Biosecurity blunder hospitalises lab worker with typhoid in the Netherlands
EXCLUSIVE: Tests initially ruled out anything sinister, prompting doctors in Amsterdam to send them home. But they were called back 36 hours later after blood tests ended up being positive for salmonella. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Vaccination is the Best Bet Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs - Experts
[IPS] Karachi -- Childhood vaccination, complemented with clean drinking water and improved hygiene practices, are the key to eradication of typhoid XDR, not indiscriminate use of antibiotics, say Pakistan health experts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 6, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Vaccination Is the Best Bet Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs — Experts
Experts encourage parents to vaccinate their children against typhoid to ensure that the child has access to clean drinking water. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Jul 6 2023 (IPS) The first thing you notice about eight-month-old Manahil Zeeshan is how tiny she looks on the adult-size hospital bed at the government-run Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) in Korangi, a neighbourhood in Karachi.
Her right foot is taped with a cannula, and she whimpers incessantly. “I have been in and out of the hospital for the last seven days,” said Uzma Mohammad, Zeeshan’s mom, with worry lines...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Africa Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequality Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news
Quest for Safe Water in One of India ’s Most Isolated Villages
Simita Devi, whose daughter spent days in hospital recently suffering from typhoid caused by contaminated water, collects clean water brought to the surface by a solar pump. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPSBy Umar Manzoor ShahChampad, India, Jul 4 2023 (IPS) Simita Devi spent over ten days in a government-run hospital a year ago anxiously watching her critically ill nine-year-old daughter, Gudiya, who was diagnosed with typhoid.
Gudiya was so sick she even went into a coma for a day. Medical staff attending to the child said she contracted the disease from drinking contaminated water.
After being discharged, Devi’s main wo...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Umar Manzoor Shah Tags: Asia-Pacific Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations India IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news
Malawi: Ministry of Health Upbeat to Surpass 9 Million Children in Vaccination Campaign
[Nyasa Times] Officials from Ministry of Health are upbeat they will surpass the nine million children target for the integrated mass immunisation campaign against typhoid, Polio, measles and rubella. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 22, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: 'Ban Widal Test for Typhoid Due to Inaccuracies'
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A prominent global infectious disease expert, Dr. Dougbeh Christopher Nyan has proposed the banning of the Widal Test in Liberia, a serological testing method commonly used for diagnosis of typhoid infection in the endemic West African country and its neighbours. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 17, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Malawi Rolls Out Nationwide Typhoid Vaccination Campaign
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi has launched a nationwide rollout of the newest typhoid vaccine for children under 15. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 15, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New Mosquito Species Could Derail Fight Against Malaria
Stagnant water in one of Nairobi’s residential areas. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPSBy Wilson OdhiamboNAIROBI, May 8 2023 (IPS) ‘Urban’ Kenya has been alerted because new mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, threatens to derail decades of effort made in the fight against malaria.
According to a report by experts from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), the species was first noted during routine mosquito surveillance in Saku and Laisamis villages in Marsabit County. The report states that, unlike the traditional mosquito vector, the Anopheles stephensi can adapt to man-made habitats that include plastic cont...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wilson Odhiambo Tags: Africa Climate Change Development & Aid Environment Featured Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Kenya Source Type: news
Typhoid outbreak on refugee ship in Netherlands traced to raw sewage
Report finds that 72 cases of the disease on the vessel, which was housing asylum seekers, were caused by a wastewater leakA major outbreak of typhoid among asylum seekers living on a ship inthe Netherlands has been traced to raw sewage which was allowed to mix with tanks of freshwater for drinking and cooking.A total of 72 cases of the highly contagious disease were confirmed during the spring 2022 outbreak on the Liberty Ann, an old cruise ship which was being used as emergency accommodation in Haarlem.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Netherlands Europe Science Microbiology Health Refugees Source Type: news
Typhoid Fever Surveillance, Incidence Estimates, and Progress Toward Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Introduction - Worldwide, 2018-2022
This report describes high typhoid incidence in South-East Asian, Easter Mediterranean, and African regions. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - February 16, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Typhoid Fever Vaccination Vaccines Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak Indication of Contaminated Water, Food
[The Herald] The surge in diarrhoeal diseases over the past few weeks as rains set in shows the gaps in sanitation and hygiene that must be fixed if we are to avoid the loss of lives, which so far are fortunately few, and the burden on our health resources or treating eminently avoidable diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 19, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: City of Harare Has Closed Some Boreholes That Were Found With Contaminated Water, Following a Typhoid Outbreak
[263Chat] According to Harare City Health director, Dr. Prosper Chonzi, the capital has recorded 61 confirmed cases mainly in Budiriro, Glen View, and Glen Norah surbubs. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Earns Recognition for Hypertension, Typhoid, Sickle Cell, Anti-Snake Venom Drugs, Others - Minister
[Vanguard] Nigeria is now recognized by global health organizations for its breakthrough in the production of drugs for hypertension, typhoid, sickle cell anemia snake bite and other ailments using local substances, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Adeleke Mamora, announced in Abuja on Monday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 13, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Travel-associated infections in London: 2020, 2021 and 2022
As at 31 Oct 2022, most common infections have been GI illnesses& malaria. Common food-borne diseases accounted for greatest number of cases (50% current yearly total), followed by enteric fever (10% Salmonella serotype Typhi, 4% serotype Paratyphi), hep A (8%)& malaria (6%). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: No Unusual Typhoid Fever 'Outbreak' in South Africa in November - or February - 2022
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A message going viral in November 2022 claims that high numbers of typhoid fever cases have been reported in eight of South Africa's nine provinces. But the message is an exact copy of another posted in February. And the original message was based on a misleading newspaper report on a two-year study. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 22, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
