It seems incredible, but it happened again during this pandemic that does not stop leaving and we are going for three years. The health authorities confirmed during the Health Pulse within the morning conference of the Presidency that the influenza vaccine “is not for everyone”, that it is not universal and that “healthy young people take the influenza biological from the most vulnerable groups ”, such as children, pregnant women, people with comorbidities -such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer and cardiovascular disease, among others- and older adults, who are the most exposed in this cold season.
Wouldn’t it have to do, rather, with the cut to the 2023 budget for the purchase of anti-Covid vaccines for next year?
On the other hand, the health authority has had no choice but to acknowledge that for at least four weeks there has been an increase in Covid-19 cases, particularly due to the end of autumn and the beginning of the winter season.
However, the health authority reported that this increase in the number of Covid-19 infections has not been reflected in the rise in hospitalization, which remains at 4% and 2% in beds with a ventilator.
Thus, in hospitalization there has not been an increase in the same speed, since the occupancy of general beds for respiratory infection requiring hospitalization only rose one percentage point, which stands at 4%, and on the other hand, the fan beds, which are for the seriously ill, are holding steady at 2 percent.
The federal Ministry of Health (SSa) recalled that in the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, respiratory viruses practically did not circulate, especially due to confinement and the implementation of sanitary measures, but this time, in 2022, there is already a regular season of cases that will increase until mid-January.
To date, 24 million 86 thousand 715 doses of the influenza vaccine have been applied, whose vaccination campaign began on October 3, which constitutes an advance of 62% of the coverage and it is expected that by the end of December it will reach 70 percent.
I wish there were vaccines for everyone.
The medical device industry is booming
Few industries are as dynamic and constantly growing as medical devices. For this reason, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) and the Mexican Association of Innovative Industries of Medical Devices (AMID), presented the study “Knowing the medical device industry”, which offers an economic overview of the production, employment, wages, prices and foreign trade flows of that industry.
As we know, the medical device industry includes a wide range of products, such as face masks and gauze pads, magnetic resonance diagnostic devices and electroencephalographs, among others. Also, the study identifies the three economic activities that best reflect its economic behavior.
This joint effort between AMID and INEGI acknowledges, from the beginning, something obvious: this industry had significant growth in 2020 and 2021 due, particularly, to the Covid-19 pandemic, which contrasts with what happened in most of the economic sectors.
Subject to the fact that you can consult the complete study, in 2021, the manufacture of disposable material for medical use was the most important productive activity in the industry. The production value reached a market value of 13,780 million constant pesos (mdp), which is equivalent to an increase of 11.1% compared to 2020.
It was also revealed that exports of medical devices were higher than imports. From 2003 to 2020, exports grew 8.6%, on average each year, and imports 7.9%.
In 2020, exports reached 10,668 million dollars (million dollars) and imports 5,244 million dollars, with which a balance of the trade balance of 5,424 million dollars was generated, which positively impacted the national economy.
In that year, Mexico exported 96.7% of the total merchandise of medical devices to the United States of America. This percentage is equivalent to 9,653 million dollars. Merchandise from the medical device industry was imported mainly from the United States (60.7%) and China (12.0%). Both countries accumulated 72.7% of total imports.
To learn about the study, please consult this Web link: https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/biblioteca/ficha.html?upc=889463907145
Lung cancer, forgotten by the health sector
The United Front for Lung Cancer (FUCP) and the Center for Economic and Budgetary Research (CIEP) also presented the research document “Estimating the Cost of Lung Cancer Care”, which highlighted that lung cancer has been historically forgotten by public health institutions and that, today, people who do not have social security are in a situation of high vulnerability, since care and treatment are not guaranteed.
By 2021, the costs of lung cancer treatment for the population without social security represent, on average, 18.5% of the IEPS income from tobacco, so it would be possible for the federal entities to cover part of the cost of treatment for people who They do not have social security.
Despite the fact that it was not made public, in December 2021 the Institute of Health for Well-being (Insabi) contemplated interventions for the care of lung cancer for the first time, through Fonsabi, which constitutes progress, but still not enough.
Within this framework, the FUCP presented the campaign #TimeToAddwith which it is sought that the different sectors assume a real commitment to patients and caregivers.
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