Peru: 2023 Dengue

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Source: https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/2...encia-sanitaria-brote-dengue-13-regiones.html

Peru will declare a health emergency due to a dengue outbreak in 13 regions

Lima, Feb 17 (EFE).- The Peruvian authorities will declare a health emergency due to an outbreak of dengue that affects 13 of the 25 regions of the country, mainly in the Amazon, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported this Friday.
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02/17/2023 23:45

Lima, Feb 17 (EFE).- The Peruvian authorities will declare a health emergency due to an outbreak of dengue that affects 13 of the 25 regions of the country, mainly in the Amazon, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported this Friday.

The ministry said in a statement that the decision, whose entry into force was not specified, has been taken "before the significant increase in cases and deaths from dengue" in 13 regions and 59 Peruvian districts.

He stressed that these locations are being affected by the presence of the "Aedes aegypti" mosquito, which transmits the disease, for which reason there is already an action plan to strengthen health services and prevention and control strategies.

The initiative seeks to intervene in the regions of Amazonas, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, Lambayeque, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Piura, San Martín and Ucayali.

The Minsa detailed that, among the main immediate actions, are the strengthening of the health services of the first level of care and hospitals, epidemiological surveillance and prevention and health promotion activities, with the participation of the community, authorities and strategic allies.

In this sense, 24 Clinical Surveillance Units (Uviclin) and 14 executing units for care with Febrile Units (UF) will be installed in health establishments and hospitals to ensure the care and recovery of affected patients.

It will also seek to eliminate the eggs and larvae of the mosquito and the houses of the 59 districts will be fumigated, an entomological surveillance will be carried out and the laboratories for molecular diagnostic tests will be strengthened.

In addition, the participation of municipalities and community committees will be promoted to carry out campaigns to collect and eliminate mosquito breeding sites, as well as the development of communication campaigns to disseminate prevention and control measures.

The Minsa explained that so far this year, 11,585 cases and 16 deaths from dengue have been reported in the country, while in the same period of 2022, 6,741 cases were reported, which implies "a considerable increase" during 2023.

The regions most affected by the disease are Ucayali, with 2,146 cases; Loreto, with 2,027; Mother of God, with 1,284; Piura, with 1,232; and San Martín, with 1,077. EFE

 

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/peru/2023/0...e-cifra-se-elevo-a-11-585-casos-15-falecidos- and-4-people-in-icu-at-national-level/

Dengue in Peru: Minsa announced that the figure rose to 11,585 cases, 15 deaths and 4 people in the ICU nationwide
The Ministry of Health revealed new data on the new cases that continue to appear in various departments of Peru. "If dengue is not managed on time, the patient's health can worsen," said a specialist.
By Yuriko Cabeza
February 20, 2023

Dengue fever continues to spread across several departments of Peru, especially the jungle and coastal areas, where constant rains create vector nests due to the presence of mosquitoes. This has meant that the numbers of patients infected by this disease continue to increase and place our country on health alert.

According to Dr. César Munayco, national director of epidemiology, prevention and control of diseases of the CDC of the Minsa, reported that, at the national level, "10 thousand cases of dengue are registered, 15 deaths and 4 people who are in the Care Unit Intensive (ICU)”. Along these lines, he indicated that there are more cases with this disease in the Jungle and in Piura.

"It is important to carry out these activities because generally the outbreaks are triggered because cases come from other places," Munayco declared before the Exitosa cameras, during a Minsa activity, seeking to raise awareness among the population to take care of this disease that can be fatal. .

Another problem that has emerged is that many Peruvian families still do not have drains and sewers, which is why they have to store the water in reservoirs that are often not properly cleaned. This was mentioned by Dr. Jaime Robles Valderrama, general director of the Directorate of Integrated Health Networks (Diris) Lima Sur, calling on the community to keep the containers of this liquid clean.

"In Villa María del Triunfo, the water arrives for hours and, therefore, they use water tanks, but we recommend that these tanks should be cleaned and covered," he said.

It should be noted that the Health sector would declare a health emergency in the regions of Amazonas, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, Lambayeque, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Piura, San Martín and Ucayali.

In addition, it is known that teams specialized in the treatment of dengue are going out to train health centers and urge the population to let fumigation personnel into their homes in order to protect them against this disease.

