Actions to combat dengue are intensified

Curitiba – State Agency

This week, the State Department of Health is promoting actions to combat dengue, covering the 22 regional health departments, municipal managers and technicians who work in primary and emergency and emergency care and are directly involved in the care of patients with the disease. The goal is to maintain the mobilization against dengue, with the alignment of the protocols between the technical areas and the presentation, to the Ministry of Health, of the Action Plan for Coping in Paraná for the epidemiological period 2020/2021.

“In the previous monitoring period, which ended at the end of July this year, we had the largest disease epidemic in Paraná, with over 227,000 cases and 177 deaths and, in the current period, with three months of follow-up, we have 848 cases and three deaths. For this reason permanent in the State with the integration of the technical areas of Sesa ”, said the Undersecretary of Health, Beto Preto.

This Monday (26), the teams of the Health and Surveillance Directorate of the Secretariat participated in an online technical meeting with the Specialized Secretariat of the Ministry of Health to discuss the Federal Government’s support for activities in the care sector, foreseen for through the Paraná.

“The time is for alignment, integration and dialogue,” explained Sesa director Maria Goretti David Lopes. “That is why the presentation of our planning to fight dengue and also our request for support to the ministry.”

ACTIONS

Among the actions, the Secretariat of State launches this Tuesday (27) a cycle of web conferences on the diagnosis and clinical management of dengue patients. On 27 October and 4 and 11 November, the meetings will be aimed at primary care operators. A second cycle will take place on November 19th and 26th and December 3rd for professionals working in Urgency and Emergency.

“There will be two cycles to reach a greater number of professionals who are entering the health system. Doctors, nurses and nursing technicians will participate in online discussions when we reach the 399 municipalities of the state, ”explained Maria Goretti.