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After the release of a new epidemiological bulletin of the Ministry of Health of the Nationthe weekly British magazine The BMJ (British Medical Journal until 1988 and BMJ between 1988 and 2014), of the British Medical Association (BMA), published a harsh article against the government of Javier Milei for its health policy of leaving the solution to the market to ““the worst dengue outbreak in the history of the country.”
From Miami, Milei said that vaccinating against dengue “does not make any sense”
In the textthe specialized journalist Martín de Ambrosio describes as “zombie” to the Ministry of Health and remember that hundreds of cancer patients were left without treatment; just like him dismantling of academic and scientific infrastructure In the first four months of the presidency of Javier Mileywhat ““They have been dramatic for Argentina.”
The former Página 12 and La Nación journalist attributes this to the fact that “lowering inflation and reducing the fiscal deficit are the number one priorities for Milei and his right-wing libertarian party, La Libertad Avanza.
Furthermore, the article defines the President as former economist, television panelist and sex coach, and highlights that “reiterated his goal of eliminating universal health care.”
“The government is committed to reducing the power of State departments. An example is the Directorate of Direct Assistance for Special Situations (DADSE), a state institution that provides subsidies to patients with conditions such as cancer, hemophilia or autoimmune diseases, who cannot otherwise afford treatment. Previously it was part of the Ministry of Social Welfare (renamed in December as the Ministry of Human Capital), now it is a subdepartment of the Ministry of Health,” said the scientific journalist.
Epidemiological bulletin
In the last few hours, a new epidemiological bulletin by the Ministry of Healthwhere it was reported that there were 270 deaths and 379,341 cases of dengue so far in 2024. These numbers show that infections continued to increase in the last week, as did the deaths that also increased.
According to what the Government authorities reported, the highest number of infections occurred in the Center region, followed by the NOA and the NEA. Of these, 871 cases were classified as severe dengue.
“The accumulated cases until week 16 They represent 3.25 times more than what was registered in the same period of the previous season 2022/2023 and 9.24 times more than what was registered in the same period of 2019/2020he pointed.
According to the figures managed by the Ministry of Health, cases of dengue were recorded in all age groups, although The highest mortality rate was observed in those over 80 years of age.
He notes in the weekly medical journal that is published in the United Kingdom that “The Government is committed to reducing the power of State departments.”
He gave as an example what happened with the Directorate of Direct Assistance for Special Situations (DADSE)a state institution that grants subsidies for patients with conditions such as cancer, hemophilia or autoimmune diseaseswhich otherwise They cannot pay for treatment: It lasted until March 19 without the new boss being named. 100 days!
Ministerial organizational charts
It was previously part of the Ministry of Social Welfare (renamed in December as the Ministry of Human Capital), and is now a subdepartment of the Ministry of Health.
The holder of the portfolio, the cardiologist doctor Mario Russo, summarizes in one sentence what the daily actions, or inactions, of an area vital to the health care of the population reflect: ““We have to decentralize,” repeat
“We visualize and design a ministry with a guiding function, not with a service provider function. We are very focused on very specific epidemiological surveillancebecause we are responsible for determining What are the serotypes that are circulating through 33 surveillance sites?“We transmit that information to the provinces,” he recently declared to Infobae.
He managed the health policy of the municipalities of San Miguel and Morón, as well as different positions in the coordination of Buenos Aires health policies.
He has several years of experience at the Fleni Institute and the Italian Hospital, in addition to directing management training programs in management and health economics at the Austral University and the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires (ITBA).
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