(corrects CL1149, precisely that medical care were in total and not only to children under 5 years)

Lima, 25 jun (EFE).-a total of 11.362 medical assistance by pneumonia were provided during the first months of this year in Peru, where there were 115 deaths from the disease, according to the latest epidemiological Bulletin of the Ministry of health (Minsa)..

the document, last May 12, suggested that regions that spearheaded the deaths by pneumonia were the Amazon Loreto, with 19 deaths, and the andina Puno, with 14 cases fatal.

a spokesman for the Ministry of health stressed to Efe, however, that these figures represent the patient care which, in many cases, could require the doctors on several occasions.

the same report puts in around 1,000 attentions by pneumonia children under age five in the country.

the National Head of the stage of child life in the direction of comprehensive care in health the MOH, Rosa Vilca, today told Efe that respiratory problems are the main reason why people flock to a Health Center for help in Peru.

Vilca clarified, however, that the cold does not determine the development of pneumonia, but when the disease is greater vulnerability in the people.

in the case of children under the age of five years, “there are defense mechanisms that are being newly built, and its effective construction will depend on good nutrition and good home care,” said civil servant.

However, children malnourished and with anemia may be more exposed to disease when, for example, housing characteristics do not protect from cold or hygienic conditions will subject the family to situations of overcrowding, said Vilca.

in im Fall von Loreto, der Beamte des Ministeriums für Gesundheit angedeutet, dass er braucht, um “Praktiken zur Stärkung der Ernährung Fütterung Lehren” und bringen Gesundheitsdienstleistungen in den Familien.

darüber hinaus in Puno, der Region der Highlands, wo die Temperatur auf 10 Grad unter Null sinkt, Vilca festgestellt, dass die Familien haben die Angewohnheit, wobei ihre Kinder mit ihnen in ihr Handelsgeschäfte, angesichts der Tatsache, dass es eine Fläche von starken Handel Grenze zu Bolivien ist.

“Die Kinder für die Umwelt ausgesetzt, weil Familien arbeiten müssen”, aber das Ministerium fördert mit lokalen Regierungen die Einrichtung von Schutzräumen für Kinder während der Arbeitszeit von ihren Eltern, schoss es.

in Cuzco, der peruanischen Region bekannt für seine archäologischen Attraktionen, die Situation ist mehr zerstreut, sagte Vilca, weil es zwei sehr unterschiedliche Bereiche: ein Anden, kombinierbar mit Puno und einen Ceja de Selva, mit unzugänglichen Wäldern und tropischen Temperaturen hat. EFE.