Declare to rubella and measles free RD

Dominican Republic has been removed from its territory the measles, rubella and the congenital rubella syndrome, according to the final report of an investigation conducted by the National Commission of verification created last year for these purposes.

According to the Chairperson of the Commission, Virgin Gómez, the last case of registered in the country congenital rubella syndrome was in 2007 in a child of five years, of nearly 200 thousand suggestive cases investigated, or children with deafness, cataracts, and heart disease, of whom were confirmed two cases that do not correspond to the era of mass vaccination that was made for the purpose of eradication.

Explained that measles not recorded cases since 2001, fruit of the vaccination campaigns that were made. He revealed that the 2011 detected two imported cases of measles, a French and an Italian, who came on vacation to a hotel in the region this, which is u000aThey documented early, and there were no reports of cases secondary.

Collected documentation was delivered yesterday by the members of the Commission to the Minister of public health, Bautista Rojas Gomez, in the presence of the representative of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Liliam Reneau - Vernon. Rojas Gomez reported that you can find documentation that agency to be validated by an International Commission, which will be that certify the country free of these diseases.

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