translated from Spanish: In the province of Buenos Aires, vaccination of the national calendar dropped by 40%

A survey by the Ministry of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires revealed that during 2020, as a result of the pandemic and isolation measures, vaccination coverage of the National Calendar fell by 35% to 40% on average, in some cases. Because of this, daniel Gollan’s health portfolio called for “returning to vaccines to prevent the recurrence of diseases” such as convulse cough, meningitis, measles or chickenpox, among many others. The National Calendar that governs Argentina is a model in Latin America, containing 19 mandatory and free vaccines to protect babies, children, adolescents and adults from multiple diseases.” In the province of Buenos Aires as in many other countries the vaccine coverage of the Calendar was reduced as a result of the isolation to which we were forced by the coronavirus pandemic,” explained Patricia Campos, Director of the Immunosuppressive Disease Control Program of the Ministry of Bonaerense Health.” It is observed that the population groups most affected are children under 1 year and pregnant, with the risk associated with increasing the number of cases of diseases such as coqueluche, pneumonia, meningitis and other invasive pathologies by bacteria, such as Pneumococcus, Meningococcal and Haemophilus Influenzae”. In the Province there are more than 2 thousand municipal health centers and provincial hospitals with vaccines that currently have all the vaccines of the National Calendar. “It is essential that people return to vaccinations, that parents take the necessary prevention measures that we all know for COVID and lead their sons and daughters to be vaccinated, the goal is that they are not exposed to potentially serious diseases that are preventable with mandatory and free vaccines,” Campos said.

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