Santo Domingo. – The Ministry of Health (MSP) reported that during 2024 they benefited 7,243 people with high cost medicationswhich are used to treat complex diseases such as cancer.
According to the head of the entity, Víctor Atallah, in the year that is about to end, 561.4 million low-cost drugs were also distributed through the Essential Medicines Program and Central Logistics Support (Promese/cal), and were supplied some 1,993 health establishments with medicines and supplies for citizen care.
When reviewing the work carried out by the institution in 2024 in the latest epidemiological bulletin of the General Directorate of Epidemiology (Digepi), the doctor pointed out that until the month of September, more than 40 million health careincluding pre-hospital assistance and transfer, the cumulative amount of which was 456,807.
He also assured that they expanded the vaccination coverage and strengthened the prevention and management of diseases such as dengue. Likewise, he indicated that progress was made in reducing maternal and infant mortality.
According to the Directorate of Epidemiology, in 2024 the deaths of pregnant women have been reduced by 19.5 percent compared to last year, with a cumulative total of 161 deaths until epidemiological week 50, which covers from Sunday, December 8 to Saturday, December 14.
According to the entity, of the registered maternal deaths, whose main causes according to the authorities continue to be postpartum hemorrhages, infections and preeclampsia77 correspond to mothers of Haitian origin and the rest to Dominicans.
As for the infant mortalitythe institution reported that 2,056 have been reported, which represents a decrease of 29 percent compared to the accumulated figure for 2023, which closed with 2,901.
Control
In 2024, fewer cases of denguean endemic disease in the Dominican Republic with active contagion all year round.
According to the bulletin of the General Directorate of Epidemiology, in 2023 the mosquito bite Aedes aegypti It transmitted the condition to 3,657 people and caused 37 deaths; however, until the first weeks of December, only 1,281 cases and 12 deaths had been reported.
Malaria did register a rebound, with 1,008 infections, while leptospirosis and cholera have been under control, with 35 and 15 individuals affected, respectively.
