Caracas, 03 Mar. ABN.-Approximately 6 million Venezuelan families will benefit from the Expanded Program on Immunization, said on Wednesday President the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías.
"We are making preventive health, is a shield to the Venezuelan population. We will visit up to 6 million families, vaccinate millions of people, children and adults, "he said.
During the act of relaunching of that plan, in the sector EF-1 Las Casitas, part High of Los Mangos, in the parish of La Vega, in the Libertador municipality of Caracas, the head of state stressed that the program is aimed at promoting preventive medicine in the country.
Likewise, Chávez noted that this is done by a census throughout the country with the help of 25 thousand students in community medicine and nursing of the National Experimental University of the Armed Forces (UNEF) and members of the community councils.
noted that health should not be seen from the perspective capitalist, who sees patients as a commodity that benefits their interests.
indicated that they are opening 2 000 new vaccination centers across the country.
"It's a protection plan, is like giving the people a shield against 14 diseases," he said.
vaccine combat infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, anti rotavirus, pentavalent, which in turn fight tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, meningitis, pneumonia and polio, among others diseases.
said the plan will extend the Integral Diagnostic Centers and the Barrio Adentro modules adjacent to the residence of the beneficiaries.
The relaunching it will give the National Government to the National Vaccination in the coming days, expected to provide protection and immunization against infectious diseases at least 14 to about 95% of the Venezuelan population.
Therefore, the program will serve children from infants and children under one year younger than 5 years, pregnant women, youth and adults from 10 to 59 years and persons aged 60 and older.
To this end, the existing timetable for the relaunching of this plan represents a general census of the population to know exactly the number of people vaccinated, the percentage that requires booster shots against specific diseases, as well as the number of doses required for Full coverage and enhancing the various vaccination centers.
The day will start with house to house visits by personnel of the Ministry of Health and over 25 thousand students of the National Comprehensive Community Medicine (ICM) whose purpose will be to provide expanded information plan.
Firstly, the census population receive an immunization schedule also include the ages at which each dose should be applied, offered free of charge the following vaccines: tuberculosis, hepatitis B, rotavirus, seasonal influenza, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus , pertussis, meningitis, yellow fever, measles, rubella and pneumococcal pneumonia.
People also receive a control card for the registration of applications and dose rates. This form shall also indicate the location nearest vaccination site that the immunized person may go on the due date.
The first phase of relaunching the plan foresees to visit more than 6 million homes across the country.
This phase will pass information to the days after vaccination, which will develop the second phase of the plan, which is the incorporation of more than 2 000 new centers of immunization in the Barrio Adentro modules and outpatient traditional network.
The annual investment for the purchase of vaccines that comprise the Extended Immunization Plan increased by 306 million Bolivars during the 10-year rule. Vaccine availability
The schedule offered free by the Ministry of Popular Power for Health, through its Expanded Immunization Plan, protects people against 14 infectious diseases with higher incidence.
Box guaranteed free vaccines at various public health centers across the country, providing coverage from newborns, who require three doses of vaccine as pentavalent that prevents diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and meningitis, as well as older adults to more than 60 years of age.
regard, the ministry specified that a newborn BCG vaccination and hepatitis B, which protect against tuberculosis and hepatitis B, respectively.
children under one year old need to be immunized with rotavirus vaccines, antiinfluenza, polio and pentavalent.
The trivalent vaccine virus, which is required for children under one year of age, prevents measles, mumps and rubella, but also that age is necessary to immunize also against yellow fever.
Meanwhile, people aged between 10 and 59 years of age should receive TD toxoid vaccine, which protects against tetanus and diphtheria, yellow fever preventing yellow fever antiinfluenza that protects against seasonal influenza.
also 10 to 49 years of age is recommended to get vaccinated against hepatitis B in the corresponding dose.
Finally, older adults from 60 years of age must be immunized against pneumococcal pneumonia with pneumococcal vaccine 23.
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