Yellow fever – Uganda
On 8 April 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Uganda notified WHO of an outbreak of yellow fever (YF) in Masaka district, south of Kampala. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - May 2, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: immunization [subject], vaccination, risk assessment [subject], travel [subject], travel and health, air travel, yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject], African Region [region], Disease outbreak news [doctype], Uganda [country] Source Type: news
Why Yellow Fever Vaccine Producers Are Struggling to Meet Demands
The WHO has issued a yellow fever warning over an outbreak emerging from Angola that has killed 258 people and resulted in 1,975 suspected cases since December. The global health community needs more doses of the yellow fever vaccine, both to address the current epidemic and for regular preventative vaccination programs. But stepping up production is easier said than done for the four facilities that manufacture the vaccine. Leo Visser conducts yellow fever vaccine research at the Leiden University Medical Centre. We asked him to explain the limits production facilities face and offer suggestions for alleviating the shorta...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Uganda: Hundreds Stuck At Busia Over Yellow Fever
[Observer] The population of stranded travellers without yellow fever vaccination certificates continues to soar at the Busia border post in eastern Uganda as Kenyan and Uganda authorities continue to turn away people without proof of vaccination. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 27, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Amid Yellow Fever Outbreak, WHO Reminds Travelers to Angola to Get Vaccine (FREE)
By the Editors
The World Health Organization is reminding people traveling to Angola that they must be vaccinated against yellow … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - April 26, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Why Mosquitoes Are So Obsessed with Humans -- and Why It Matters
All of us encounter a pesky mosquito from time to time. For most people, it's little more than a momentary nuisance. A nip, a few days of itching, and we move on with our lives.
Many people don't get by so easily, unfortunately. Each year, mosquito bites lead to the death of an estimated 1 million people--more than the population residing in cities as large as Detroit or Geneva. Many, many millions of additional people get tremendously sick from mosquito bites, even though they don't pass away.
This widespread suffering is the result of mosquito-borne diseases - viruses and parasites that pass into our bloodstream when...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 26, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
WHO issues yellow fever vaccination warning to travellers to Angola
Amid rising concern over a deadly outbreak of yellow fever spreading from Angola, the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged travellers to the African country to heed its warnings and get vaccinated. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Yellow fever vaccination essential for Angola, WHO reminds travellers
As efforts to bring an outbreak of yellow fever in Angola under control continue, WHO is reminding all travellers to the country that they are required to receive the yellow fever vaccination and to have a valid certificate of vaccination to prove that they are protected from the disease and to prevent its further spread. Since the outbreak in Angola began in December 2015, 1975 suspected cases of yellow fever (618 laboratory confirmed) and 258 deaths have been reported, the majority of them in the capital, Luanda, and in two other provinces. Amid concerns that the virus will spread to other urban areas and to neighbourin...
Source: WHO news - April 26, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccine quality, yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject], African Region [region], Angola [country], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Rwanda: Rwanda Plans Yellow Fever, Zika Vaccination
[East African] Rwanda plans mass vaccination for yellow fever, Zika virus, Rift Valley fever and Ebola after neighbouring countries reported cases of the diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 25, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Yellow fever outbreak in Angola strains vaccine supplies
The worst yellow fever outbreak in decades has killed 250 people in Angola and is straining global vaccine supplies, posing a dilemma for health officials who fear it could spread further in Africa and possibly into Asia. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Angola yellow fever outbreak exposes vaccine supply dilemma
LONDON (Reuters) - The worst yellow fever outbreak in decades has killed 250 people in Angola and is straining global vaccine supplies, posing a dilemma for health officials who fear it could spread further in Africa and possibly into Asia. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Angola: Paracetamol to Angola for Yellow Fever
[Namibia Economist] The Namibian Ambassador to Angola, HE Grace Uushona last week presented a gift of Yellow Fever vaccine from the Namibian Government to the Angolan Minister of Health, Hon Luis Gomes Sambo, in Luanda. The handover ceremony took place on World Health Day, 07 April. "At a time when the people of Angola are facing the outbreak of Yellow Fever, I am delighted to hand over today, on behalf of the people and Government of Namibia, a donation of medical equipment and supplies to the people and Government of Angola (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 18, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Yellow fever – Angola
On 21 January 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Angola notified WHO of an outbreak of yellow fever (YF). The first case with onset date on 5 December 2015 was identified in Viana municipality, Luanda province. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - April 13, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: immunization [subject], vaccination, management [subject], leadership, risk assessment [subject], travel [subject], travel and health, air travel, yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject], African Region [region], Angola [country], Disease outbreak Source Type: news
Angola: Vaccination Campaign Against Yellow Fever Kicks Off Tuesday
[ANGOP] Huambo -The vaccination campaign against yellow fever in the central Huambo Province is starting this Tuesday, with over one million doses of vaccines available, informed last Monday the provincial health department director, Frederico Carlos Juliana. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 13, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zika Interview: "Virus May Create Outbreaks In Europe, The U.S. And Asia In The Future"
Associated with grave birth defects, the Zika virus tearing across Latin America could eventually affect more than half of the world's population. That's according to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine which agreed to an interview via email. Although the current epidemic in the Americas is being spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, according to Jimmy Whitworth, the School's Professor of International Public Health: "A number of mosquitos have been documented to carry the Zika virus. For example, the Aedes albopictus mosquito which resides in large parts of the U.S., southern Europe, and Asia is of part...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
[In Depth] Yellow fever outbreak triggers vaccine alarm
A big yellow fever outbreak in Angola has depleted the world's emergency vaccine stockpile and raised worries that future outbreaks of the mosquito-borne virus could be impossible to control. The Angolan outbreak has caused 490 confirmed cases and 198 deaths so far, but experts say the real toll may be 10 times as high. A vaccination campaign has already reached 6 million people in Luanda, where the outbreak began, but the disease has spread to other provinces as well and the vaccine is running out. Only four facilities in the world produce yellow fever vaccine, and their production methods are antiquated and difficult to ...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 7, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Kai Kupferschmidt Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
