Santa Fe was chosen by WHO to

For the work performed in the province
Santa Fe was chosen by WHO to
explore how the influenza A

Wednesday July 22 2009


The World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of the Nation, chose Santa Fe for the epidemiological study that will outline new policies and health strategies to tackle the pandemic.

According to the announcement the previous day by the Minister of Health of the province, Miguel Angel Cappiello province has been working "on a more serious, offering the most reliable and transparent information" which lets you define actions to address pandemic flu A.
The method to be applied in Santa Fe is one of the major epidemiological studies that have any pandemic: We study the deaths, and on that basis, it was built to allow information and indicators to devise strategies to address it, "said Minister Health of the province, Miguel Angel Cappiello, after a meeting that took place at the provincial office of president.
In that sense, "one of the first analysis allowed us to know that if the patient consultation before the two days of symptoms appearing, is recovering from a generally favorable, and if on the contrary it does after three or four days, morbidity is generally higher, "said Cappiello.

With regard to selection, the head of the provincial health noted that Santa Fe was chosen "because the province, according to these international organizations, is working on a more serious and provide the best information and transparent," said Health Minister of the province.
Meeting with Governor Hermes Binner, also attended two medical consultants from PAHO: Ophelia Girls, medical and sanitary Nicaraguan plastic surgeon, and Alethse De la Torre, Mexican medical specialist in infectious diseases who are in the province to monitor the work that is done to combat pandemic influenza and provide technical support to the Ministry of Health to address this problem.

Transparent
After the meeting, Girls valued as "very positive effort made by the Ministry of Health of the province, where" we see a cohesive team, working with people and for the people. "
"The work we do is serious and transparent information, allowing us to analyze the emergence of virtually all cases, and future steps to be taken to avoid further complications and deaths," he added.
For his part, De la Torre said that the decision on measures to combat the disease depend on the management of the governor and the Ministry of Health. "
"The effort is done and the transparency with which the data are handled, the strength and solidity that is team work and communication given to the community is essential to a good response and cohesion throughout the health service , "added the Mexican expert.
"The data that we see are those officially published. We found fluidity and transparency of information. It's wonderful how they are being released from the government this information in a clear and concise, "he said.

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Also, girls then explained that the main mission of PAHO is the technical advice, "and it aims to" strengthen the capacities of ministries of health of the member countries of PAHO and the World Health Organization (WHO ) ".
Finally, the medical Nicaraguan added that "we are very encouraged by this team to further strengthen these efforts and, in a very coordinated, both with the authorities and the community, being developed."
Also participating in the meeting the secretary of Health, Debora Ferrandini and the director of Promotion and Prevention Health Uboldi Andrea.


"It will all Latin America"

Health Minister Miguel Angel Cappiello, said this morning that Santa Fe is a team of experts from different locations, sent by the Pan American Health Organization, to work with the ministry of the province in some instruments, which then will be replicated throughout the country and in Latin America. We will make an analysis of deaths and pharmacovigilance of medicinal products. "
The head of the provincial health stated that "these two procedures, these two studies are done here at the request of the PAHO and the Ministry of Health of the Nation, and relate to recognize the work of the ministry team This makes the province and provide transparency in the data in real time. He added that "we are a province that, through training of our professional teams, is able to confirm in real time cases of the virus in each patient and especially in those who die in institutions, or postmortem."
Cappiello said, "Santa Fe has one third of deaths in the country" and said that "yesterday we reported no patient died."
On work done with experts from PAHO, said that "will have 40 pages and will mean that there are 10 teams working in the province, with monitoring of clinical, physicians who treated patients after their families. This will take about 30 days for the first analysis, "he said.
He maintained that "this has to do with the transparency with which we are working and providing information in real time. We can make this work that will serve all of Latin America and the world by way of working. "
Finally noted that "the fact that they rely on us to do this work because it is the best way to fight the influenza A is having good information. Without that, it is impossible to defeat the pandemic, "he concluded.


Health Minister Michael Cappiello, Ophelia Girls, PAHO consultant, the secretary of Health, Debora Ferrandini; Governor Hermes Binner; Alethse De la Torre, PAHO consultant and director of Promotion and Prevention Health Andrea Uboldi.




Without new deaths
The minister stressed Cappiello today kept in 68 cases of death in the province and that this "does not reach the rate of mortality and the lethality or that is marked as internationally. However, a death for that family is a hundred percent, and we must be respectful of that. We must be mindful that if in future there is an outbreak, we are better able to avoid anyone die. "
He added that "20% of patients were healthy, which should be more because we must look to see what are the reasons for the event. There are already preliminary issues related to the time of consultation, analysis of very few critical stories, if consulted before 2 days and half the table was reversed and, after 3 or 4 days, no ".