The Ministry of Health, through the National Committee for Epidemiological Surveillance (Conave), today issued a new notice for all first, second and third level medical units, in response to the detection of imported cases of measles. The notice reports on the current situation of this disease in the world and calls on public and private … Read more
In the Americas the situation also generates great concern. The low vaccination coverage against measles and the presence of cases of this disease in the countries of the region have raised alarms; According to the Pan American Health Organization – PAHO, for 2022, only 10 countries presented vaccination coverage greater than 95% and during 2023, … Read more
Concern in United Kingdom given the increase in measles cases and the probability of new outbreaks of the disease. According to the latest data handled by the UK Health Security Agency (Ukhsa) in 2023 there were 1,603 suspected cases of measles, more than double than in 2022 (735) and four times more than in 2021 … Read more
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In March of this year, a one year and 3 month old baby contracted poliomyelitis in the Peruvian Amazon and showed that low levels of vaccination had ended three decades free of this disease in Peru. Although the Ministry of Health assured that it was an isolated case and derived from the vaccine [se descartó … Read more