ARGENTINA WAS DECLARED FREE OF MALARIA BY WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Argentina was certified
malaria elimination after a process in which he was able to demonstrate the
absence of indigenous cases since 2011, the presence of a surveillance
system that ensures early detection of imported cases and the
implementation of surveillance and control of mosquito Anopheles, its
transmitter. The last outbreak in the country had been in Misiones in 2007,
while in 2010 the last indigenous cases were detected in Salta by
Plasmodium vivax, one of the species of parasites that cause Malaria. Since
then there were only imported cases: in 2018 confirmed 23, of whom 19 were
diagnosed, reported and treated in Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of
Buenos Aires and the rest were in Mendoza (2) Santa Fe (1) Cordoba (1). To
achieve early diagnosis was necessary to train a network of microscopists
through intensive courses by the ANLIS-Malbrán with references of all
provinces. In addition antimalarials they were acquired and strategic
distribution of medication was conducted in all jurisdictions of the
country, in order to provide the treatment within 24 hours of confirmed
case. Another action was intense work in sensitizing health professionals
to strengthen suspected malaria through training, and guide clinical
management, diagnostic, epidemiological and entomological surveillance and
prevention plan restoring developed malaria. Health Secretary, Adolfo
Rubinstein, said "the certification is the result of very hard work on the
training and retraining of all directions of Epidemiology and laboratories
of all provinces took place". And he recognized "the strong support of the
provinces, especially those that were endemic cases in the past as Salta,
Jujuy and Misiones". The Malaria is a potentially fatal disease caused by
infection with a parasite, occurs very frequently worldwide: 2016 there
were an estimated 216 million cases and 445 000 deaths from malaria. The
history of malaria in Argentina began in colonial times, while the early
twentieth century the country had 200 000 annual consultations on this
disease.
malaria elimination after a process in which he was able to demonstrate the
absence of indigenous cases since 2011, the presence of a surveillance
system that ensures early detection of imported cases and the
implementation of surveillance and control of mosquito Anopheles, its
transmitter. The last outbreak in the country had been in Misiones in 2007,
while in 2010 the last indigenous cases were detected in Salta by
Plasmodium vivax, one of the species of parasites that cause Malaria. Since
then there were only imported cases: in 2018 confirmed 23, of whom 19 were
diagnosed, reported and treated in Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of
Buenos Aires and the rest were in Mendoza (2) Santa Fe (1) Cordoba (1). To
achieve early diagnosis was necessary to train a network of microscopists
through intensive courses by the ANLIS-Malbrán with references of all
provinces. In addition antimalarials they were acquired and strategic
distribution of medication was conducted in all jurisdictions of the
country, in order to provide the treatment within 24 hours of confirmed
case. Another action was intense work in sensitizing health professionals
to strengthen suspected malaria through training, and guide clinical
management, diagnostic, epidemiological and entomological surveillance and
prevention plan restoring developed malaria. Health Secretary, Adolfo
Rubinstein, said "the certification is the result of very hard work on the
training and retraining of all directions of Epidemiology and laboratories
of all provinces took place". And he recognized "the strong support of the
provinces, especially those that were endemic cases in the past as Salta,
Jujuy and Misiones". The Malaria is a potentially fatal disease caused by
infection with a parasite, occurs very frequently worldwide: 2016 there
were an estimated 216 million cases and 445 000 deaths from malaria. The
history of malaria in Argentina began in colonial times, while the early
twentieth century the country had 200 000 annual consultations on this
disease.