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http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/58852-direccia-n-de-salud-se-enfoca-en-prevencia-n/
Spanish to English translation
Health Department focuses on prevention
According to the Department of Health, hospitals and health centers visited by flu patients has decreased over the past 72 hours. Nevertheless, the institution continues to work on the prevention of disease.
Release Date: 01/26/2011 00:00
With two levels of prevention, the Provincial looking for people to know how to prevent the initial occurrence of influenza A H1N1, while working in the secondary prevention to stop or slow the disease in this case is in the environment since its first appearance in 2009.
Therefore, since the outbreak of influenza appeared in December, the institution reactivated Emergency Operations Committee, COE, provincial and cantonal.
Vaccination
The report notes that, statistically, for every 100,000 Azuay is a level of H1N1 influenza occurrence of 0.55 cases, mortality is 0.13 and mortality, proportion of deaths per number of patients, from 25 percent.
Against this, the Provincial Health Department has 5,160 doses of influenza vaccine at the level of the province of Azuay, which is intended for adults 65 years and, since the first week of February, children under five years. (MFT)
Spanish to English translation
Health Department focuses on prevention
According to the Department of Health, hospitals and health centers visited by flu patients has decreased over the past 72 hours. Nevertheless, the institution continues to work on the prevention of disease.
Release Date: 01/26/2011 00:00
With two levels of prevention, the Provincial looking for people to know how to prevent the initial occurrence of influenza A H1N1, while working in the secondary prevention to stop or slow the disease in this case is in the environment since its first appearance in 2009.
Therefore, since the outbreak of influenza appeared in December, the institution reactivated Emergency Operations Committee, COE, provincial and cantonal.
Vaccination
The report notes that, statistically, for every 100,000 Azuay is a level of H1N1 influenza occurrence of 0.55 cases, mortality is 0.13 and mortality, proportion of deaths per number of patients, from 25 percent.
Against this, the Provincial Health Department has 5,160 doses of influenza vaccine at the level of the province of Azuay, which is intended for adults 65 years and, since the first week of February, children under five years. (MFT)