Chile: 2012 Meningitis cases

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Faced with national outbreak, Chile doubles meningitis vaccinations
Friday, 09 November 2012 09:39
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Health ministry to expand coverage to regions outside Santiago for children from nine months to four years.

Health Minister Jaime Ma?alich announced Friday that the government will almost double the number of free vaccinations to be provided against meningitis for children in Chile. Ma?alich, who started the campaign to immunize young children in Santiago in October, made the announcement after it was determined that the disease may have spread beyond the capital city...

...Chile has seen increased cases of Meningitis in 2012, with the Health Ministry reporting 98 confirmed outbreaks of the illness compared to the median of 90 cases between 2007 and 2011. Of these 98 cases, 23 have proven fatal, prompting the Pi?era administration into rethinking its national preventative policies...

 

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President Pi?era for meningitis: "The situation is under control, we have taken every step"
The president said that the World Health Organization certified that the measures taken by our country have been appropriate.
She also made an appeal to the mothers of children between nine months and four years to immunize their children.
12/11/2012 - 09:19



President Sebastian Pinera spoke of meningitis cases have been registered in our country, ensuring that the situation is under control and that we are not dealing with an outbreak of the disease.

Given this, the President said that this new strain "is less common but more lethal and therefore we detect this situation last year and took all the appropriate measures. This new strain is different and in some cases can cause death "adding that the way will be coping with mass vaccination," practically exhausted the global vaccine stock, we have to give priority to children in Chile, we have 10 fatalities so it is not an outbreak. The situation is under the control, we have taken all measures that are as certified by the WHO, "he told Radio dialogue with DNA.

In this regard, the President said "started the process of mass vaccination. We started with the communities where there is a higher risk, we will finish in the metropolitan region and then we will continue with the rest of the country and hope to vaccinate 1200 000 children, want any child between nine months and five years left without vaccination ".

Regarding the concern that caused meningitis cases in the population, the President said "I want to give a note of calm. So far we have 50 cases and a population of 16.5 million people, always prevent and so you have to do this mass vaccination. I tell the mothers immunize their children, if they see any symptoms seek immediate health care system to better diagnose. disease is dangerous, but not well treated can cause consequences. "

 

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Professor died of meningitis: ISP must ratify cause
November 9, 2012 ? 14:30 ? updated at 18:27



The vaccination campaign Ministreio Health that started in October.
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The school Antilhue of Florida reported that one of her teachers suffering from meningitis died.
According to a statement on its website, the educational establishment identifies the victim as Pascale Aravena Orrego, who was admitted to the Hospital Sotero del Rio.
In the same statement, management said that the cause of death from meningitis he was confirmed by the Public Health Institute (ISP).

However, later, in a separate statement the school released in the afternoon, stated that ratification the Ministerial Regional Secretariat conducted the Metropolitan and the ISP.

The official confirmation in these cases it is up to the ISP.

According to official statistics, so far, the number of deaths has 22 and if the teacher's death due to the same cause would raise to 23 the death toll caused by the disease that affects this year with a more aggressive variant.

Also detailed to meet the specific type of strain suffered by the teacher should await the outcome of the crop that will do the testing laboratory.

Along with this, they explained that antibiotic treatment be given to courses basic four through six.

The school authorities asked students of these courses and parents and their children to go to school at 19.00 today for treatment.

The rest of the school community are suggested caution and keep them informed of the information they receive from the health authorities.

COLLEGE: "It fills us with sadness and regret"

According to background information provided by the educational establishment, Orrego Aravena did Pacale classes Biology and Natural Sciences.

It was part of the teaching staff since 2011.

"This unexpected situation fills us with sadness and regret," said the school board and expressed his love for his family, who shared with her ​​students and teachers who had as companion work.

 

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Meningitis: Health Ministry reports that 50 remain infected
December 8, 2012 ? 10:41 ? updated at 10:42

In a new report by Meningitis W135, the Ministry of Health reported that maintaining the figure of 50 people infected nationwide.
Moreover explained that this group, 389 people are part of the Metropolitan Region and also the death toll remains at 10.
As Minsal said, the campaign continues quite normally and in fact have been immunized 519,504 children, who belong to 54% of the target population.
In the metropolitan area have been vaccinated 85% of children aged 9 months to 5 years, while in Valparaiso has immunized 34% of children.

 

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They try to locate passengers of flight that moved woman who died from meningitis
Saturday December 22, 2012 | 9:38
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The Ministry of Health of the Dominican Republic and travel agencies working to contact about 200 passengers who traveled on 16 December in the 592 LAN flight from Santiago to Punta Cana, after the death of a passenger allegedly because of meningitis .

According to the Assistant Secretary for Health, Jorge Diaz, is a 25 year old woman who went to Central America for their vacation. On his second day in the place, presented headache, fever and vomiting. After that, she was admitted to a clinic in that country, where he died.

The ombudsman said Government as the first diagnosis given by the complex care, he would have tried to dengue. However, after the family is concerned, there was a preventive measure blocking through antibiotics.


The head of the Health Ministry, Jaime Ma?alich, said the woman was a health care professional, and reiterated that so far, all evidence indicates that there would have suffered a meningococcal infection.


Because women's symptoms were similar to those of meningitis, was blocking their colleagues in Chile and relatives. In addition, the Ministries of Health in both countries work to locate all of the passengers on the flight on which he moved.

 

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They remain at 57 infected with W-135 nationally as Public Health Institute
Sunday December 23, 2012 | 9:47
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57 are held on Sunday confirmed cases of meningitis the W-135, according to the Public Health Institute (ISP).

Of the total affected, 45 have occurred in the metropolitan area, while nationally reported 14 deaths.

As for childhood vaccination, the number of children immunized at country amounts to 807,231 (84 percent).

In the metropolitan area there are 377. 609 children (97 percent) and in the Valpara?so Region 77 030 (83 percent).

 

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PERUVIAN LIFE AT RISK IN SANTIAGO hospitalized with meningitis
Director of the Central Hospital, Patricia Mendez, said the woman developed rapidly and catastrophically to failure of all its organs. It examines whether contagion is W-135 strain.
Sunday December 30, 2012 | by Naci?n.cl - photo: The front of the Posta Central (UPI File)

With serious risk of death, by a fulminant exacerbation of their conditions, is the Peruvian citizen of 40 years hospitalized with meningitis infection in a study on Saturday in the former Central Posta.
The Director of Public Assistance Hospital, Dr. Patricia Mendez, said Sunday morning that the woman "is a meningitis, is currently connected to mechanical ventilation with multiorgan failure.'s Very, very serious. Regarding yesterday is more evil. "
"It has evolved into a catastrophically small number of hours, she takes little more than 24 hours in hospital with us, but the performance was very poor.'s With every organ failure, attached to mechanical ventilation and in relation to yesterday is more serious, is life-threatening, "he said.
The Ministry of Health, in a statement on Sunday, said the study was meningitis strain that has been foreign to the grave: "In relation to the case of a Peruvian citizen suspected, the sample is still under study in the laboratories of the Institute of Public Health (ISP). "
FIGURES until Sunday the dreaded W-135
It was reported that the number of people infected with meningitis strain W-135, remains at 58, of which 46 are in Region Metropolitana. Meanwhile, the number of deaths from this situation was not affected, with 15 cases.
As for childhood vaccination, the number of children immunized at country amounts to 854,707 (89.3 percent). In the metropolitan area there are 384,234 children (99 percent) and in the Valpara?so Region 82 693 (89 percent).