Michoacan Vaccination A/H1N1

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The Ministry of Health begins Monday Michoacan implementing vaccine Influenza A (H1N1) to health personnel in direct contact with patients and pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy. For this first phase of vaccination there is a budget of 15.480 doses arrived this week to Michoacan.

The implementation will take place in 20 health centers for the state's largest cities such as Morelia, Uruapan, Patzcuaro, Zamora, La Piedad, Apatzingan Zitacuaro and L?zaro C?rdenas, among others. In addition, health brigades will go to hospitals to vaccinate health workers in direct contact with patients with influenza-like respiratory illness.

The Health Department urges all people, including people who are going to be immunized, to maintain basic security measures to prevent the spread of this virus. Washing your hands often with soap and water, care of covering your mouth and nose with a tissue or the inside of your elbow when you sneeze or cough remain important measures to reduce the risk of infection and mitigate the effects of this epidemic in terms of severe diseases and deaths.

Epidemic

To date, there have been confirmed in Michoacan 2.742 cases of Influenza A (H1N1) and 18 deaths since the epidemic started last April. The last two were confirmed later this week, and occurred at the Hospital General "Dr. Miguel Silva ", in two males.

Most cases have been studied in a small way and have already been recovered. As is known, the flu caused by this new virus is mainly manifested by the appearance of high fever, cough, sore throat and headache, which may be accompanied by muscle and joint pain, runny nose and malaise.

The recommendation of the Ministry of Health is that at the onset of these symptoms, do not treat yourself and go to a health unit for treatment, the doctor who will determine the treatment to follow.

Importantly, no need for the sample and wait for the confirmation of the presence of the virus lab to make medical decisions and to install treatment early, especially in those with risk factors for developing complications, such as women pregnant women, people with chronic diseases and respiratory diseases and those with pre-morbid obesity.

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Health personnel in Morelia is vaccinated against influenza AH1N1

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Saturday December 19, 2009 ? Send note ? Print


Morelia, Michoacan .- To ensure the fitness of doctors and dentists working in the Directorate of Health, and the 27 clinics and five clinics available to the municipal government to address free of charge to the population moreliana, the staff concerned were applied AH1N1 influenza vaccines and seasonal influenza, an action that was achieved with the collaboration of the Ministry of Health.

In this regard, Maria Eugenia Gutierrez Avalos, city Health Director reported that were 110 influenza vaccines AH1N1 applied to the same number of doctors working in the direction of health and serving the clinics and the municipality.

He said also to give greater certainty to the population and prevent mass contamination, the capital's City Hall workers serving in the windows of the administrative complex of springs, we applied the seasonal influenza vaccine.

He said that according to the vaccination guidelines issued by the Federal Ministry of Health in which he indicated that the first to be vaccinated would be doctors working in different care centers such as IMSS, ISSSTE and Health Centers and the Directorate Municipal Health is to be carried out vaccination for influenza and seasonal influenza AH1N1.

This, because only thus can prevent the spread of influenza virus, as those who have first contact with the patient are the doctors.

It is noteworthy that the doctors working and operating in clinics of the City Council, receive constant training on the signs and behavior that presents AH1N1 influenza, so they know when a person experiences the symptoms and channel the health sector clinics or if applicable, to Social Security hospitals to receive more specialized attention.

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SSM starts influenza vaccination to the entire population of Michoac?n

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Monday January 25, 2010 ? Send note ? Print


Morelia, Michoacan .- From Monday, the general public interested in applied vaccination of human influenza A/H1N1 virus can access it in 20 health centers in various municipalities of Michoacan.

This was confirmed by Armando Luna Escalante, head of the Ministry of Health in the State, who explained that the cases have been reduced by influenza A virus H1N1, since now there has been a newspaper report compared to 80 per 24 hours November.

"We met a month of winter, it is certainly lower seasons in the last 30 to 40 years, and we only, in this 2010, 30 confirmed cases, when in December we had 56 cases.

Luna Escalante said that from Monday to start vaccination in the general population, "we received another envelope from the biological yesterday and from today we will begin the immunization strategy. The State Health Committee held a meeting and authorized the 20 strategic vaccination centers, also will open a public call for the inoculation. There are sectors of the population who are not interested in prevention, but must be the result of a deliberate ", Luna said Escalante.

Note that by conditions of social backwardness municipalities of Morelia, Uruapan, Zamora, L?zaro C?rdenas and the Piet?, and the Meseta Pur?pecha populations have priority for vaccination apply.

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Postponed influenza vaccination in Michoacan

Lack of staff was the reason, it will be until 27 February when it begins to implement the antibiotic in nursery schools, malls and markets

The Ministry of Health in Michoacan postponed by one month the application of vaccines against influenza A H1N1 in public spaces and the general population because of staff shortages.

The dependence was scheduled the start of the campaign on February 1 in squares and gardens, as well as itinerant modules in remote communities, but the personnel that account for this action is insufficient.

For these reasons, it was determined that is until February 27 when the biological becomes applicable in kindergartens, shopping centers and markets, exploiting the start of the First National Health Week 2010.

He said although it was at the national level which marked the times of application, each entity adjusts according to their abilities.

Moreover, the dependence will be released on the same date when the state will begin the implementation of vaccine human papillomavirus (HPV), it also will be ready in planned immunization posts.

It should be mentioned that what touches the human influenza to date Michoacan recorded a total of 28 deaths and over 2 thousand 900 cases.

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