Brazil sees sharp rise in yellow fever cases
Two million doses of yellow fever vaccine are sent to Minas Gerais state after a rise in cases. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yellow Fever Outbreak In Brazil Could Become An Epidemic, Officials Fear
Public health officials in Brazil suspect that a small yellow fever outbreak in Minas Gerais, a populous landlocked state adjacent to São Paulo state, has infected 110 people and killed 30, according to a Friday report.
There is a vaccine for yellow fever, but because the outbreak is taking hold in areas with low vaccination rates, officials are concerned that the disease could continue to spread beyond the state’s borders and cause a larger epidemic, according to the World Health Organization. Yellow fever is spread by the same mosquito that spreads Zika virus, dengue fever and chikungunya.&nbs...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 16, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Yellow Fever Outbreak In Brazil Could Become An Epidemic, Officials Fear
Public health officials in Brazil suspect that a small yellow fever outbreak in Minas Gerais, a populous landlocked state adjacent to São Paulo state, has infected 110 people and killed 30, according to a Friday report.
There is a vaccine for yellow fever, but because the outbreak is taking hold in areas with low vaccination rates, officials are concerned that the disease could continue to spread beyond the state’s borders and cause a larger epidemic, according to the World Health Organization. Yellow fever is spread by the same mosquito that spreads Zika virus, dengue fever and chikungunya.&nbs...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yellow Fever Outbreak in Brazil Prompts a State of Emergency
The outbreak in Minas Gerais State in southeastern Brazil appears to have killed at least 10 people, and 133 suspected cases are being investigated. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DOM PHILLIPS Tags: Yellow Fever Minas Gerais (Brazil) Mosquitoes Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news
Yellow fever holiday jab 'cuts breast cancer risk'
The study raises the possibility that the vaccine, given to tourists heading to tropical destinations such as Kenya, could be a cheap and effective means of preventing thousands of cancer cases. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Immunisation and Inequality in 2016
A child receives an oral polio vaccine in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS.By Andy HazelUNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 2016 (IPS)Childhood immunisation is one of the safest and most cost-effective health interventions available, yet many of the world’s most vulnerable children continue to miss out.A World Health Organisation report entitled State of inequality: childhood immunisation was released last week. While the report is mostly good news, immunisation rates are up and many countries have eradicated diseases entirely, a large population of children remain unimmunised.To better reach these children the au...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 30, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Andy Hazel Tags: Health Inequity immunisation Polio United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) World Health Organization (WHO) Source Type: news
Angola Declares End to Yellow Fever Epidemic Angola Declares End to Yellow Fever Epidemic
Angola declared the end of the world ' s worst yellow fever epidemic in a generation on Friday after a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign of 25 million people that resulted in no new cases in six months.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - December 27, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Angola declares end to world's worst yellow fever epidemic in decades
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angola declared the end of the world's worst yellow fever epidemic in a generation on Friday after a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign of 25 million people that resulted in no new cases in six months. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
New Ebola Vaccine Trial Results Offer Hope
Two health care workers clean their feet in a bucket of water containing bleach after they leave an Ebola isolation facility during an Ebola simulation at Biankouma Hospital in Côte d’Ivoire. Credit: Marc-André Boisvert/IPSBy Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 2016 (IPS)A new Ebola vaccine may be the first to successfully protect against one of the world’s most lethal pathogens, according to a trial involving over 11,000 participants in Guinea.The results of the trial – which was led by the World Health Organization together with Guinea’s Ministry of Health, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) and other intern...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lyndal Rowlands Tags: Featured Headlines Health ebola gui Médicins San Frontiéres (MSF) WHO Source Type: news
In Cholera Outbreaks, A Single Vaccine Dose Can Work As Well As The Standard Two
A child is vaccinated against cholera in Juba, South Sudan. Credit: UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
Oral cholera vaccines are typically administered in two doses, but experience and recent research reveal this may not always be the best approach. Faced with an outbreak in South Sudan, epidemiologist Andrew Azman and his colleagues encountered a difficult decision: vaccinate as many people as possible with a single dose, or fewer with the standard two. Based on emerging research, they chose the first option and found that for the kind of short-term protection needed to stop an outbreak, a single dose works as well.
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Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 20, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Global Health: Yellow Fever Epidemic in Africa Shows Gaps in Vaccine Pipeline
The outbreak was stopped by a huge vaccination campaign that stretched supplies by diluting doses. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - December 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Epidemics Politics and Government Yellow Fever Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news
Winning the war against yellow fever
Four months have passed without a single case of yellow fever related to the outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thanks to the joint response activities of national health authorities, local health workers, WHO and partners. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - November 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, immunization [subject], vaccination, yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject] Source Type: news
[Perspective] Mosquitoes on the move
The mosquito Aedes aegypti rose to global attention around 1900 when it was shown to be the vector of yellow fever, a viral disease that was ravaging the New World. After World War II, a partly successful program was mounted to eliminate this invader from the New World through the use of DDT. By the late 1960s, however, the urgency for eliminating Ae. aegypti receded after the widespread use of an effective yellow fever vaccine. Eradication efforts were suspended, and the mosquito reestablished itself in its previous, or even a greater, range. The mosquito continues to be a substantial public health threat that requires ur...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 24, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey R. Powell Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: news
700K People Vaccinated Against Yellow Fever in DRC
Video700K People Vaccinated Against Yellow Fever in DRCNovember 08, 2016Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) vaccinated 710,000 people against yellow fever in 11 days in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The organizations is saying "Thank you" to all the donors and supporters of the campaign who made this possible. A vaccination campaign on this scale comes with nume rous logistical challenges, such as managing the movements of 65 vehicles in densely populated neighborhoods and ensuring that the cold chain remains effective in keeping the vaccines at the proper temperature. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - November 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Melissa Pracht Source Type: news
