On this Monday morning, the Attorney General’s Office launched an alert about the level of compliance in the implementation of the strategic plan to intensify vaccination in Colombia currently in force, due to coverage in biological tracers that does not reach those planned, the which, for the Expanded Immunization Plan of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, are estimated at 95 percent.
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“In the follow-up carried out by the Public Ministry to the reports of the ministerial portfolio, with a cut-off date of October 2023, the coverage achieved for the population of 612,970 boys and girls under 1 year of age registers that only 71 percent,” he noted. the Attorney General’s Office.
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And along those lines, he pointed out that they have received the BCG (Tuberculosis) vaccine and 75 percent the pentavalent dose, which protects against five diseases: diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, influenza type b and Hepatitis B.
On the other hand, it reported that for the total population of 634,447 one year old, 77 percent have been vaccinated against measles and 70 percent have received the pentavalent vaccine one year after the third dose.
By the age of 18 months, 69 percent have received the measles dose. In 5-year-old boys and girls, it is recorded that of a total population of 693,887, only 73 percent have received the DPT vaccine that protects against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus.
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“In terms of coverage of the national total, the control entity specified that by October 2023 it was expected to reach 79 percent, finding cases such as in the departments of Cundinamarca and Valle del Cauca, where said coverage in BCG (Tuberculosis) does not exist. exceed 41 percent; and in Vaupés and Vichada, where they are below 40 percent in measles (SRP) in boys and girls of 18 months and 5 years of age,” said the Public Ministry.
Although 3 vaccination days have been carried out “It is the day to catch up”, the Attorney General’s Office makes a peremptory call to all competent entities and institutions, so that in the remainder of 2023, actions are reinforced to achieve the expected vaccination coverage and alert the incoming leaders, so that in the territorial development plans for the period 2024-2027, they prioritize strategies so that the boys and girls of their territories have full enjoyment of their fundamental right to health and are vaccinated at the ages and with the required doses.
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2023-12-11 13:26:16
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