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The councilman of Health, Trini Cayuela, reported that on Monday 16 November will start to be administered in the Health Center Totana vaccine Influenza A (H1N1).
In this campaign will be inclusive of all risk groups and agreed last September on the Board of Health of Spain and among those is the medical and paramedical staff of public institutions and essential services, pregnant women and chronically ill more than six months old.
The mayor explained that any person who is among the risk groups need to make an appointment with your GP Health Centre Totana, although health recommend that between the seasonal vaccine and the influenza A, mediates a period of two to three weeks.
In this sense, Cayuela explained that the vaccination will take place just as the flu vaccination campaign for all years, the Health Center.
He has also pointed out that vaccination is not compulsory, although it is advisable that the target population included in the risk groups consult your health center to get vaccinated, noting that patients who have doubts about whether vaccinated or not should consult with your doctor.
Risk groups:
Socio-Workers: All workers in health facilities, both primary and hospital care, public and private.
It also includes staff working in elderly homes and care facilities for chronically ill continue to have contact with vulnerable people.
"People working in essential public services to the community Forces of State Security, fire and templates Civil Protection services.
It also comes with risk group of people working on mobile services and personal health emergencies of prisons and other detention centers by court order.
"Over six months of age who, because of their particular medical condition, are at high risk of complications from infection with the pandemic virus, including patients with chronic cardiovascular (except hypertension), chronic respiratory diseases (including dysplasia broncho-pulmonary, cystic fibrosis and moderate-severe persistent asthma), patients with diabetes mellitus type I and type II with drug treatment, people with moderate or severe renal insufficiency, haemoglobinopathy and moderate and severe anemia, asplenia (no spleen); patients with advanced chronic liver bad, patients with severe neuromuscular diseases, persons with immunosuppression (including that caused by HIV infection or drug or transplant recipients); citizens morbidly obese (with a BMI equal to or greater than 40), as well as under 18 years of age who receive prolonged treatment with acetylsalicylic acid.
Pregnant women
Vaccination in this risk group is made with a pandemic vaccine without adjuvant.
His administration will be held at the time that is approved and distributed by the Ministry of Health and Social Policy.
Pregnant women receive information over the phone your doctor and free information on influenza A.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana
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