WHO backs cut in yellow fever vaccine dose to eke out supplies
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - World Health Organization advisers have recommended using a fifth of the standard dose of yellow fever vaccine in the event of a global shortage to combat the worst outbreak of the deadly disease in decades. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Yellow fever global vaccine stockpile in emergencies
In 2016, almost 15 million doses of Yellow fever vaccine had been distributed for emergency vaccination campaigns in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, immunization [subject], vaccination, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccine quality Source Type: news
Fake Vaccination Papers Let Yellow Fever Spread in AngolaFake Vaccination Papers Let Yellow Fever Spread in Angola
The world's worst yellow fever outbreak in decades took hold in an Angolan slum because its early victims were Eritrean migrants whose false vaccination papers sent doctors off on the wrong path for weeks, international health officials said. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - June 15, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Public Health & Prevention News Source Type: news
In Yellow Fever War, WHO Readies Plan to Stretch Vaccine SupplyIn Yellow Fever War, WHO Readies Plan to Stretch Vaccine Supply
The worst yellow fever outbreak in decades, which has killed 325 people in Angola and spread as far as China, has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to draw up plans to eke out vaccine supplies by using one-fifth of the normal dose. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pulmonary Medicine Headlines - June 10, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Fake vaccination papers let yellow fever spread in Angola
LUANDA (Reuters) - The world's worst yellow fever outbreak in decades took hold in an Angolan slum because its early victims were Eritrean migrants whose false vaccination papers sent doctors off on the wrong path for weeks, international health officials said. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Tanzania: Fake Yellow Fever Certificates for Sale As Vaccine Runs Out
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Yellow fever certificates, which are supposed to be issued only to people who have been vaccinated against the tropical disease, are on sale on Dar es Salaam streets, an investigation by The Citizen has established. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 7, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Stepping Up the Fight to End Cholera and Chikungunya Outbreaks in Mandera County, Kenya
"An MSF assisted cholera treatment center in Mandera, Kenya". June 03, 2016 - Photo credit : @unfpakenBy Siddharth ChatterjeeMandera County, Kenya, Jun 5 2016 (IPS)Mandera’s double whammy, the concurrent outbreaks of cholera and chikungunya, is bringing to the fore the need for accelerated epidemic preparedness and prevention systems. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated.Chikungunya virus is most often spread to people by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. These are the same mosquitoes that transmit dengue, yellow fever and zika virus. Its symptoms include high ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Siddharth Chatterjee Tags: Africa Development & Aid Education Featured Headlines Health Inequity Population Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Your Complete Guide To Staying Healthy During The Summer Olympics
Rio de Janeiro is expecting about 500,000 visitors for the Olympic and Paralympic games this August. If you’re one of them, there are a few things you need to consider in order to have a safe, happy and healthy trip to Brazil this year.
1. Make sure you’re up to date on all your vaccines.
This is travel safety 101. Infectious disease loves a crowd, and one way to make sure a nasty bug doesn't hitch a ride with you is to get vaccinated.
What to do: Make an appointment with a travel doctor now to make sure you’re current on all your regular vaccines (measles, mumps, rubella, etc.) an...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Your Complete Guide To Staying Healthy During The Summer Olympics
Rio de Janeiro is expecting about 500,000 visitors for the Olympic and Paralympic games this August. If you’re one of them, there are a few things you need to consider in order to have a safe, happy and healthy trip to Brazil this year.
1. Make sure you’re up to date on all your vaccines.
This is travel safety 101. Infectious disease loves a crowd, and one way to make sure a nasty bug doesn't hitch a ride with you is to get vaccinated.
What to do: Make an appointment with a travel doctor now to make sure you’re current on all your regular vaccines (measles, mumps, rubella, etc.) an...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
[In Brief] News at a glance
In science news around the world, a new U.S. labor law would require more pay for postdocs—or that they receive overtime pay, the World Health Organization determines that yellow fever outbreaks in urban regions of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo do not yet constitute an international health emergency, South Africa plans to launch a new trial of an HIV vaccine approach that showed modest efficacy 7 years ago in Thailand, the French government is tightening clinical trial rules in the aftermath of the final report about a study that killed one person and landed five others in the hospital earlier this year...
Source: ScienceNOW - May 26, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine (mailto:soleditor at aaas.org) Tags: SCI COMMUN Source Type: news
Uganda: KCCA Suspends Yellow Fever Vaccination Over Stock-Outs
[Observer] Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has suspended yellow fever vaccination at its City Hall clinic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 26, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New and Old Vaccines Still Out of Reach for Many
While long-awaited new vaccines for malaria and dengue may finally be within reach, many of the world’s existing vaccines have remained unreachable for many of the people who need them most. The recent outbreak of yellow fever in Angola shows how deadly infectious diseases can return when gaps in vaccination programs grow. Earlier this week World Health Organization […] (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lyndal Rowlands Tags: Africa Aid Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Migration & Refugees Population Poverty & SDGs Reg Source Type: news
Economic Interests Harming Global Health: WHO Chief
Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), during the WHO Executive Board's special session on the Ebola emergency. Credit: UN Photo/Violaine Martin.By Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, May 24 2016 (IPS)Putting economic interests over public health is leading the world towards three slow-motion health disasters, Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization’s warned the world’s health ministers on Monday.Changes in the world’s climate, the failure of more and more antibiotic drugs and the increase in so-called lifestyle diseases caused by poor diet and exercise, are a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 24, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lyndal Rowlands Tags: Aid Climate Change Development & Aid Energy Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Global Governance Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Source Type: news
Meeting of the Emergency Committee Under the International Health Regulations (2005) Concerning Yellow Fever
World Health Organization. 05/19/2016This resource summarizes a meeting of the World Health Organization Emergency Committee, which was briefed on the history and impact of the Yellow Fever Initiative; the urban outbreak of yellow fever in Luanda, Angola; and its national and international spread to the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, and Kenya. The Committee was provided with additional information on the evolving risk of urban yellow fever in Africa and the status of the global stockpile of yellow fever vaccine. (Text) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Uganda: Yellow Fever Vaccination Kicks Off
[Observer] Mass yellow fever vaccination has finally rolled out in Masaka district, two months after the disease broke out. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
