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DR Congo Ebola virus out break  update  (20 June 2019) From 17th June 2019 till today there has been a gradual decrease in the number of new Ebola virus disease cases from the major affected areas of Katwa and Butembo compared to weeks passed. However, these encouraging signs are offset by a marked increase in case incidence in Mabalako Health Zone, and especially in Aloya Health Area. The spread of Ebola virus disease to new geographic areas remains minimal, in the health zones of Bunia, Lubero, Komanda and Rwampara, The new re-occurring events illustrate the high risks in previously affected areas. Along with the rise in cases in Mabalako, there was also an accompanying increase in healthcare worker  and nosocomial infections.  17/05 2019  Transmission of Ebola virus disease continues to increase in North Kivu and Ituri provinces with more than 100 new cases reported this week due to security situation has reduced mildly into an unpredictabl...

ZIMBABWE BATTLE READY.   Zimbabwe has launched a vaccine to battle the cholera outbreak. A cholera vaccination campaign was launched in Zimbabwe last week, targeting 1.4 million people in the nation’s capital of Harare and in rural areas in an effort to reverse an outbreak that has so far claimed almost 50 lives. Vaccines were taken from the global stockpile and operational costs have been funded by Gavi the Vaccine Alliance for the campaign, which focuses on the four high-density Harare suburbs most affected by the outbreak, including the epicenters of Glenview and Budiriro. The vaccination drive will continue through Tuesday at fixed and mobile health facilities, schools and shopping centers. More than 600 health workers have been trained to carry out the campaign under the leadership of the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health and Child Care. To ensure long-term immunity to the disease, “a second phase of the campaign should follow in the next six months targeting a popula...

The French National Reference Centre for arboviruses (Institut Pasteur de la Guyane) reported an autochthonous (locally acquired) laboratory confirmed case of yellow fever in an unvaccinated 47-year-old Swiss man in French Guiana.  Since April 2018, the patient has lived in a forest area in the commune of Roura in French Guiana.    On 4 August 2018, he developed flu-like symptoms, and on 8 August 2018 he was hospitalized in Cayenne, French Guiana, with fulminant hepatitis. On 9 August 2018, he was transferred to Paris, France where he received a liver transplant.  On 14 August 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) received information from the WHO Regional Office for Europe about a confirmed yellow fever case in French Guiana.  Epidemiological and entomological investigations have been conducted and no additional cases have been identified in the area of the patient’s accommodation. During contract tracing it was revealed that contacts of the case-patient ...

The international SOS has released a medical alert on possible Zika virus outbreak, which will affect some part of  Europe, America, Asia and Africa.The effect is on notice level.

Kenya- Rift valley Fever Outbreak ( 8 June, 2018) Following the confirmation by the Ministry of Health, Kenya the outbreak of Rift Valley fever on the 8 of June 2018. As of 16 June, a   number of cases has been reported from different parts of the country;   Wajir 24 cases and Marsabit counties   2 cases. The first patient was admitted to a hospital in Wajir County in north-eastern Kenya on the 2 nd of   June with fever, body weakness, and bleeding from the gums and mouth. The patient reported having consumed meat from a sick animal; the patient died the same day. On 4 June, two relatives of the index patient were admitted. Blood samples were collected and sent to the Kenya Medical Research Institute, one of which was confirmed positive for Rift Valley fever on 6 June. A high number of deaths and abortions among livestock, including camels and goats, has been reported in Garissa, Kadjiado, Kitui, Marsabit, Tana River, and Wajir counties. People living in these c...

Paraguay Has been Declared Malaria Free by WHO, 11 th june 2018. WHO identified Paraguay as one of 21 countries with the potential to eliminate malaria by 2020 in 2016. Through the “E-2020 initiative,” WHO is supporting these countries as they scale up activities to become malaria-free. Other E-2020 countries in the Americas include Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Suriname.    PAHO has accompanied Paraguay in the crusade of malaria elimination since the beginning,” said Dr Carissa F Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), WHO regional office for the Americas. “This is a powerful reminder for the region of what can be achieved when countries are focused on an important goal, and remain vigilant after achieving that goal. We are hopeful that other countries will soon join Paraguay in eliminating malaria”.   Achieving malaria-free status in Paraguay  From 1950 to 2011, Paraguay systematically deve...

Nipah virus : People in kerala have more relaxed mind after 30th may, for there is no casualty since then. Health officials in Kozhikode and Malappuram, districts most affected by the Nipah virus infection in Kerala, are more relaxed that the outbreak has been controlled, exactly a month after the first suspected casualty was reported. There 16 recorded deaths due to the outbreak of the infection, except a 23-year-old person by name Mohammad Sabith, considered the 'index' case who passed on, on the 5th of May 2018. But his samples were never sent for testing, so the cause of his death was not ascertained. The last death was recorded on 30th May  and no new cases has been recorded since then, officials say the virus threat  has been averted to a large extent.   follow us for more updates about the deadly virus. you can as well check the article for details on the disease.

Effect of poultry to human Can poultry really have a negative effect on humans. On June 8, 2018  up to 124 people in 36 states has been recorded sick in the  outbreaks linked to a contact with live poultry farms built within leaving environment, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this on Friday. Twenty-one people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Then a bout one-third of the patients are children younger than 5years.