Asunción, IP Company.- The Ministry of Well being held a Chagas illness screening day on the School of Nursing and Midwifery (Fenob) within the metropolis of Concepción.
The initiative, geared toward girls and public officers of childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years outdated), aimed to strengthen actions to stop and management vertical transmission of Chagas illness.
A complete of 87 speedy and serological exams have been carried out through the day, with detrimental ends in all instances, in accordance with the report from the well being ministry.
The “Cuida Chagas” venture seeks to eradicate vertical transmission of Chagas illness in Paraguay, engaged on the detection and well timed remedy of pregnant girls with the illness, in addition to schooling and well being promotion to stop vector transmission.
On this context, innovation and implementation analysis is being carried out with the purpose of enhancing the analysis, remedy and care of individuals affected by Chagas illness in additional than 30 districts in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Paraguay.
At the moment, its implementation is progressing in 6 municipalities that signify the target market of the analysis: Concepción, Paso Horqueta, Caacupé, Mariscal Estigarribia, Villa Elisa and Paraguarí.
Over the course of 4 years, the venture goals to consolidate implementation fashions for Chagas illness that may be replicated in several contexts.
In Paraguay, the initiative is coordinated by Senepa, a technical group of the MSP. On the worldwide degree, coordination is led by the Oswaldo Cruz Basis – Fiocruz (Brazil), with the help of the Nationwide Institute of Well being – INS (Colombia), the Nationwide Institute of Well being Laboratories – Inlasa (Bolivia) and FIND, the Alliance World for Prognosis. Unitaid and the Brazilian Ministry of Well being are the funders of this initiative.
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2024-06-28 14:30:28
