The Strange Reason Women Get Chikungunya More Than Men
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - “Lazy mosquitoes” are the reason why women, who tend to spend more time at home than men, are more likely to be infected by chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne viral disease which spreads the same way as Zika, researchers said on Monday.
Chikungunya, which is commonly transmitted by the daytime-biting aedes aegypti mosquito, can cause debilitating symptoms including fever, headache and severe joint pain lasting months.
A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed a 2012 outbreak of chikungunya in the Bangladeshi village of Palpar...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 8, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
The Strange Reason Women Get Chikungunya More Than Men
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - “Lazy mosquitoes” are the reason why women, who tend to spend more time at home than men, are more likely to be infected by chikungunya, a painful mosquito-borne viral disease which spreads the same way as Zika, researchers said on Monday.
Chikungunya, which is commonly transmitted by the daytime-biting aedes aegypti mosquito, can cause debilitating symptoms including fever, headache and severe joint pain lasting months.
A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed a 2012 outbreak of chikungunya in the Bangladeshi village of Palpar...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Yf-Vax (Yellow Fever Vaccine) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - November 3, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Angola: Yellow Fever Epidemic Under Control - Official
[ANGOP] Luanda -A yellow fever outbreak in Angola has virtually been brought under control despite persisting small risk of transmission due to those who remain out of the vaccination list. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 23, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
WHO says Angola, Congo yellow fever outbreak under control
GENEVA (Reuters) - A yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Congo has been brought under control by a major vaccination campaign, the World Health Organization's director of infectious hazard management Sylvie Briand said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Second Meeting of the Emergency Committee Under the International Health Regulations (2005) Concerning Yellow Fever
World Health Organization. 08/31/2016 This resource provides a summary of the second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) concerning yellow fever, held on August 31, 2016. The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat briefed the committee on the status of, and response to, the outbreaks of yellow fever in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and on other countries reporting international spread or at high risk; and provided an update on the status of the global stockpile of yellow fever vaccine. Committee members offered technical advice on immediate actions fo...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - September 9, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Millions protected in Africa ’s largest-ever emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign
A major part of the largest emergency vaccination campaign against yellow fever ever attempted in Africa has been completed, with more than 7.7 million people vaccinated in record time in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This has been accomplished through an extraordinary network of partnerships and collaborations. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, yellow fever [subject] Source Type: news
Yellow fever vaccination campaign in Kinshasa: More than 7 million vaccinated in 2 weeks
As the rainy season begins in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the biggest ever yellow fever emergency vaccination campaign in Africa is drawing to a close. More than 7 million people in Kinshasa province have been successfully vaccinated in the last 2 weeks. But in the country ’s remote areas on the Angola border, the campaign is still being rolled out, targeting a further 3 million people at risk with the aim of ending this outbreak of the potentially fatal disease. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - August 31, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject] Source Type: news
Yellow fever vaccination drive in Congo's capital hits target
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A vaccination campaign against yellow fever in Congo's capital is almost complete, but the gains may be reversed by the looming rainy season and the spread of the disease to areas where people have not yet been vaccinated, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Yellow fever vaccination campaign in Democratic Republic of the Congo: Logistics pathway
The biggest emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign ever held in Africa is underway in Democratic Republic of the Congo. With high risk of transmission of the mosquito-borne disease in the densely populated capital city of Kinshasa, the vaccination campaign aims to protect as many people at risk as possible and stop the outbreak before the rainy season begins in late September. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - August 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject] Source Type: news
Nigeria: Vaccine Shortage Threatens Yellow Fever Response - WHO
[Vanguard] Limited supplies of the yellow fever vaccine is stalling full response efforts to the yellow fever outbreak in parts of Africa. It takes six months to develop the vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 23, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Central Africa: Deadly Yellow Fever Spreading, Amid Global Vaccine Shortages
[IPS] United Nations -As deadly yellow fever spreads to seven provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), new measures have been introduced to ensure that as many people as possible are immunised, despite global shortages of the yellow fever vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 23, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Editorial: A Yellow Fever Epidemic Made Worse by a Vaccine Shortage
Like other outbreaks, this one has exposed glaring weaknesses in how the world confronts infectious diseases. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: THE EDITORIAL BOARD Tags: Epidemics Zika Virus Vaccination and Immunization Yellow Fever Shortages World Health Organization Angola Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa) Source Type: news
Seychelles: Health Authorities Carry Out Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign
[Seychelles News Agency] Victoria, Seychelles -The Seychelles' Ministry of Health on Friday began a vaccination campaign against yellow fever, a response to an epidemic in mainland Africa, says a top official. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 20, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Deadly Yellow Fever Spreading, Amid Global Vaccine Shortages
A WHO Yellow Vaccination book. Credit: IPS.By Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 2016 (IPS)As deadly yellow fever spreads to seven provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), new measures have been introduced to ensure that as many people as possible are immunised, despite global shortages of the yellow fever vaccine.Global emergency stocks of just 6 million yellow fever vaccines have been strained by the current outbreak, which began in Angola and has now spread to neighbouring DRC.To reach as many people as possible with the limited supply of vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) has started recomme...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lyndal Rowlands Tags: Aid Development & Aid Featured Global Governance Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Yellow Fever Source Type: news
