This year, the Community of Madrid will acquire 133,500 doses of vaccines against pneumococcus to protect the elderly against serious infections. The Government Council has authorized this week to allocate an investment of 6,054,048 euros to this purchase. This initiative will allow the immunization of people over 60 years of age, as recommended by the General Directorate of Public Health, which has also included it in the vaccination schedule for adults who have risk factors. The administration of the so-called twenty-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine will be carried out in health centers and at vaccination points authorized by the autonomous Administration. It is an action that the regional government has been developing since 2005.
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With this measure, which responds to the recommendations of the health authorities of the countries around us, the target population will be protected against 20 serotypes of pneumococcus, which are the most frequently detected in our region and cause 70% of invasive forms. of pneumococcal disease, which is highly lethal and whose increase has been detected in recent years. Its evolution is usually worse at older ages, if there is an underlying disease. Other associated pathologies range from otitis media and sinusitis to serious processes such as pneumonia, sepsis or meningitis.
2023-11-11 09:29:43
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