That is why, the Health portfolio indicated that the Directorate for Prevention and Control of Metazenic Diseases and Zoonoses, and the Minsa Technical Committee on Dengue are carrying out various actions to care for citizens in the face of the increase in dengue cases.

Attention Lima with cases of dengue

Juan Ignacio Echevarría, a doctor specializing in infectious and tropical diseases at the Anglo-American Clinic, and commented more on this disease that he has already arrived in the capital.

“Lima, Ica, are also affected areas. In the case of Lima, except for the districts that are in the western cone, call them San Isidro, Miraflores, Magdalena, which are close to the sea, the vector density is probably very low. But in the northern cone, in the eastern cone, such as San Juan de Lurigancho, Chosica, Ate, Chaclacayo, there are areas where there are already alerts, so fumigation is necessary, ”he asserted.

“There are neighborhoods that have swimming pools outside the home and have them uncovered and have not treated them. Those are great vector breeders. So, of course, the mosquito does not knock on your door to enter, it flies and enters through a window or through the roof. If you are a person who takes care of your house, but the neighbor does not, the mosquito will still enter. So it is a social matter where the population must be educated, ”he added.

 

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Source: https://consultorsalud.com/dengue-minsa-emergencia-sanitaria/

For 11,000 cases of dengue, Minsa prepares a declaration of health emergency
HEALTH CONSULTANTS SAS
February 20, 2023 - 3:52 pm

As reported by the Ministry of Health (Minsa), the declaration of a health emergency due to a dengue outbreak will be carried out in 13 regions and 59 districts of the country, which are affected by the presence of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits the disease.

The Directorate for Prevention and Control of Metaxenic Diseases and Zoonoses, together with the Minsa Technical Committee on Dengue, presented the action plan that seeks to intervene in the regions of Amazonas, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, Lambayeque, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Piura, San Martin and Ucayali.

The general director of the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Diseases Peru, César Munayco Escate, explained that in the country there are two scenarios that favor the appearance of dengue, the jungle and the coast, where water accumulates and becomes breeding grounds. .

So far this year, 11,585 cases and 16 deaths from dengue have been reported in the country. In 2022 on this same date, 6,741 cases were reported, which means a considerable increase, according to figures from the CDC Peru.

The most affected regions are Ucayali with 2,146 cases, Loreto with 2,027, Madre de Dios with 1,284, Piura with 1,232 and San Martín with 1,077.

Among the main immediate actions are the strengthening of health services at the first level of care and hospitals, epidemiological surveillance, and prevention and health promotion activities, with community participation.

In this line, the installation of 24 Clinical Surveillance Units (UVICLIN) and 14 executing units for care with Febrile Units (UF) will be carried out in health establishments and hospitals to ensure the care and recovery of affected patients.

The region with the most dengue cases so far this year is Ucayali, with 2,146 reported cases, which exceeds what was registered on the same date in 2022 with 1,049 cases. In addition, to register 4 deaths.

At the same time, Minsa is carrying out different strategies, among which is a training session aimed at nursing professionals and the formation of a group in charge of guiding the population on how to prevent dengue in their homes.

Course Decree 441 of 2022

The conference will be in charge of the team of specialists from the Directorate for the Prevention and Control of Metaxenic Diseases and Zoonoses of Minsa, in coordination with the authorities of the XIV Ucayali Regional Council of the College of Nurses of Peru and the Ucayali Regional Health Directorate (Diresa). .

The Minsa team will carry out the academic review of clinical cases of severe dengue, training on budget programming and quality of spending on goods and services, among other actions. In addition, visits will be made to health centers to improve the management and application of adequate hydration of the patient, as supported by the dengue technical standard.

Minsa recommends being alert to symptoms such as fever, eye pain, rash, joint pain, and muscle pain. Also, if you have warning signs such as persistent vomiting, difficulty breathing or weakness and bleeding, you should go to the nearest care center to receive care.

 

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Source: https://www.atb.com.bo/2023/03/15/dengue-suma-mas-de-20-000-contagios-y-26-muertos-en-peru/

March 15, 2023
Dengue adds more than 20,000 infections and 26 deaths in Peru

Peru, Mar 15, 2023 (ATB Digital).- The Health portfolio indicated that dengue cases have increased to 20,044, of which 162 people have been hospitalized due to the severity of the disease.

The Peruvian Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday an outbreak of dengue in the Amazon and on the north coast of the country that has left 26 deaths and more than 20,000 infections so far this year.

