In the nation, the number of people who have become ill with dengue has decreased, but the fatality rate from the disease has increased since 2020, when Latin America faced a double epidemic: coronavirus and dengue.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) asked to maintain vigilance on dengue in Venzuela because, although vector-type pathologies remain “stable” in the nation -including that, chikungunya and zika-, so far this year at least 3,199 have been reported cases of that disease in the nation.
In that same period, according to data from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), three deaths from dengue have been recorded, a number that, for now, remains lower than that documented by the agency during 2021, by when the The figure reached eight and the reported cases reached 5,925.
These numbers are even lower than those of the years 2018 (19,118 cases and 24 deaths) and 2019 (16,015 cases with 23 deaths). without and
Despite the fact that dengue does not currently appear to be a matter of concern in Venezuela, and on the continent it is an important issue for countries like Brazil (where there are more than 2,000,000 cases), experts call for prevention not to be neglected.
“Dengue has produced major epidemics in previous years, so its vigilance should not be neglected,” OCHA stressed in a recent report on Venzuela.
Last year, the UN body warned that in 2020, although a decrease in dengue cases had been observed, the fatality rate had risen by 52.3% compared to the same period in 2019, when it was 0.149%. ”.
The health sector has repeatedly denounced the precariousness faced by the population in general, due to the lack of medicines and the little prevention of recorded diseases.
With information from Runrunes.
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