Canary Islands to Purchase 250,000 Vaccine Doses for Hepatitis B, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and More

250,000 doses of vaccines included in the vaccination schedule will be purchased against hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, poliomyelitis, chickenpox, measles, rubella, mumps, meningococcus, pneumococcus and rotavirus

In its session this Monday, February 26, the Government Council of the Canary Islands authorized the Ministry of Health to allocate 7,810,980 euros to contract part of the supply of vaccines included in the calendar planned for 2024. In total, it is expected the acquisition of 250,000 doses of different types of vaccines against hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, poliomyelitis, chickenpox, measles, rubella, mumps, meningococcus, pneumococcus and rotavirus.

The contracting derives from the Framework Agreement for the selection of companies supplying calendar vaccines and other existing ones between the General State Administration, the Cities of Ceuta and Melilla and several Autonomous Communities, to which the Canary Islands joined in 2021.

This supply represents a portion of the vaccine doses that make up the CAC’s vaccination schedule; The rest is acquired outside the aforementioned Framework Agreement, with a total planned expenditure that exceeds 17 million euros.

According to this procedure, it is up to the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands to acquire the vaccine units estimated to be necessary exclusively from the supplying companies awarded by said Framework Agreement, in accordance with the terms established therein, and to award the contracts in accordance with the procedure established in the article. 221.4 of Law 9/2017, of November 8, on Public Sector Contracts and the provisions of the specifications that govern the procedure, as well as communicating to the Ministry of Health the number of vaccines acquired for each of the batches.

The number of vaccine doses to be acquired by the General Directorate of Public Health with this supply is made up of:

-30,000 doses of Hexavalent vaccine against hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, inactivated poliomyelitis and Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate.

-15,000 doses of vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and inactivated poliomyelitis.

-20,000 doses of vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis with reduced antigenic content.

-40,000 doses of diphtheria and tetanus vaccine with reduced antigenic content.

-1,000 doses of hepatitis B vaccine for pediatric age.

-5,000 doses of hepatitis B vaccine for adults.

-25,000 doses of vaccine against measles, rubella and mumps.

-15,000 doses of chickenpox vaccine.

-10,000 doses against measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox.

-15,000 doses of conjugate vaccine against meningococcus serogroups A, C, Y, W.

-45,000 doses of vaccine against meningococcus serogroup B.

-20,000 doses of 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine against pneumococcus.

-9,000 doses of rotavirus vaccine.

2024-02-26 13:04:48
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