Within the framework of the “33 Million United Against El Niño” campaign and in order to close the vaccination gap in the country, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) joins the Ministry of National Defense through the Peruvian Navy to organize an event in Piedmont from November 11 to 15 Activities are held in the towns of Paita and Amotape in the Ula region to protect families and prepare for disasters caused by El Niño (FEN).
This preventive health event will take place simultaneously in Paita (Hermanos Cárcamo Stadium) from November 11 to 15 and in the city of Amotape (Amotepe Health Center) from November 11 to 13.
In Paita, a field hospital and a PISSA Naval II mobile health services platform will be installed, which will serve as a mobile blood donation center for the blood bank of Las Mercedes Hospital and will house general medicine, paediatrics, geriatrics, trauma Medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, psychology, triage, optometry, Minsa will provide tuberculosis services, regular vaccinations and vaccinations against covid-19, family planning, diabetes, HIV and cancer.
Amotape will install a PISSA I traveling medical service platform that will be staffed by naval specialists and Minsa health personnel covering gynecology, ENT, dentistry, psychology, triage, optometry, regular vaccinations and covid-19 , Obstetrics and Troubleshooting HIV/Syphilis/Hepatitis.
Likewise, we will provide medicines and support with services such as Pensión 65, Reniec, Aurora Program, hairdressing, legal advice, canine unit, band of musicians, etc.
Let’s continue to vaccinate
In view of the arrival of the El Niño phenomenon, the Ministry of Health emphasized the need to continue to implement the national vaccination plan to strengthen the protection of the most vulnerable groups such as children under 5 years old, the elderly and people with comorbidities.
In this sense, the Ministry of Health is prioritizing the pentavalent vaccine, rotavirus, pneumococcal, influenza, diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus), hepatitis A to protect them against acute respiratory infections (HAI ) and diarrheal diseases. electronic data collection system).