Northern Health Teams are Up-to-Date

July 14, 2018 – 00:00
"Diseases do not recognize borders," said Griselda Rangeón.

At the Oran hospital, health teams in the north of the province are trained to prepare for the next summer season, during which epidemiological surveillance of fevers is intensified and strategies are followed. eradication of the disease-carrying mosquito are reinforced

Griselda Rangeón, head of the Epidemiology Zone, said the idea is to update the health staff and the municipality, in order to get in the most soon the degree of mosquito infestation recorded in a community. The director of epidemiology of the province is located in the city of Oran, providing training on "Investigation of rapid indices of the risk of infestation of Aedes aegypti. "

This is a technique to increase the rapid rates of Aedes aegypti infestation risk. The update promotes the intensification of epidemiological surveillance of fever and strengthen strategies for eradicating the mosquito.

In previous years, Salta was in the news because of the high number of people infected with the dengue mosquito. That's why the province is already working on prevention in the summer seasons in the north of the province. "We understand that the problem of the mosquito and all the diseases transmitted by this mosquito is a problem that we must deal with all the institutions, all the ministries, with the people in a coordinated way, because we know that the efforts are isolated, they have good results, "he told reporters. He stressed the Oran health staff for their ability and willingness to solve the problems, since this year there was no dengue epidemic.

Rangeon was consulted on diseases in Bolivia, and said: "And of course, by sharing an ecosystem of temperature, moisture, ecological characteristics, diseases will prevail, regardless of borders. "

Regarding the Zika, he badured that there was an epidemic in Tartagal and Vessel, but thanks to the control mechanisms, the disease did not enter Oran.