Shortage of three vaccines planned in Laguna State

A third vaccine was added, which is in short supply in Laguna and is part of the national vaccination program. This is a biologic against hepatitis B for girls and boys up to five years of age. The regimen consists of three doses, with the first dose preferably given within the first few hours of life. The second was at 2 months and the third at 6 months.

Yesterday, in the Vaccination Department of Torreón General Hospital, there was a sign that said “We do not have vaccines for newborns”. There is also a vaccination program banner on site to inform parents about the types of vaccines, diseases they prevent, number of shots, age, frequency and dates of shots. In the category of hepatitis B vaccine, there is the word “out of stock”.

the other two

In the middle of this month, El Siglo de Torreón reported that two other vaccines, the BCG (BCG and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine, which protects against tuberculosis and should be given to newborns until boys and girls under 1 year of age, are out of stock. five years old. The General Hospital will give about 650 doses of BCG, if available.

There’s also DPT, or triple bacterium, which contains diphtheria (for diphtheria) and tetanus (for tetanus) toxoids, as well as protein fragments from Bordetella pertussis, which causes pertussis. It is used as a reinforcer at 4 years of age. Each month, they administer approximately 300 doses of DPT at this clinic.

Martha Alicia Romero Reyna, deputy director of prevention and health promotion in the state of Coahuila, said on a recent visit to La Laguna that it was a matter of biological production, explaining that , the procurement is centralized and therefore readily available. Fight for funding so they can start a movement and care for the boys and girls left behind.

National vaccination programs are an active and effective approach to disease prevention and a key element of preventive medicine. In addition, they allow us to continue to eradicate various infectious diseases in the country and strengthen the immune system of the Mexican population, according to the Federal Ministry of Health.