Determina con qué porcentaje de la meta de las vacunas pentavalente (3era dosis) y triple viral, sarampión, paperas y rubéola (SPR), contribuyen los hospitales de la Dirección Regional de Salud Callao a los distritos de su jurisdicción en el 2012 al considerar el lugar de residencia de los vacunados. Realiza un estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal. Se revisó los libros de vacunación de 05 hospitales de la DIRESA Callao de menores de un año con 3era pentavalente y niños de un año con SPR vacunados desde enero a diciembre del 2012. Durante el 2012, se identificaron en los libros de vacunación 4,329 niños menores de un año con 3era dosis de Pentavalente que residían en 22 distritos del departamento de Lima y de la provincia del Callao, al agruparlos por DISA/DIRESA se obtuvo que el 66.6% (2,883) pertenecían a la DIRESA Callao, el 33.3% (1,443) a la DISA V Lima Ciud...

Introduction: Malaria is one of the most important parasitic diseases in humans, and children are the vulnerable group with the highest risk of complications and death. Objective: To analyze the magnitude of the incidence of malaria in children and its relationship with some demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive, ecological study, analyzing secondary sources; district and national analysis units, study period 2010-2023. Results: In Peru, in the period 2010-2023, 219,126 cases of malaria in children were reported, representing 41.64% of the national total and an average annual incidence rate (AAR) of 12.07 cases/1000 children. The TIAM in <5 years was 12.40 cases/1000, the highest TIAM between 2010-2019 and the lowest between 2020-2021, Loreto reported 89.62% of cases with the highest TIAM (49.19 cases/1000) in this group. P....

The case of 9 patients reported in the context of the health alert due to the increase in cases of Monkeypox virus infection in the world in non-endemic countries is presented. It is important to know in a practical way the most important epidemiological and clinical criteria that make us think about ruling out Monkeypox in the current context of transmission in Peru. The characteristics of the confirmed cases are discussed versus those of other diseases that are part of the differential diagnosis such as chickenpox, hand-foot-mouth syndrome, etc.