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09-08-2010, 03:50 PM
The Dominican Republic has not registered a case of measles in 10 years, and for four years there has not been a case of German measles. Although the viruses may reach the country they are unlikely to circulate because Dominicans are protected by vaccinations, as reported in Diario Libre.
The EPI program (Extended Program of Immunization) director, Zacarias Garib, said that as of this moment neither the World Health Organization (WHO) nor the Pan American Health Organization have given notification of an outbreak in Haiti.
The EPI program director said that everything happened within a foreign context beginning with a publication in Argentina where they have diagnosed cases of the illness. He explained that both measles and German measles and all infectious diseases must be notified and in the case of measles, the vaccination is one of the best that there is for the immunization that it provides, and this is why it is give just once, normally at the age of one.
According to Garib, the Public Health Ministry took permanent protection and surveillance measures before and after the January earthquake in Haiti.
He indicated moreover, that when it comes to immunizations, the country has been complying with the recommendations of the Technical Advisory Group for the surveillance of the goals of controls, eliminations and eradications of diseases such as polio, measles and German measles. He explained that from 1998 to 1999, the country vaccinated 2.4 million children aged between 9 months and 14 years against measles. In 2006 the health authorities vaccinated 5.6 million Dominicans, between the ages of 7 and 39, against measles and German measles. This year 1.6 million children between 1 and 9 years of age were vaccinated.
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The EPI program (Extended Program of Immunization) director, Zacarias Garib, said that as of this moment neither the World Health Organization (WHO) nor the Pan American Health Organization have given notification of an outbreak in Haiti.
The EPI program director said that everything happened within a foreign context beginning with a publication in Argentina where they have diagnosed cases of the illness. He explained that both measles and German measles and all infectious diseases must be notified and in the case of measles, the vaccination is one of the best that there is for the immunization that it provides, and this is why it is give just once, normally at the age of one.
According to Garib, the Public Health Ministry took permanent protection and surveillance measures before and after the January earthquake in Haiti.
He indicated moreover, that when it comes to immunizations, the country has been complying with the recommendations of the Technical Advisory Group for the surveillance of the goals of controls, eliminations and eradications of diseases such as polio, measles and German measles. He explained that from 1998 to 1999, the country vaccinated 2.4 million children aged between 9 months and 14 years against measles. In 2006 the health authorities vaccinated 5.6 million Dominicans, between the ages of 7 and 39, against measles and German measles. This year 1.6 million children between 1 and 9 years of age were vaccinated.
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