Vaccination reduces infant mortality

The vaccination It has been a very effective treatment to eradicate diseases dangerous in Mexico. Thanks to the small dose the transmission of the disease has been prevented and controlled smallpox , poliomyelitis , tetanus neonatal, diphtheria , rubella congenital, measles indigenous, tuberculosis meningeal haemophilus influenzae , which were among the main causes of Child mortality .

In accordance with Diana Leticia Coronel Martínez , researcher of National Center for the Health of Children and Adolescents (CeNSIA), the scheme of vaccination in the country it is among the best in the world, due to its quality in biological .

Coronel Martínez said that one thousand 350 million pesos were invested in the modernization of facilities and equipment (vehicles, refrigerators, thermos, cold rooms), to guarantee the quality of the vaccinations .

The director of the Program of Health Care for Children and Adolescents , said that the doses to fight the rotavirus and the pneumococcus have reduced the frequency of hospitalizations of children.

"Hospitalizations in season of rotavirus has fallen to 43.9% in children under one year and 34.2% in those over one year, "said the specialist.

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The Health Secretary reported that from 3 to 7 October will be held the Third National Health Week, whose goal is to improve the surveillance and control of diseases preventable by vaccination ; for this reason, the population is invited to vaccinate the children in the centers closest to their home.


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