SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, 8 Oct. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Minister of Health, Julio García Comesañaannounced that Xunta will rise more than 50% investment stop andGalician vaccination program in the draft budget for 2023 that the Council will send before October 20 to the Galician Parliament.
During the opening ceremony of the XXIII central training day on vaccines, Comesaña explained that it is a increase of 10 million euros in this game, until you reach the 28.9 million. In the act, in which he was accompanied by the Director General of Public Health, Carmen Durán, the adviser noted that the lifelong vaccination program, recently presented by the Galician Executive, places Galicia as a “one of the communities with the best” vaccination offer in the entire state.
According to Comesaña, this new calendar features a change of mentality in vaccination, “which cannot be seen only as a childish strategy, but rather is seen as one health protection process of the person in all phases of his life “. It is also “a clear commitment of the Department of Health to disease prevention through the expansion of the childhood vaccination program, as well as newborn screening “.
The consultant found it “pleasant to take these important steps towards improve the coverage provided to the Galician population “, and not only in quantitative terms, “but in qualitative and fair terms”.
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Comesaña highlighted the importance of training, innovation and research in the field of vaccines. Therefore, he expressed his intention to “contribute” to these fields of knowledge through the Galician School of Public Health.
Respectfully, Sergas’ supervisor indicated that the first research projects in collaboration with the vaccines and infections group of Santiago Health Research Instituteand hope, soon, to sign a collaboration agreement with the Galician Society of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, as well as with the University of Santiago.
The day, which included several presentations and training sessions, was closed by the director general of public health, Carmen Durán, after examining the pneumococcal vaccine; mRNA vaccines and immune protection; just like him lifelong vaccination schedule.
