Espinosa-Larrañaga F, Ramiro-H M

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Most of the times, in the presence of emerging diseases health authorities in the involved countries act in a reactive way. When the health problem becomes an inconvenient situation, authorities join experts to establish emergency plans, organize a protocol of specifi c attention and develop educational strategies to operative personnel. The Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social with the publishing of the “Technical guidelines for the prevention and treatment of chikungunya fever” is acting cautiously with the development of strategies and a protocol to treat patients and at the same time it is offering the theoretical grounds to operative health personnel. There is no doubt that it is a suitable way to face the chikungunya fever and other emerging diseases.

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