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http://correiodobrasil.com.br/dezesseis-criancas-indigenas-morrem-por-diarreia-aguda-no-acre/361089/
Portuguese-English translation
Sixteen Indian children die from acute diarrhea in Acre Brazil
23/01/2012 13:15, By Brazil Fact
Leaders denounce the lack of structure and abandonment of the federal government in meeting
23/01/2011
Renato Santana
Bras?lia (DF)
A child of nine months of indigenous ethnicity Apurin? died early on Friday (20) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Children's Hospital, in Rio Branco, capital of Acre. In addition to Apurin? who live in the Upper Rio Inauini the Huni Kuin (Kaxinaw?) and Madjar (Kulina), the Upper Purus River, also reported deaths.
According to indigenous leaders who make up the District Health Council brings to 16 the number of children killed in part been victims of the same symptoms: diarrhea, fever and vomiting. The data released by confronting the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESA), which points 13 victims.
However, the Indians point out that not only are relative to the body of the Ministry of Health, but also information of victims who have not reached the Pole of Health
"Do you have another child who is in ICU and her condition is serious. As I have said, recorded cases of children who died in the villages of the same symptoms, "noted Ninawa Huni Kuin, health counselor.
The Ministry of Health deployed a team of Brasilia (DF) to Acre in order to investigate in more detail the disease, but Ninawa reports that agents have not yet arrived. More than 20 villages have been reached among indigenous communities of the Alto Purus River, High River, High River Envira Inauini - with distance between them coming a thousand miles.
Rotavirus
Suspicion falls on a rotavirus epidemic. However, authorities did not confirm. "So far, no confirmed case or death due to rotavirus disease or other indigenous communities in the region of Santa Rosa of the Purus," says a statement issued on Thursday (19) by Sheshai.
"We have a lot of trouble accessing information. This child died and then the body was taken to the village, "said the missionary Lindomar Padilha, the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI).
According to data of the Brazil, from 1 to January 18, 70 indigenous children were identified with acute diarrheal disease. In December 2011 there were ten deaths. Until last Tuesday (17) the federal government confirmed eight deaths, but went on to speak in 13 deaths on Friday.
History
Ninawa Huni Kuin reached Rio Branco (AC) on the morning of Thursday (19), with two Indian children sick. Both showing the same symptoms - diarrhea, fever and vomiting - which led to the deaths of 16 other people Huni Kuin (Kaxinaw?) and Madjar (Kulina), the Upper Purus River, between December 2011 and January this year.
The data passed through the Pole Base Health and suspicions are a rotavirus epidemic - no confirmation of the government, working with eight deaths, and the other four are still under review. Acute diarrhea is the cause of death recorded in certificates.
Children taken for specialist treatment in the capital of Acre prove - regardless of whether or not rotavirus - that this health problem affects other areas of the Indian state, because children are different people and regions to deaths registered. For the Indians, the origin of the disease is in the water consumed.
"The Minister (of Health, Alexandre Padilha) talks based on third-party opinions. No health worker went to the villages. Do not go for lack of structure long time, "says Ninawa, president of People's Federation and member of Huni Kuin District Health Council of the Upper Purus River. He continues: "Not only is the area (High River) Purus that happens, but in other regions, border areas."
As the minister said to the News Agency Brazil, based on information from the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESA), there is no confirmed deaths due to rotavirus. However, Padilla said it was not the first time there are reports of death from acute diarrhea in the region.
Ninawa says is disgusting to hear such a statement of the minister, because "he confirms first deaths, says that after the cases (acute diarrhea) are common. While no one takes action, since everyone knows the problem, "attacks the indigenous leadership.
Between 2010 and 2011, about 400 Indians camped on the door of the National Health Foundation (Funasa) - for almost a year in transition for the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESA) - for nine months requiring improvements in indigenous health care in Acre.
"We deliver to the authorities a document with the claims. One involved a part of sanitation. We prevent, much more than works. Stipulated deadlines, but so far not even get a return, "says Ninawa.
Abandonment
According to the Indian, the agents of the Alto Purus Pole Base - core support multidisciplinary team that forwards the cases to the hospitals and villages linked to the health district - can not carry out their functions due to lack of structure.
"Their role is to be in the communities doing prevention work and it does not. The staff will not for lack of condition. With this, Indians are no medicines, vaccines and die from diseases that could be cured easily, "complains Ninawa.
A larger boat is used by the team. The flying boats are for emergency cases, more serious. Patients at medium and high complexity are treated only in Rio Branco, for Santa Rosa - largest town in the Purus region - has no structure. "Therefore I say that the minister has information unreal, far from what is happening in the community," said the Indian.
Ninawa as indigenous representative in the area of health claims to have seen other cases that illustrate the situation of the sector in Acre. From above hath he sent, witnessed indigenous Axaninca canoe bringing sick children to the city that never made it alive to the treatment. "They give up and return to the village and do not record deaths. So, we are talking of 12, but can be much more, "he laments.
Hepatitis
People infected with hepatitis have also been identified by the District Health Council The situation is more serious among Janinaw?. The Association of Patients with Hepatitis in the region found that more than 60% of the community is infected with some type of hepatitis.
