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Dengue and malaria take the lives of 27 people until June
Doris Pantaleón
doris.pantaleon@listindiario.com
Santo Domingo, RD
Malaria has registered an important increase so far this year, with 232 cases captured up to the first week of June, due to the epidemiological surveillance carried out by the Ministry of Health, for an increase of 67% over the previous year. The system reported two deaths from this disease.
While patients with dengue symptoms continue to reach hospital centers in the country, motivating the increase in income, and 50% of cases captured by the system in recent weeks are recorded in the metropolitan area.
Both diseases are transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes. The vector of dengue is Aedes aegypti, which is raised in clean water, especially the one stored in and around the homes; while that of malaria is the Anopheles mosquito that reproduces in stagnant and swampy waters.
Until the first week of June, the epidemiological surveillance system had recorded 2,921 cases of dengue for an increase of 459% compared to the same period of the previous year when there were 528 cases registered. Although the official report does not report any death related to the disease, hospital reports indicate that at least 25 patients have died with similar symptoms, 17 of them in the Robert Reid Cabral, seven in the south of the country and one in the hospital San Lorenzo, from Los Mina.
According to the report, of vector-borne diseases, the two main diseases that affect the country are dengue and malaria, and the Ministry recommends the detection and timely diagnosis of cases in order to provide appropriate management and reduce the risk of the occurrence of deaths.
Indicates that in epidemiological week 23, 198 probable cases of dengue were reported, 82% in children under 15 years of age and that in the last four weeks of registration, 791 cases were reported (probable and confirmed), half of which reside in the region. O Metropolitan.
The month of June is when the pediatric hospitals of the metropolitan area began to register a greater increase of cases of dengue. Only Robert Reid Cabral and Santo Respiratory Diseases Santo Socorro jointly reported that month 212 cases of children with characteristics of the disease.
In the first six months Reid Cabral received 620 probable cases and the San Lorenzo de Los Mina Maternal Childhood, 280 cases of patients with symptoms suspected of dengue, such as high fever, headaches, behind the eyes and joints, inappetence and general discomfort.
The Hugo Mendoza hospital also reported a sustained increase in cases, the same is reported in hospitals in the southern and northern regions of the country, as well as in private sector centers.
Campaign
Recently, the Ministry of Public Health launched the campaign "Your family is worth everything" aimed at preventing and controlling the diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and minimizing the negative effects of dengue, zika and chicungunya by promoting key messages that contribute to the adoption of individual and collective measures through effective communication that leads to behavior change.
Recommendations
Good hygiene, clean the environments and roofs of homes, avoid containers in the yards where water accumulates, cover well the water that is stored for household chores, do not self-medicate, much hydration and go to the doctor when a member of the family present fever that starts suddenly, accompanied by headache, pain behind the eyes and muscle and lack of appetite, are some of the recommendations made by infectologists and directors of health centers.
Epidemiological Report .
Indicates that epidemiological week 23 reported 198 probable cases of dengue, 82% in children under 15 years.
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Public Health launched the campaign "Your family is worth everything" aimed at preventing diseases transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
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