Paraguay: Only 30 % of the infantile population is immunized

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The report is based on four centers of major population weight that are a City of the East, President Franc, Minga Guaz? and Hernandarias. The percentage of the coverage of the biological BCG, OPV, pentavalentes and rotavirus it is extracted from the population of-year-old minors and SPR on those of one year, respectively. The information indicates that up to the date there were applied approximately 5.742 doses, which correspond to 31,4 % of the entire population of-year-old minors of the population of the department of High Parana, who belongs to 18.305 inhabitants. Also there were applied 5.134 doses of OPV and Pentavalente in the first supply that is 28 %. In addition to other 4.680 in the second dose that corresponds to 25,6 % and approximately 4.534 in the third dose, which there means 24, 8 % of the population of this age. Other given vaccines are those that they protect against the rotavirus. In whole the vacunadores immunized 4.201 children with the first dose that is 23 %, and 1.894 with the second dose 10,3 %. Also there were applied 5.020 vaccines SPR that are 27,2 %, of the entire population of them from one year. ANTI-FLU.
As for the anti-flu doses, since it initiated the campaign to immunize to groups of risks against the flu AH1N1, they were applied next to 13.500 trivalent doses it protects against the influenza A (H1n1); To (H3n2); and B. Also approximately 32.300 persons were immunized with the vaccines monovalentes, that only it protects against the influenza A H1N1. The sanitary authorities of the region insist that the population of risk who more needs vaccination, they are the children younger than 6 years. They request that the parents accompany his children for reciban the preventive doses of the pandemic flu before positive cases register in the zone.

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