Leticia Puerto
Hondurashealth officialFemale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Leticia Puerto is a representative of the Unidad de Vigilancia de Enfermedades Prevenibles por Vacunas within the Programa Ampliado de Inmunizaciones (PAI) in Honduras. She has been in the news for raising alarms about a resurgence of pertussis cases in the country, which has led to the unfortunate deaths of two infants this year. Puerto emphasizes the critical need for vaccination, particularly for children under five years old and pregnant women, to protect newborns and combat the spread of this highly contagious respiratory infection.
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Leticia Puerto, encargada de vigilancia epidemiológica, reported an increase in whooping cough cases in Honduras.
Salud alerta por aumento de tosferina en Honduras con 175 casos y 14 muertes en 2026Honduras· 2026-06-19Leticia Puerto confirmed the number of cases and deaths related to whooping cough in Honduras.
Honduras registra 67 casos de tosferina en siete semanas de 2026Honduras· 2026-03-05Leticia Puerto confirmed the death of three children due to whooping cough in Honduras.
Tres niños mueren por tosferina en HondurasHonduras· 2026-02-26Leticia Puerto, a disease surveillance technician from the PAI, reported that there are 73 cases counted at the national level.
Aumentan muertes por tosferina en el norte de HondurasHonduras· 2025-10-09
Leticia Puerto, a technician in vaccine-preventable diseases, emphasized the importance of vaccination to prevent whooping cough.
Neumonía e influenza, principales causas de hospitalizaciónHonduras· 2025-08-13
Leticia Puerto is a technician in the Expanded Immunization Program of the Ministry of Health in Honduras.
Vacunación cae en Honduras y pone en riesgo la salud públicaHonduras· 2025-07-21
Leticia Puerto is a health expert who reported on the cases of whooping cough in Honduras.
44 casos activos de tos ferina y 4 muertes en HondurasHonduras· 2025-07-18Leticia Puerto indicated that the demand for vaccination services has decreased significantly.
3 niños fallecidos y baja cobertura de vacunaciónHonduras· 2025-07-02
Leticia Puerto is from the unit of surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases of the PAI.
Casos de tosferina se triplican en Honduras por renuencia a la vacunaHonduras· 2025-06-28Leticia Puerto, representative of the Unit of Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, reported an increase in whooping cough cases in Honduras.
Salud reporta aumento de casos de tosferina en HondurasHonduras· 2025-05-16