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Peru - Loreto: Cooler weather driving up pneumonia deaths

Tonka

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http://peru21.pe/noticia/834370/loreto-mas-frio-muertes-neumonia
Spanish to English translation


NEWS | Thu. 30 JUN '11
Loreto: cooler and pneumonia deaths
Region leads the national statistics of death, surpassing Puno. Warn that temperatures could fall in the forest today to 9 degrees.

Temperatures continue to fall and surprise people. (Abigail Diaz)
Cases of pneumonia and respiratory infections continue to rise and killing children in the country , but unlike previous years, the south of Peru is most affected, but the jungle.

According to the Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health , Loreto has recorded 22 deaths of children under five years so far in 2011, ranking as the region with more cases of deaths from pneumonia and beating localities hit by the cold Puno.

Other forest regions, such as Junin, Huanuco, Amazonas and also have high rates of death from evil. While the first has already been 11 deaths , the other two have 10 deaths each. In almost all cases, the deaths occurred outside a health facility.

Moreover, according to ministry statistics, Ucayali, Loreto, Pasco and Madre de Dios are the departments with the highest rates of pneumonia they present between 112 and 181 episodes of illness per 10,000 children under five.

Because of this delicate situation, the Ministry of Health has launched a vaccination against pneumonia in the jungle , through which is expected to immunize at an early stage, 135,534 children under five years old Amazonas , Loreto, Madre de Dios, San Martin and Ucayali.

Health officials explained that the mixture of heat, rain and, at times, low temperatures are doing to increase severe cases. Therefore indicated that it will redistribute 500 000 doses of pneumococcal vaccine to those departments .

COLDER. However, the Loreto Senamhi recommended population forecast to take more because from today and until 4 July, cooler conditions will be presented in the jungle and the temperature could drop to 13 degrees in Loreto and up to 9 degrees in Madre de Dios. These days it is expected cloud cover, high in humidity, winds and thunderstorms.
 
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