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VIVIAN CASTILLO. THE UNIVERSAL
New diseases in Venezuela for decades controlled
After 21 weeks with no official figures on endemic diseases MOH publication revealed that the claims and projections made about a surge in malaria and dengue indicators fell short to the health situation of the country. Six hundred and thirty
Four new cases of malaria occurred between 9 and 15 December, reports the latest weekly epidemiological bulletin of the Ministry of Health.
According to the registration of GIPA through week 50 of 2007, the backlog of cases is 40,497 representing a 13.4% increase compared to the similar period of 2006.
The paper on the epidemiological situation in the country reported an annual parasite incidence of 2.2 per 1000 population and 68.3% of the cases occurred in males and the most affected age group is between 10 and 39 years.
The newsletter also reflects that 6 states of the country in a situation of epidemic and three in alarm. The most affected are 29,179 Bolivar (72.9% nationwide), Amazonas with 6,418 cases (16.02%), Sucre 1493 (3.65%) and Delta Amacuro 1154 (2.87%) people.
concerned about the emergence and rise of cases in states that were free of malaria as Carabobo, Capital District and Miranda, among others.
Former Health Minister Rafael Orihuela said that ineffective health policies and the lack of epidemiological control in Venezuela does begin to draw new maps epidemiology.
stresses that although the situation does not seem important at the center of the country because the number of cases is not significant compared to the national total, or that of Bolivar and Amazonas, "it is disturbing that Carabobo, Aragua and Federal District are committed to the resurgence of malaria in Plasmodium vivax variants and Plasmodium falciparum, when they malaria was not transmitted between people working for 70 years. "