Makaʻala mākaʻikaʻi: Inā e hoʻolālā ana i kahi huakaʻi i ka US West Coast, pono e ʻike nā malihini i ka maʻi pertussis e hoʻomau nei i piʻi ma Kaleponi. Ua hōʻoia nā luna olakino o ka mokuʻāina he 4,558 mau hihia i hōʻike ʻia i kēia makahiki ma ka Pōʻalua - 1,100 o ka poʻe i nā pule ʻelua i hala.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā wahine hāpai ka mea nui loa i hiki ke hana ʻia no ka pale ʻana i nā pēpē.
Ua hoʻopuka ke keʻena olakino i kahi hōʻike e hōʻuluʻulu ana i nā ʻikepili hou loa e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi pertussis o kēia makahiki, a i ʻole ka maʻi ʻaʻa. ʻO nā hihia o kēia makahiki a hiki i kēia manawa, 3,614, a i ʻole 84%, i loaʻa i nā maʻi 18 a ʻoi paha. Ma loko o 142 mau maʻi i koi ʻia i ka haukapila, 89, a i ʻole 63%, aia i nā pēpē 4 mahina a ʻoi aʻe paha.
ʻEkolu pēpē i make i ka maʻi pertussis i ka makahiki 2014, wahi a Chavez, ʻoiai ʻelua o ia mau mea e pili ana i ka helu hihia o 2013 no ka mea ua maʻi mua lākou i ka makahiki i hala.
No ka mea, ʻo nā keiki liʻiliʻi ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki ka nui o ka pilikia o ka hoʻokipa a me ka make ʻana mai ka pertussis - a no ka mea ʻaʻole loaʻa nā pēpē i nā lāʻau pertussis a hiki i ka piha ʻana o 8 mau pule - ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chavez e loaʻa i nā wahine hāpai āpau i ka lāʻau lapaʻau Tdap i ko lākou wā ʻekolu. .
Piʻi ka nui o nā maʻi ʻuwī ma kahi pōʻai ʻekolu a ʻelima mau makahiki. Ma muli o nā hiʻohiʻona mōʻaukala. ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana maʻi i ke kauwela. Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike inā ʻoi aku ka ʻino o kēia makahiki ma mua o 2010, ʻo ka makahiki i hala ka piʻi ʻana o ka pertussis.
I kēlā makahiki, ʻoi aku ma mua o 9,000 poʻe Kaleponi i loaʻa i ka maʻi.
