Thus, Effector wraps up the month of celebrating World Hepatitis Day.
In order for girls, boys and adults to start or complete a hepatitis B vaccination program, the immunization service at Pozo del Tigre Hospital has worked intensively to expand coverage of the vaccine.
It is worth mentioning that while the hepatitis B vaccine is available at the hospital’s vaccination center, like other vaccines included in the calendar, application of the hepatitis B vaccine is stepped up throughout the month for each day of the year. World Hepatitis Day is celebrated annually on 28 July.
This immunization strategy is aimed at residents of Poso del Tigre of all ages, in particular the age group consisting of adults who have not yet been vaccinated against hepatitis B, considering that the vaccine has been mandatory and universal since 2012 and because of A medical order is not required to apply.
Hepatitis is a disease that affects the liver and is usually caused by a virus. Although there are five types of viral hepatitis: A, B and C, and to a lesser extent D and E, and hepatitis C, hepatitis B is the most common form of severe and fatal cases.
Furthermore, if not detected or treated promptly and adequately, both types B and C can evolve into chronic diseases such as acute liver failure, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
In this sense, the vaccination team at the Pozo del Tigre Hospital emphasizes that “the fundamental is always prevention, and the vaccine is a very important preventive tool, in addition to being free, when the people’s program is done”.
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According to the current national vaccination calendar, the hepatitis B vaccine is formulated according to the following schedule: Newborns are given within 12 hours of birth. If, for any reason, the newborn does not receive the neonatal dose, it should be used as soon as possible.
Likewise, it is included in the pentavalent or pentavalent vaccine, which is given at 2, 4 and 6 months of age, and the booster vaccine for girls and boys between 15 and 18 months .
On the other hand, people who were not vaccinated as children should be vaccinated according to the following three-dose schedule, starting at age 11: the first dose, the second dose, one month after the first dose and the third dose, six months after the 1st dose moon.
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