Public Health specialists in the municipality of Chambas are conducting educational talks to prevent brucellosis in the territory, as it is a disease that affects humans in the country.

In this effort, meetings were held at family doctors’ surgeries, the grandparents’ home and the Sueños Martiano day-care centre, all belonging to the area of the Julio Castillo polyclinic in the city.

The occasion was opportune to inform about the need to boil milk thoroughly, as it is distributed to sales points without being pasteurised, a necessary method to prevent its transmission.

Furthermore, they warn how the disease is transmitted to humans through contact with infested animals and through the consumption of dairy products not processed with the required quality.

At each educational talk in these care centres, it was explained very clearly that it is necessary to visit the doctor if symptoms of brucellosis appear, such as intermittent fevers, profuse sweating, extreme fatigue, joint and muscle pain, loss of appetite or weakness. At the same time, they alerted at-risk workers to use gloves and face masks. Also, vaccinating livestock is a very important action to achieve success in this new battle for the people’s health.

Magdelisis García Quintero, head of the Health Promotion and Education department in the northwest Avilanian region, highlighted that these educational talks will be extended to all popular councils in the municipality, due to the need to avoid this disease, which affects any organ system, and contact with domestic animals can become bacterial reservoirs.

García Quintero further explained: «We have intersectoral coordination and we work together with Animal Health and Agriculture to maintain surveillance through these meetings and periodic screenings, and thus avoid contracting the disease.»

She urged those present at each educational talk to make a conscious choice of food, cheeses that are from a reliable source and to be alert to persistent flu-like symptoms, but the most effective measure is the elimination of infections in animals.