Hector Ramirez Cordero, Jalisco’s Public Health General Director, reported on 22 December that from 2015 various health programs will begin, such as Barrio’s Doctor (or Neighborhood’s Doctor), which trial period began recently in the urban area of San Andrés in Guadalajara City.
Public Health General Director at the Ministry of Health Jalisco (SSJ) noted that one of the main challenges for 2015 is to continue with the actions and programs that already in place, while implement new projects such as the Barrio’s Doctor.
He explained that this program involves a doctor on every block to monitor diseases. Furthermore a new program will be implemented to monitor water consumption, which will follow up on patients with diseases related to the consumption of contaminated water.
Ramirez Cordero announced that one of the Public Health major achievements in 2014 were in the maternal-perinatal area, by signing an interagency agreement for emergency obstetric care.
He said that 434 doctors were trained to care for possible obstetric emergencies in Jalisco’s sanitary regions, covering all hospitals in the three levels of care. Ramirez Cordero also informed that the strategy “Maternal Health 100 Amanece” was implemented, including 283 health professionals.
Another achievement, as reported by Ramirez Cordero, was the completion of Health Fairs, in which 60,678 mammograms were performed statewide. Furthermore, since October this year, 15,175 mammograms and 8,000 pap smears were performed.
Regarding seasonal influenza control, he said that staff working at the 18 Influenza Monitoring Health Units (USMI) were supervised and trained. This actions place Jalisco in first place nationally studying and monitoring the disease.
In his speech, Hector Ramirez Cordero mentioned, among other achievements, that the number of cases of scorpion sting successfully decreased by 11.6 percent; it was conducted State’s Week against Diabetes; plus dengue disease decreased by 53.7 percent statewide.
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