The document highlights the importance of improving the planning of the vaccination campaign to avoid repeating the poor figures obtained in 2023, where sOnly 65% of people over 60 years of age, 56% of pregnant women and 78% of children were vaccinated. With very low temperatures recorded during April and May, and the winter holidays approaching, the urgency of encouraging vaccination and ensuring the availability of critical beds is underlined.
Required information
Deputies have asked the Ministry of Health to provide:
1. The budget allocated to the 2024 vaccination campaign against respiratory diseases, disaggregated by region.
2. Budget details for the acquisition of influenza vaccines, including the number of doses per region.
3. Measures implemented to improve vaccination percentages in risk groups.
4. Details on vaccination planning, including the health centers where it has been carried out, by region.
5. Projections of the Ministry of Health on the results of the 2024 vaccination campaign.
6. Strategies to confront the high circulation of respiratory viruses expected for the fall and winter months.
7. Availability and occupancy projection of pediatric and adult ICU beds during autumn-winter 2024.
The deputies express their commitment to public health and the need to act in a timely manner to especially protect the most vulnerable in the face of the arrival of winter. “It is extremely serious that there is still a month left until the winter holidays and the vaccination figures are very far from what was expected,” mention the job.
Information source: Parliamentary Office D. Lilayu
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