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There will be a shortage of BCG vaccine for newborns

Tonka

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http://www.milenio.com/node/645809
Spanish to Eng. translation

There will be a shortage of BCG vaccine for newborns
Ministry of Health anticipates problems importing this biological for tuberculosis.


Mon, 14/02/2011 - 13:45
Guadalajara .- From March there will be shortage of BCG vaccine that is applied to infants to protect against tuberculosis, the Ministry of Health anticipated this day Jalisco.:(

At a press conference, the head of preventive medicine, Ramiro Reyes Lomeli said that problems of import and other non-Jalisco issues, from March until June this biological scarcer.

"Surely we will have problems," he warned, after announcing that for the first week of national health if you have a stock of 12,962 doses of BCG (tuberculosis meningeal) yet not be sufficient to meet demand until next June announces that the federal level could receive further doses.

Under the slogan "Take care of them and love her and Immunize on time" from the February 19 and until day 25, the health secretary will conduct the first intensive campaign of vaccination.

Lomeli Reyes said the goal is to apply 830,802 biological dose, although 69% are doses of the Sabin vaccine to protect children from paralytic polio, with the remainder to cover various diseases such as diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus , rubella, measles and pneumonia.

Alongside this week is taking actions to promote health as are the identification of warning signs so that people know how to prevent diarrheal diseases,respiratory and nutritional.

Finally, Reyes Lomeli invited the mothers to come on time and implement the scheme in advance to children under one year to avoid the risk of pertussis.
 
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