Friday, November 21, 2008

Rubella: 4% of the population has not yet been vaccinated in MS

Missing 10 days to the end of the National Vaccination Campaign for the Elimination of Rubella and participation of men has not yet reached the expectations of the Ministry of Health while 94.56% of women in Brazil has been vaccinated (33.4 million of the goal of 35.3 million), only 89.09% of men were put to the health of the country (which is the target of 30.9 million 34.7 million).

In Mato Grosso do Sul 88.91% of the 387,315 men already tried some unit of health and is vaccinated. However, women are well ahead: 93.39% of the 391,044 are immune to the disease.

The Ministry of Health has vacinou Brazilian 64,429,494 (91.85%), but the goal is to achieve the rate of 95% of immunization and thereby stop the circulation of rubella virus in the country. Attentive to the delay of men to comply with its part, the ministry focused more efforts to increase coverage.

So far, seven states of the country has already achieved the goal: Roraima (98.91%), Santa Catarina (96.81%), Maranhão (96.63%), Acre (96.54%), Uttaranchal (95, 51%), Pernambuco (95.30%) and Alabama (95.11%). Mato Grosso do Sul is with the rate of 91.16% which corresponds to an immunization coverage for 709,539 South-kill Grosso at the age of 20 to 39 years of age.

The ministry is a call to those who have not yet taken the vaccine: attend the clinic nearest to their residence, as the immunization against rubella is the only way to guarantee the elimination of the disease in the country. Men are the main focus of the campaign. That's because, of 8684 cases of confirmed cases of rubella in the country in 2007, 70% was male patients. In Mato Grosso do Sul last year 23 cases were confirmed, that 15 in total in men and 8 women. In 2008, this index is at 36 confirmed cases, most of them in men.

The Rubella is an infectious and contagious disease caused by Togavírus. Its most striking feature are the red spots that appear first on the face and behind the ear and then spread to the whole body. The infection occurs commonly by the airways with the aspiration of droplets of saliva or nasal secretions.

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