In a statement, the ministerial entity highlighted that the most affected Amazon regions are Ucayali (4,159 cases), Loreto (3,713) and Madre de Dios (1,455), all on the border with Brazil, while San Martín stands out in the center of the country. (1,706 cases) and Huánuco (1,464), together with the Piura region with 2,486 confirmed cases.

"To date, dengue cases in the country have increased to 20,044, of which 162 people have been hospitalized due to the severity of the disease and 26 died," the text indicated.

The health authorities of the Andean country sent technical teams to the affected regions to reinforce the prevention and control of the virus, among which are several of those hit by heavy rains in recent days.

Last February, the government decreed a "sanitary emergency due to a dengue outbreak" for 90 days in 13 departments in the north, center, and southeast of Peru.

Likewise, in 2022 Peru registered 72,844 cases of dengue, an increase of 62 percent in the incidence of the disease compared to 2021 that left 84 deaths, while in 2020 there were 86 deaths and around 46,749 cases.

Dengue has been an endemic disease in Peru since the first cases were detected in 1984. Native to tropical areas, it causes high fevers, headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain and, in the most severe cases, bleeding that can cause death. death

(teleSUR)

 

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Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/perú-d...-posible-dengue-en-lo-que-va-de-2023/48487102

Peru reports more than 62,000 cases of possible dengue in 2023
This content was published on 04 May 2023 - 14:56
04 May 2023 - 14:56
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Lima, 4 May (EFE).- The health authorities of Peru detected 62,607 possible cases of dengue in the country in this year, 91% of which did not present "signs of alarm", informed the Minister this June de Salud (Minsa).

Following a note of prensa, this record if God until the 16th week of the year and includes randomly "among probables and confirmed", which were presented in its mayoría in the northern region of Piura, the wilds of Ucayali y Loreto and the sureña de ica.

The Minsa detailed that in October 2022 the prevention actions against dengue began and in March passed a decree was issued that allocated more than 16 million dollars (4.21 million dollars) to wait for the disease of this disease in 59 districts of the country.

These districts belong to the departments of Amazonas, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, Lambayeque, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Piura, San Martín and Ucayali.

The prerequisite has allowed the contracting of 532 doctors, nurses, technicians, personnel for epidemic surveillance, laboratory and health promotion, as well as the implementation of 24 Units of Clinical Vigilance (Uviclin) and 14 Units of Febrile (UF) installed in 13 regions.

In this respect, the Deputy Minister of Public Health, Karim Pardo, signaled that, during this year, Peru recorded "unfavorable scenarios" that favor the spread of this type of illness, such as intense and prolonged rains, the presence of the El Niño climatic phenomenon Costero y del unusual cyclón Yaku.

He ensured that, due to this situation, his sector "has been able to mitigate the impact" in the health system and avoid the collapse of hospitals in cases of dengue.

The health authorities signaled that they have also acquired resources to intensify the prevention and control actions in front of the Aedes Aegypti zancudo, transmitter of dengue, zika and chikunguña.​

 

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/peru/2023/0...-sanitaria-por-dengue-a-20-regiones-del-pais/

Peru
Government declares dengue health emergency in 20 regions of the country
The Minister of Health, Rosa Gutiérrez Palomino, argued that the health centers are located on alert and asked for a call to the population to make descartes
By Marilyn Corrales

The Minister of Health, Rosa Gutiérrez Palomino announced the declaration of dengue emergence in 20 regions of the country before the increase in cases and deaths due to this illness.

The average extends from 13 to 20 regions, as well as 226 districts and will be in force for an additional period of 120 days.

Gutiérrez, in a press conference together with the directors of the health directorates of Lima and Callao, manifested that the salt centers are alert to the increase in contagions from this mosquito.

“The increase can be done weekly. We currently have 69 million 534 cases and 62 faulty ones. Only in the year 2017 did they have five affected regions, but now they are 16″, by Gutiérrez

The health authority urged the power to carry out precautions to read against dengue and to take corresponding care, but also encouraged the families to open their lives to the health brigades that are going to the regions to fumigate the areas from which they have increased los casos.

The owner of the Minsa also directed the alcaldes to prevent preventive actions.

Until the moment more than a million livestock intervened to eliminate the larvas and huevos.
Regions with more cases

The Minister of Health also indicated that Piura, Loreto, Ucayali, Ica, Lambayeque, Lima Metroólitana, San Martín, La Libertad, Cajamarca, Junín, Huánuco, Cusco, Madre de Dios, Amazonas and Tumbes are the regions with the most number of cases of contadios by Dengue.

