April 28, 2024

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They are calling on Health Minister Cesar Vázquez to amend vaccine regulations

They are calling on Health Minister Cesar Vázquez to amend vaccine regulations

Ministry of Health in archive photo. Photo: Andina

President of the Peruvian Odonto Association, Enlightens Lopezmade a public appeal on Tuesday to the Minister of Health, César Vázquez, to amend Law No. 23330, which regulates the marginal rural and urban health service (serology) in the poorest and most remote populations in the country.

With an official letter certified by the legislator Edgar Tello (Judicial Bloc), the dental surgeon required the portfolio to arrange the entry of all health professionals who took the examination at the national level, even those who did not obtain a passing score, without prejudice to “merit according to current standards.” “.

“It is acceptable that this test is used to distribute places according to merit, but it cannot be used to find out whether a person is a good or bad health professional, and even more so when it is conducted by associations that profit by charging fees even to 800 suns,” he pointed out. The only institution authorized to train professionals and know whether they are good or bad professionals is universities, as evaluation is fixed in theory and practice.

Lopez considered that the entry of more professionals would allow strengthening the first and second levels of care in the midst of the health emergency caused by dengue fever, which has so far recorded more than 61,000 cases of infection and 70 deaths this year. Vasquez's office has not yet commented on the matter.

Yenir Lopez, leader, with Health Minister Cesar Vázquez.

The leader also mentioned that a legislative draft was presented last August to reform serums and that its purpose is not to make it a mandatory condition for choosing a second specialty or working in a public health center or public institutions or others.

According to the legislation, to participate in the allocation of places, professionals must have a professional title registered with the National Supervisory Authority for Higher University Education (Sunedu), be affiliated with their professional system and have evidence of a promotional weighted average.

The duration of this service is 12 months and is implemented in various health institutions. Last month, the Public Ministry ordered that the start of the 2024-I vaccinations be on May 1 and end on April 30, 2025.

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This week, the Ministry of Health issued a decree formalizing the appointment of more medical and healthcare workers to strengthen the capacity of the country's regions to respond to the dengue health emergency.

The priority in Ankash is to reduce dengue deaths through intensive disinfection campaigns. – Credit: Andina

In this way, medical and healthcare workers have been temporarily allowed to perform more than one job Public office or job Paid in health institutions in MINSA and regional health units in areas declared in a state of health emergency.

“This measure seeks to ensure that medical care is available and accessible,” the portfolio noted, before adding that the appointment of 1,110 specialist doctors and health care physicians was created under the law. Special system.

The decree also considers amendments deemed “necessary to ensure an effective and coordinated response to the emergency” in the plan of action, goods and services to confront the emergency.

According to the latest official data, at least 70 people have died in the country due to dengue so far in 2024, representing a 169% increase compared to deaths reported in 2023 in the same period. Cases exceed 61,700, which means a growth of 220.57% compared to 19,258 cases in the same period of the previous year.