2023-11-02 22:00:00
The vice president of the National Academy of Medicine, Huníades Urbina, warned that in Venezuela Vaccination coverage in Venezuela only reaches 50%, while the standards established by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) They are between 90 and 95%.
Diphtheria, polio, measles and tetanussome of the diseases against which the majority of Venezuelans are unprotected.
Urbina suggests unifying the public system and increase investment in the sector, which according to the specialist, only receives 0.8% of GDP and not 6% as established by international regulations.
He stressed that it is necessary that the public health system is administered by experts in the field and not by politicians.
“We are at risk of polio appearing,” warned Huníades Urbina, vice president of the National Academy of Medicine.
The coverage of the polio scheme is at 50.3%, while the vaccination rate for diphtheria and tetanus is at 36%, the scientist said in an interview with the Circuito Éxitos de Unión Radio. He also pointed out that Vaccination rates are insufficient for the health of Venezuelans to be guaranteed.
According to the pediatrician, diseases that had been eradicated from the country are reappearing.
“Diphtheria reappeared after 24 years, measles reappeared after 10 years. We are at risk of polio and joining Haiti on that list“, he claimed.
The vice president of the National Academy of Medicine explained that the numbers he detailed are the result of a set of factors related to the debts of the Venezuelan State and the absence of campaigns of immunization of the population.
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