"Lack of health education in the area, or prevention. The very condition of the multidisciplinary team Pole Base, with the transition to Funasa Sheshai that never ends, ended up hurting the team's actions. Agents need to go to the community. But the structural problems, the team is only in the city. "
Portuguese-English translation
Sixteen Indian children die from acute diarrhea in Acre Brazil
23/01/2012 13:15, By Brazil Fact
Leaders denounce the lack of structure and abandonment of the federal government in meeting
23/01/2011
Renato Santana
Bras?lia (DF)
A child of nine months of indigenous ethnicity Apurin? died early on Friday (20) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Children's Hospital, in Rio Branco, capital of Acre. In addition to Apurin? who live in the Upper Rio Inauini the Huni Kuin (Kaxinaw?) and Madjar (Kulina), the Upper Purus River, also reported deaths.
According to indigenous leaders who make up the District Health Council brings to 16 the number of children killed in part been victims of the same symptoms: diarrhea, fever and vomiting. The data released by confronting the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESA), which points 13 victims.
However, the Indians point out that not only are relative to the body of the Ministry of Health, but also information of victims who have not reached the Pole of Health
"Do you have another child who is in ICU and her condition is serious. As I have said, recorded cases of children who died in the villages of the same symptoms, "noted Ninawa Huni Kuin, health counselor.
The Ministry of Health deployed a team of Brasilia (DF) to Acre in order to investigate in more detail the disease, but Ninawa reports that agents have not yet arrived. More than 20 villages have been reached among indigenous communities of the Alto Purus River, High River, High River Envira Inauini - with distance between them coming a thousand miles.
Rotavirus
Suspicion falls on a rotavirus epidemic. However, authorities did not confirm. "So far, no confirmed case or death due to rotavirus disease or other indigenous communities in the region of Santa Rosa of the Purus," says a statement issued on Thursday (19) by Sheshai.
"We have a lot of trouble accessing information. This child died and then the body was taken to the village, "said the missionary Lindomar Padilha, the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI).
According to data of the Brazil, from 1 to January 18, 70 indigenous children were identified with acute diarrheal disease. In December 2011 there were ten deaths. Until last Tuesday (17) the federal government confirmed eight deaths, but went on to speak in 13 deaths on Friday.
History
Ninawa Huni Kuin reached Rio Branco (AC) on the morning of Thursday (19), with two Indian children sick. Both showing the same symptoms - diarrhea, fever and vomiting - which led to the deaths of 16 other people Huni Kuin (Kaxinaw?) and Madjar (Kulina), the Upper Purus River, between December 2011 and January this year.
The data passed through the Pole Base Health and suspicions are a rotavirus epidemic - no confirmation of the government, working with eight deaths, and the other four are still under review. Acute diarrhea is the cause of death recorded in certificates.
Children taken for specialist treatment in the capital of Acre prove - regardless of whether or not rotavirus - that this health problem affects other areas of the Indian state, because children are different people and regions to deaths registered. For the Indians, the origin of the disease is in the water consumed.
"The Minister (of Health, Alexandre Padilha) talks based on third-party opinions. No health worker went to the villages. Do not go for lack of structure long time, "says Ninawa, president of People's Federation and member of Huni Kuin District Health Council of the Upper Purus River. He continues: "Not only is the area (High River) Purus that happens, but in other regions, border areas."
As the minister said to the News Agency Brazil, based on information from the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESA), there is no confirmed deaths due to rotavirus. However, Padilla said it was not the first time there are reports of death from acute diarrhea in the region.
Ninawa says is disgusting to hear such a statement of the minister, because "he confirms first deaths, says that after the cases (acute diarrhea) are common. While no one takes action, since everyone knows the problem, "attacks the indigenous leadership.
Between 2010 and 2011, about 400 Indians camped on the door of the National Health Foundation (Funasa) - for almost a year in transition for the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (SESA) - for nine months requiring improvements in indigenous health care in Acre.
"We deliver to the authorities a document with the claims. One involved a part of sanitation. We prevent, much more than works. Stipulated deadlines, but so far not even get a return, "says Ninawa.
Abandonment
According to the Indian, the agents of the Alto Purus Pole Base - core support multidisciplinary team that forwards the cases to the hospitals and villages linked to the health district - can not carry out their functions due to lack of structure.
"Their role is to be in the communities doing prevention work and it does not. The staff will not for lack of condition. With this, Indians are no medicines, vaccines and die from diseases that could be cured easily, "complains Ninawa.
A larger boat is used by the team. The flying boats are for emergency cases, more serious. Patients at medium and high complexity are treated only in Rio Branco, for Santa Rosa - largest town in the Purus region - has no structure. "Therefore I say that the minister has information unreal, far from what is happening in the community," said the Indian.
Ninawa as indigenous representative in the area of health claims to have seen other cases that illustrate the situation of the sector in Acre. From above hath he sent, witnessed indigenous Axaninca canoe bringing sick children to the city that never made it alive to the treatment. "They give up and return to the village and do not record deaths. So, we are talking of 12, but can be much more, "he laments.
Hepatitis
People infected with hepatitis have also been identified by the District Health Council The situation is more serious among Janinaw?. The Association of Patients with Hepatitis in the region found that more than 60% of the community is infected with some type of hepatitis.
"Lack of health education in the area, or prevention. The very condition of the multidisciplinary team Pole Base, with the transition to Funasa Sheshai that never ends, ended up hurting the team's actions. Agents need to go to the community. But the structural problems, the team is only in the city. "