GÓMEZ PALACIO, Dgo. (OEM).-The BCG vaccines arrived, which is used to prevent tuberculosis (TB), which began to be applied, in addition to the biological against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), which although they have been Applying to adolescent girls who do not have schooling, a program is structured to go to primary and secondary schools and apply them in an orderly manner.
The above was reported by the head of Health Jurisdiction number 2, Luis Fernando Olvera Martínez, who explained that around 520 doses of the BCG arrived after there was a backlog of biological for people who had not been vaccinated, in addition this It will be applied to newborn babies.
However, he commented that more vaccines will be requested, in order to complete with the people who are lagging behind and to be able to complete the scheme for the population of the lagoon region, “It is called BCG because it is made in an attenuated (weakened) form. from a bacteria called Mycobacterium bovis, which is a Calmette-Guérin bacillus, hence the acronym BCG.”
VACCINES AGAINST HPV ARRIVE
The state health official commented that the vaccines against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) also arrived, there were 3,500 doses and although it has already started with some girls who do not have schooling through brigades, but it will soon start for vaccinate girls aged 10 to 12 in primary and secondary school.
He explained that due to the logistics of the educational system itself and the health sector, the vaccination campaign will begin in the coming days, since it will be carried out in an orderly manner through primary and secondary schools for the majority of all school girls. .
In response to an express question, Olvera Martínez recalled that last year there were almost 4,900 doses that were applied, hence this year it will vary more or less in the same amount, but it will be a little more.
The purpose is to prevent the contagion and spread of HPV, so the Ministry of Health, through Health Jurisdiction number 2 and the Undersecretary of Education in the Laguna de Durango region will join forces to start this campaign and serve all the girls in the Durango lagoon, so more doses of this vaccine will arrive shortly.
Finally, Luis Fernando Olvera highlighted that through these preventive actions the commitment of the governor, Esteban Villegas Villarreal, to safeguard the health of the people of Durango is confirmed, hence for the moment brigades are being carried out to apply this biological to the girls and young women who They do not have schooling.
2023-09-29 18:52:58
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