Sudan: Vector-Borne Diseases Continue to Spread
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -Sudan has been facing various disease outbreaks in the past months, including cholera, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever (RVF), chikungunya, and malaria. The government and humanitarian partners actively responded to the outbreaks, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports. Most complaints reaching Radio Dabanga come from the western and eastern parts of the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 12, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Diffuse Hyperpigmentation Can Distinguish Chikungunya From Other Arbovirus Infections Diffuse Hyperpigmentation Can Distinguish Chikungunya From Other Arbovirus Infections
With outbreaks of chikungunya fever (CF) having been reported in previously untouched regions from southern Europe to the Americas, clinicians need to be aware of even such relatively rare signs of the infection as acquired diffuse hyperpigmentation, researchers say.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Sudan: UN OCHA Reports Dengue, Chikungunya, and RVF Outbreaks in Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -Sudan has been facing numerous disease outbreaks including dengue fever, Rift Valley fever (RVF), and chikungunya in the past months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 28, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan: UN OCHA Reports Dengue, Chikungunya, and Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks in Sudan
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -Sudan has been facing numerous disease outbreaks including dengue fever, Rift Valley fever (RVF), and chikungunya in the past months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 28, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Sudanese Professionals Condemn Ministers for Endorsing Militia Health Campaign
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) has condemned the participation of members of the Sovereign Council in the launch of a campaign against cholera, dengue, and Chikungunya in some parts of Sudan organised by the Rapid Support Forces RSF militia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 28, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Chikungunya, Dengue Fever Cases Recorded in West Darfur
[Radio Dabanga] El Geneina -The Doctors' Committee in West Darfur has reported nine cases of chikungunya fever and two cases of dengue fever in the state capital El Geneina. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Doctors - 'Health Condition Collapse' in Kassala As Diseases Spread
[Radio Dabanga] Kassala -The Sudan Central Doctors' Committee reports widespread prevalence of chikungunya* and dengue fever in Kassala state, pointing out that 48 per cent of the total pathology samples tested positive. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 17, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Manual for Indoor Residual Spraying in Urban Areas for Aedes Aegypti Control
Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Published: 10/9/2019.
This 60-page manual provides technical guidelines for the strategic use of indoor residual spraying for Aedes aegypti mosquito control (IRS-Aedes) in urban areas, and compiles and standardizes the criteria, instruments, technical parameters, and equipment, as well as the application technique, for strategic integration of IRS-Aedes in Aedes aegypti control programs. Given the absence of a specific treatment and vaccines against dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, and the limitations of current vector control strategies, the World ...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - October 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Technical Document for the Implementation of Interventions Based on Generic Operational Scenarios for Aedes Aegypti Control
Source: World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Published: 10/2019.
The purpose of this 58-page publication is to provide a framework for planning and implementing Aedes aegypti surveillance, prevention, and control activities through risk stratification to support the development of potential operational scenarios at the local level. Arboviral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika fever, are transmitted mainly by the Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus mosquitoes. Operational scenarios in this document serve as a reference for selecting the best tools for vector control and using them mor...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - October 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Powerful new synthetic vaccines to combat epidemics
A new type of vaccine that can be stored at warmer temperatures, removing the need for refrigeration, has been developed for mosquito-borne virus Chikungunya in a major advance in vaccine technology. The findings, published in Science Advances today [Wednesday 25 September], reveal exceptionally promising results for the Chikungunya vaccine candidate, which has been engineered using a synthetic protein scaffold that could revolutionise the way vaccines are designed, produced and stored. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - September 25, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Business and Enterprise, Health, International, Research; Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Biochemistry, Institutes, Bristol BioDesign Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sci Source Type: news
Sudan: Haemorrhagic Fever, Cholera Spreading in Sudan As Reports of Chikungunya Wane
[Radio Dabanga] Kassala / Red Sea State / Blue Nile State / Kabkab -The Ministry of Health has reported 22 suspected cases of haemorrhagic fever in Kassala in eastern Sudan. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Must Do More to Stop Recurring Chikungunya Outbreaks
[The Conversation Africa] Ethiopia's second largest city, Dire Dawa, is dealing with a chikungunya fever outbreak. Around 20,000 cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection have been reported since the outbreak started in March 2019. This is the second recorded outbreak of the disease in the country; the first was in 2016. Eunice Anyango Owino spoke to The Conversation Africa about the disease and the burden it places on public health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 16, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Hurricane Dorian Is Gone. But the Bahamas Still Faces a Big Risk From Infectious Disease
Hurricane Dorian’s 185 mph winds and punishingly slow pace smashed entire neighborhoods in the Bahamas, killing at least 50 people. But now, Bahamians are facing a different kind of threat. The lack of access to toilets, clean water and medications puts tens of thousands at risk for disease, public health experts warn.
Bahamians in the hardest-hit areas are already suffering from cuts and gashes caused by widespread debris and wreckage. But now aid groups are saying survivors are beginning to show signs of gastrointestinal issues from contaminated water. Those with chronic illnesses are struggling without access to t...
Source: TIME: Health - September 12, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sanya Mansoor Tags: Uncategorized Bahamas Infectious Disease onetime weather Source Type: news
A Young Biotech Company Garners Australian Design Award for Innovative Diagnostics
A Danish and Taiwanese company has won Australia’s Good Design Award for a portable diagnostic device—small enough to fit in a camera case—that allows diagnosis of infectious diseases on the spot from a single drop of blood.
“The Good Design Award ranked BluBox as the best solution for the rapid and accurate assessment of communicable diseases in heavily populated as well as resource-constrained, expertise-lacking areas,†explained Filippo Bosco, CEO and one of the three founders of BluSense Diagnostics (Copenhagen).
The secret inside...
Source: MDDI - September 3, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Jenevieve Blair Polin Tags: IVD Source Type: news
Image of the Day: Viral Residue
Genetic material from the chikungunya virus remains in mouse cells after infection and may be linked to later joint pain. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - August 30, 2019 Category: Science Tags: Image of the Day Source Type: news