At the national level more than 98% of the asos are attended by outpatients

Minister Gutiérrez recalcó that she transferred them to regions more than 16 million soles. “We are expanding this health emergency to be able to intensify our work throughout the Peruvian territory”.

She also indicated that today before the Council of Ministers is going to submit the request for extension of the prerequisite of the declaration of emergency in 226 districts to 35,012.279 million soles per 120 days.

“This problem is not only due to dengue, it is due to the flu and we have lists to deal with any health problem,” she manifested.

Of the total cases reported for dengue, 91% do not have signs of alarm, while 8% are cases with signs of alarm, specified by the Minsa.

Floods and inundations increased chances

The intense and prolonged rains, the presence of the Yaku cyclon and the increase in air temperature to increase its habitual values, facilitated the presence and reproduction of the dengue gas transmitter and the increase in cases of this illness.

In Piura, Lambayeque, Ucayali and Loreto the cases have caused a wave of contagions to emerge from the graves, so that the main hospitals of these regions are found collapsed. Even if you have solicited major prerequisites to be able to attend to this emergency.
Protected to avoid dengue

The transmission of dengue occurs when the Aedes Aegypti pica to an infirm person to feed its blood y después pica to a healthy person. The symptoms of classic dengue are higher fever at 38 °C, head pain, eye pain, abdominal pain, muscle pain and joint pain; así como erupción cutaneous parecida al sarpullido. If dengue is hemorrhagic if it produces more tones in the skin and blood.

If there is no specific treatment for the patient with dengue, the symptoms, head and body pains are treated with analgesics and antipyretics like paracetamol.

To avoid contagion it is necessary to take care of the following:

- Tap laboratories, bins or baldes.

- Wash, brush, and tap the recipients from which the water is soaked.

- Change the water of the flowers every three days

- Change the baby of the animals daily and eliminate the unserviceable objects​

 

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Source: https://www.laprensalatina.com/peru-battles-worst-dengue-outbreak-in-decades/

Peru battles worst dengue outbreak in decades
Online News EditorMay 17, 2023
By Carla Samon Ros

Lima, May 17 (EFE).- Global warming, inadequate access to clean water, and flooding associated with El Niño have combined to spur Peru's worst outbreak of dengue fever since the start of the 21st century.

The 72,000 confirmed and probable infections in the first 4 1/2 months of this year surpassed the total for all of 2017, the occasion of the Andean nation's most recent epidemic of the mosquito-borne tropical disease...​

 

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Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/world...er-130-000-cases-recorded-11686531863463.html

El Nino rains behind Peru's worst dengue outbreak ever, over 130,000 cases recorded
1 min read 12 Jun 2023, 07:18 AM IST Livemint ,Edited By Fareha Naaz

Peru is currently grappling with its most severe dengue outbreak on record, which is expected to worsen due to the presence of the El Niño climate phenomenon bringing heavy rainfall. The country's health ministry reported a death toll exceeding 200 and over 130,000 recorded cases. Health authorities in Peru have attributed the surge in cases to the El Niño climate phenomenon...​

 

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Health Ministry link to tracking and current situation:

https://www.dge.gob.pe/sala-situacional-dengue/#grafico01

 

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WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing – 21 June 2023

21 June 2023
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Finally to Peru, which has declared a state of emergency over its worst recorded outbreak of dengue.

Since the beginning of this year, almost 150,000 suspected cases have been reported, more than half of which have been laboratory confirmed.

The number of cases reported so far this year is more than double those reported in the same period last year, and more than four times higher than the average of the last 5 years.

Although fewer than one percent of cases are of the life-threatening severe kind of dengue, these cases are putting a heavy burden on Peru’s health system.

In response, WHO is supporting Peru to strengthen vector control, surveillance and clinical management, through the training of more than 6000 health workers.

The incidence of dengue has grown dramatically around the world in recent decades, especially in the Americas, which reported 2.8 million cases and 1280 deaths last year.

WHO is preparing for the very high probability that 2023 and 2024 will be marked by an El Niño event, which could increase transmission of dengue and other so-called arboviruses such as Zika and chikungunya.

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https://www.who.int/director-genera...-remarks-at-the-media-briefing---21-june-2023