City of Mexico.
In Mexico just a 26% of 2-year-olds of age and 40% of one year They have a scheme complete vaccination and, if the problem is not addressed, “a hurricane“on the return of preventable diseasesspecialists warned this Thursday.
“We are in time to do something Because, if not, what is going to come is a category five hurricane in diseases,” he said. Jose Ignatius Avalospresident of the Board of Directors of the Pact for Early Childhood,
During the ‘Forum of Vaccination For Children: #If we can‘, organized by more than a dozen institutions, Ávalos highlighted that in 2021 Mexico was one of the 20 countries with the greatest number of girls and children con zero dosethat is, without having a single vaccine.
This occurred, he said, despite the fact that Mexico had positioned itself as a global benchmark for decades, occupying the top positions in childhood vaccination coverage.
At the event the ‘Diagnosis of the Vaccination Children in Mexico 2010-2020: and call to action’which highlighted that, although there is an improvement in the complete scheme of vaccination in children under one year old.
Solo four out of 10 they have their complete scheme and just almost three out of every 10 children up to 2 years old they have it.
The scheme of vaccination Complete for early childhood includes eight vaccines administered in 22 doses, and six of those eight must be given before turning one year of age, that is, 75%.
The diagnosis contemplates that for three federal administrations, including the current one, there has been a deterioration in coverage of vaccination child, so it must be a State policy to achieve the goal of 95% vaccination coverage and at least the 90% of the basic scheme.
According to the study, since 2016, the country has failed to maintain the commitment 90% of the complete scheme in children of a year and, although there has been a recovery in 2021 and 2022, it is still very far from ideal coverage.
They issue recommendations
Among the findings, they detected that vaccines are not reaching all children mainly due to lack of sustained financing, the absence of inter-institutional and intergovernmental coordination, and the co-responsibility of parents.
The specialists issued recommendations, such as guaranteeing the sufficiency of vaccines, improving procurement processes, strengthening the relationship with the pharmaceutical industry, and ensuring budget resources to expand the infrastructure of the universal vaccination program.
In addition, They suggested more investment to improve the cold network throughout the country and that the Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) expedite the licensing of cold rooms, in addition to developing a comprehensive plan to address the causalities of the lost opportunities of the vaccination.
Finally, they recommended more promotion in the application of vaccines to increase demand and encourage co-responsibility to complete the vaccination scheme. vaccination childish.
“We can reverse the deteriorationbut it will not be quick nor easy“That is why we have to work from now on to improve this panorama,” said Alberto Sotomayor Avilés, research coordinator of Pacto por la Primera Infancia.
2023-11-30 22:31:00
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