Lima, Peru | Saturday 21 November 2009 17:27 | | |
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Peru's Health Ministry, Óscar Ugarte, told the press that his portfolio has allocated a S/. 300 million soles (approx. US $ 300 million dollars) to purchase several different types of vaccines for next year's immunization campaign.
Puno's Regional Directorate of Health (Diresa -Puno) has reported 17 deaths due to tuberculosis (TBC) in this region during the first semester of 2009, as well as 202 confirmed cases, 186 of wich are patients who have just contracted the disease for the first time.
Peru's Ministry of Labor has started a public campaign to guarantee labor rights of workers with HIV, to avoid any possible case of discrimination in the workplace as well as to end the labor exclusion that many HIV carriers are enduring.
Peru's Health Minister, Oscar Ugarte, was awarded a World Prize during the “World Breastfeeding Week 2008 Olympics” for his work on promoting breastfeeding in Peru, in a competition with other 31 countries.
Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) has just confirmed another 18 deaths related to the AH1N1 influenza virus, which rises the total death toll to a grand total of 80.
Peru's Health Minister, Oscar Ugarte, announced that the Peruvian State will pay a S/. 100,000 compensation (approximately US $35,000 dollars) to a group of citizens who were victims of medical malpractice in health facilities run by the State.
At present, 514 Peruvians have died on pneumonia during 2009, and the children under the age of 5 are the majority of the casualties.
Peru's Health Minister, Oscar Ugarte, said that the vaccine against AH1N1influenza “might be ready by November,” so the Ministry expects to start a massive immunization campaign during the first months of 2010.
The NGO Survival international is issuing an international warning on the possible danger of “a devastating contagion” amongst Peru's indigenous communities, especially those located in the selvatic amazonian regions, since they have no immunity to outside diseases.
Eight millions of school aged children went back to school today in Peru after a long mid-year vacation that had been extended for an additional week due to the AH1N1 outbreak among students.
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