Eighteen million people will be vaccinated against swine flu until the first half of 2010
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Luciana Lima
Brasilia - The Brazilian government intends to vaccinate until the end of the first half of next year 18 million people against influenza A (H1N1) - swine flu. According to the Ministry of Health, 1 million doses of vaccine will be purchased ready to Sanofi Pasteur, France, the largest producer of flu vaccines in the world.
These first doses will arrive in Brazil in December this year. Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Reinaldo Guimarães, a further 17 million doses of vaccines are already guaranteed for the first quarter of 2010. This second shipment was bought in bulk. The vaccine will be bottled by the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo.
Guimaraes said the Health Ministry is also considering the import of more than 15 million doses of vaccine against the H1N1 influenza virus, where the World Health Organization (WHO) allows the reduction in world production of seasonal vaccine (against the common cold) .
In a meeting with experts, the Ministry of Health decided to map the priority groups for vaccination. The clipping may be by professional category, first vaccinating health care workers. Pregnant women and people with heart disease also have priorities.
A meeting of experts was also used to guide the government's new measures in order to contain the disease. The infectious disease specialist David Uip said that the decision to decentralize the diagnosis may contribute to more rapid identification of the disease.
Health Minister, José Gomes Temporão, closed the meeting with experts and said that the proximity between Brazil and countries in South America is worrying. He noted that the meeting be held in Quito, Ecuador on Saturday, aims to find integrated solutions across the South American countries to counter the spread of swine flu. Among the topics to be discussed, the minister assured that access to the vaccine will be on the agenda.
"The largest number of cases is not happening in South America The largest number of cases is going on in the United States, Mexico, Canada and the richer countries. We're here at the beginning and I would say that reaching the peak of the spread of the virus in some countries. Of course there is a concern because Brazil is bordered by several countries in South America and we are discussing on Saturday in Quito, during the meeting of Health Ministers of UNASUR, which includes all the countries of South America the main focus of issue of access to the vaccine, "said Temporão.
Source: Agência Brazil
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