The Department of Health Dénia this morning at the Health Center Teulada Influenza Campaign 2014-2015, under the slogan "Beat the flu, get vaccinated."
The ceremony was attended by the President of the Health Council and Mayor of Teulada, Antoni Joan Bertomeu, accompanied by the Councilor for Health, Silvia Tatnell, the Director of Public Health of Dénia, Pascual Martí and the Commissioner of the Ministry of Health, José Félix Quintero.
By Marina Health he has been the Director of Care and Services, Catalina Espín; Chief of Primary Care Service the South, Elia Ortuño; Section Chief of Preventive Medicine, Antonio Valdivia and CS Nursing Coordinator of Teulada, Maria Jesus San Maximus.
Health authorities have distributed this year 28.035 vaccines. Of that amount, most, 27.400, 600 are normal vaccines and other reinforced been distributed in nursing homes in the region. This year, for the first time, there is a specific vaccine to egg-allergic patients.
The doses were distributed among 52 vaccination points are there in the Department of Health-Center for Health Auxiliary Offices, Private Clinics, mutuals, residences and Senior Services Occupational Risk Prevention, attached to the Ministry Program as "health generators".
The vaccination campaign against influenza is particularly aimed at the population at risk: patients 60 or more years old with health professionals chronic diseases, pregnant women and.
In last year's campaign vaccination rates among health care workers exceeded 80%, well above the average of Valencia with 44%; while coverage for over 64 years 50% reached almost.
