabc.com.br/News/5978827/ministerio-admite-ter-errado-no-combate-a-gripe-suina.aspx
Portuguese-English translation
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:00
Ministry admits wrong in the fight against swine flu
After reviewing medical records of people who died from swine flu in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, the Secretary of Health Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Jarbas Barbosa admitted that Brazil erred in policy to combat swine flu.
"Instead of using a strategy that already showed itself effective (using the antiviral oseltamivir), we were discussing who vaccinate, vaccinate if we're young or not. Not learn from the lessons of 2009," he said, referring to the year of the pandemic .
For Barbosa, Brazil caught a "skewed debate" about the importance of the vaccine. He compared the strategy adopted by the Brazilian government, centered in vaccination, with that used by Chile that year.
"Chile, which has a much stronger winter, had a third of deaths in the South and Southeast of Brazil - the mortality rate in Chile stood at 0.8 per 100 000 inhabitants and here, at 3.2 per 100 000 inhabitants. A basic difference is that Chile used oseltamivir large scale. Chile has lost 1 child; Brazil, 200, "he said.
A review by the ministry in the records of the dead in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul shows that the vast majority of victims "or had not had access or delayed access" to the antiviral oseltamivir, Barbosa said.
The ministry said the cause of the problem is the lack of Brazilian tradition of dealing with flu remedies. Patients often arrive late to health services because they tried to circumvent the symptoms of swine flu with teas and homemade recipes. That culture affects doctors who do not prescribe oseltamivir, known by the brand name Tamiflu.
Before the arrival of winter, the ministry issued a warning to doctors about respiratory diseases and distributed a material with guidance - especially for the southern states, as well as S?o Paulo and Minas Gerais - over the appropriate period for the medication and dosage.
This year, until August 20, 2398 the country registered cases of illness and 307 deaths. Of this total, 1,786 people became ill and 177 died in the South Region Information is the newspaper O Estado de S. Paul
Portuguese-English translation
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:00
Ministry admits wrong in the fight against swine flu
After reviewing medical records of people who died from swine flu in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, the Secretary of Health Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Jarbas Barbosa admitted that Brazil erred in policy to combat swine flu.
"Instead of using a strategy that already showed itself effective (using the antiviral oseltamivir), we were discussing who vaccinate, vaccinate if we're young or not. Not learn from the lessons of 2009," he said, referring to the year of the pandemic .
For Barbosa, Brazil caught a "skewed debate" about the importance of the vaccine. He compared the strategy adopted by the Brazilian government, centered in vaccination, with that used by Chile that year.
"Chile, which has a much stronger winter, had a third of deaths in the South and Southeast of Brazil - the mortality rate in Chile stood at 0.8 per 100 000 inhabitants and here, at 3.2 per 100 000 inhabitants. A basic difference is that Chile used oseltamivir large scale. Chile has lost 1 child; Brazil, 200, "he said.
A review by the ministry in the records of the dead in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul shows that the vast majority of victims "or had not had access or delayed access" to the antiviral oseltamivir, Barbosa said.
The ministry said the cause of the problem is the lack of Brazilian tradition of dealing with flu remedies. Patients often arrive late to health services because they tried to circumvent the symptoms of swine flu with teas and homemade recipes. That culture affects doctors who do not prescribe oseltamivir, known by the brand name Tamiflu.
Before the arrival of winter, the ministry issued a warning to doctors about respiratory diseases and distributed a material with guidance - especially for the southern states, as well as S?o Paulo and Minas Gerais - over the appropriate period for the medication and dosage.
This year, until August 20, 2398 the country registered cases of illness and 307 deaths. Of this total, 1,786 people became ill and 177 died in the South Region Information is the newspaper O Estado de S. Paul