Authorities urge people to identify health risks in the face of flooding.

This Monday the Jalisco Network of Municipalities for Health, where health authorities urged municipalities and the different health regions of the Entity to identify the health repercussions that could arise from the occurrence of different natural disasters, such as floods.

The Director General of Health of the Ministry of Health, Roberto Rivera, noted that in situations like this, not only are there damages to materials or the risk of losing people's lives involved, but there are also situations that can lead to health problems, and in response to which governments must develop prevention and care strategies.

For example, he said, flooding can cause everything from skin infections to gastrointestinal infections from contact with contaminated water. Outbreaks of dengue fever and other diseases can also occur, as can mental illness. Other phenomena that can impact public health include tremors, earthquakes, fires, landslides, and others.

Identifying all these issues, he said, allows us to know the strengths and opportunities of each municipality. and each health region, and thus generate prevention and care plans.

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Among the preventive measures that, he said, authorities should consider, always in coordination and joint responsibility with the Ministry of Health, is, for example, maintaining response capabilities in medical units, with sufficient supplies and medications to address a potential contingency in any of the aforementioned cases.

In his participation, the mayor of Guadalajara, Verónica Delgadillo, The president of this network emphasized that, in situations such as dengue fever, municipalities can influence prevention beyond the actions promoted by the State Health Secretariat.

In this regard, he cited the example of what Guadalajara City Council has done, ranging from a digital campaign on cleaning and decluttering, to field-based campaigns implemented by the city's "Guardians," who go neighborhood by neighborhood, identifying risks and encouraging families to declutter. The various departments have also participated in the cleaning of public spaces.

For his part, the State Secretary of Health, Héctor Raúl Pérez, stressed that the Secretariat is ready to meet the demands of municipalities and health regions to support them in their municipal plans and strategies, in terms of training or equipment, and urged them to identify potential risks that could arise in their environments and, based on this, generate said plans.

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