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Diphtheria reappears in Bolívar
By Jhoalys Siverio
March 10, 2023
The Institute of Public Health indicates that there is at least one confirmed case of diphtheria in Bolívar and two suspects. However, no further details on the diagnoses were released.
Puerto Ordaz. After six years in which diphtheria in Bolívar seemed under control again, the disease reappeared with confirmation by the president of the Institute of Public Health (ISP) and sole health authority in the entity, Manuel Maurera.
It was in a radio interview with Unión Radio when Maurera admitted the existence of diphtheria cases in Bolívar. Although he did not give further details, he reported from an ISP source that there is a confirmed case and two suspects .
Chronicle. One tried to contact Maurera to specify more details, but there was no response. According to other media outlets, the cases are located in the Sifontes municipality. Regarding this area, Maurera previously spoke of the fact that it is where the highest incidence of malaria in the state is recorded.
He said that last year they managed to reduce malaria cases in Bolívar by 19.1%.
Last year we had up to this date 12,359 cases of malaria. Currently we only have 5,544 cases, ”he specified.
What is diphtheria?
Regarding the cases of diphtheria in Bolívar, Maurera said that they activated all the blockade, immunization and vaccination teams. She also assured that they have control of the situation...
...Diphtheria was a disease that had been under control in the country for decades. According to the Venezuelan medical union, its reappearance in 2016 had to do with the lack of a timely and effective vaccination scheme, coupled with the sanitary conditions of Venezuela.
In figures
In 2016, talk of diphtheria began again when the first cases of death of children from this disease were known unofficially.
Chronicle. One counted in 2016 at least 23 children who died of diphtheria in the Sifontes municipality, south of Bolívar. In the first two months of 2017, there were two other deaths. They were two girls (one nine years old and the other ten years old) from Pariaguán, Anzoátegui state. They were transferred to the Guaiparo hospital, in Ciudad Guayana, but they died shortly after their admission.
By then, once the regional authorities admitted the reappearance of diphtheria in Bolívar, they began with an immunization plan that brought huge queues at the clinics and at the headquarters of Mundo de Sonrisas in Puerto Ordaz, due to the low availability of vaccines. .
The vaccination scheme is three doses, plus two annual boosters. PAHO figures indicate that Venezuela added more than 3,000 suspected cases, more than 1,700 confirmed cases and 294 deaths until 2020.
Diphtheria reappears in Bolívar
By Jhoalys Siverio
March 10, 2023
The Institute of Public Health indicates that there is at least one confirmed case of diphtheria in Bolívar and two suspects. However, no further details on the diagnoses were released.
Puerto Ordaz. After six years in which diphtheria in Bolívar seemed under control again, the disease reappeared with confirmation by the president of the Institute of Public Health (ISP) and sole health authority in the entity, Manuel Maurera.
It was in a radio interview with Unión Radio when Maurera admitted the existence of diphtheria cases in Bolívar. Although he did not give further details, he reported from an ISP source that there is a confirmed case and two suspects .
Chronicle. One tried to contact Maurera to specify more details, but there was no response. According to other media outlets, the cases are located in the Sifontes municipality. Regarding this area, Maurera previously spoke of the fact that it is where the highest incidence of malaria in the state is recorded.
He said that last year they managed to reduce malaria cases in Bolívar by 19.1%.
Last year we had up to this date 12,359 cases of malaria. Currently we only have 5,544 cases, ”he specified.
What is diphtheria?
Regarding the cases of diphtheria in Bolívar, Maurera said that they activated all the blockade, immunization and vaccination teams. She also assured that they have control of the situation...
...Diphtheria was a disease that had been under control in the country for decades. According to the Venezuelan medical union, its reappearance in 2016 had to do with the lack of a timely and effective vaccination scheme, coupled with the sanitary conditions of Venezuela.
In figures
In 2016, talk of diphtheria began again when the first cases of death of children from this disease were known unofficially.
Chronicle. One counted in 2016 at least 23 children who died of diphtheria in the Sifontes municipality, south of Bolívar. In the first two months of 2017, there were two other deaths. They were two girls (one nine years old and the other ten years old) from Pariaguán, Anzoátegui state. They were transferred to the Guaiparo hospital, in Ciudad Guayana, but they died shortly after their admission.
By then, once the regional authorities admitted the reappearance of diphtheria in Bolívar, they began with an immunization plan that brought huge queues at the clinics and at the headquarters of Mundo de Sonrisas in Puerto Ordaz, due to the low availability of vaccines. .
The vaccination scheme is three doses, plus two annual boosters. PAHO figures indicate that Venezuela added more than 3,000 suspected cases, more than 1,700 confirmed cases and 294 deaths until 2020.