Nigeria:WHO Gives Succour to Maitama Hospital Measles, Yellow Fever Laboratory
[This Day] Abuja -The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given hope to a porta cabin work space and donated laboratory equipment that include ELISA readers test equipment and microplate washers to Maitama General Hospital in Abuja. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 7, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
9 Kinds of Bug Bites You Might Get This Summer — and What to Do About Them
This article originally appeared on Health.com (Source: TIME: Health)
Source: TIME: Health - June 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amanda Gardner / Health Tags: Uncategorized healthytime onetime public health Source Type: news
Angola:Minister Welcomes WHO Support in Fight Against Epidemics
[ANGOP] Geneva -The Health Minister, S ílvia Lutucuta, on Tuesday welcomed the support received from the Wprld Health Organisation (WHO) and other international partners, which has helped overcome the three diseas yellow fever, malaria and dengue in Angola in the last years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 24, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Asian tiger mosquito on the move
(Goethe University Frankfurt) Scientists at the Goethe University and the Senckenberg Gesellschaft f ü r Naturforschung have compared the ecological niches of the Asian tiger mosquito and the yellow fever mosquito, both of which transmit infectious diseases, on various continents. The invasion time span plays an important role in their expansion and the Asian tiger mosquito has not yet arrived in all regions where it would find a suitable environment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 18, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Acute Public Health Events Assessed by WHO Regional Offices for Africa, the Americas and Europe Under the International Health Regulations (2005): 2016 Report
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. 11/2017 This 29-page report summarizes public health events detected, verified, assessed, and reported in three World Health Organization (WHO) Regions - Africa, the Americas, and Europe - from 2001 to 2016, with a focus on 2016. From 2001 to 2016, 5,472 events were recorded in the WHO Event Management System (EMS), 373 of which were recorded in 2016. Most of these events were of infectious origin, including large yellow fever outbreaks; continuation of the Ebola and Zika virus disease outbreaks, including imported Zika congenital syndrome cases; sequelae of civil conf...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Yellow Fever: Why Does A Restaurant Have The Name Of This Disease?
A restaurant located in a Whole Foods store has the same name as a disease that can cause bleeding from the nose, mouth, and eyes and death. It is also a slang term for a fetish. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 29, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news
Researchers map the potential spread of yellow fever virus to cities around the world
New analysis shows potential risk for yellow fever virus to spread to urban centres where it previously has not been seen (Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media)
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - April 28, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News Source Type: news
Potential Spread of Yellow Fever Virus to World Cities Mapped by Researchers
New analysis shows potential risk for yellow fever virus to spread to urban centres where it previously has not been seen (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 27, 2018 Category: Disability Tags: Health and Disability Source Type: news
Researchers map the potential spread of yellow fever virus to cities around the world
(St. Michael's Hospital) The deadly yellow fever virus has the potential to spread into cities around the world where it previously hasn't been seen, according to a new study led by St. Michael's Hospital. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 27, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa:Nearly One Billion People in Africa to be Protected Against Yellow Fever by 2026
[WHO] Nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi -- the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and more than 50 health partners. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 26, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rapid Risk Assessment: Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil; Third Update, 16 March 2018
European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 03/16/2018 This 10-page report assesses the risk to European Union/European Economic Area countries and citizens associated with the ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil. This update of the rapid risk assessment was triggered by the evolution of the epidemic in Brazil and reports of travel-associated yellow fever cases with exposure in Brazil returning to Europe. It provides advice to travelers and health professionals, and background on yellow fever and the outbreak in Brazil. (PDF) (Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news
Miami among cities at risk from yellow fever spread : study
GENEVA (Reuters) - Miami is at risk of a deadly yellow fever outbreak because the disease could thrive there but the city has no checks on travelers arriving from endemic zones, a study to be published by the World Health Organization showed. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Brazil yellow fever vaccination campaign far short of goal
Brazil's Health Ministry says its yellow fever vaccination campaign is significantly short of its goal and that 10 million people still need to be immunized (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Fatal Yellow Fever in Travelers to Brazil, 2018 Fatal Yellow Fever in Travelers to Brazil, 2018
A recent outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil underscores the need for travelers to obtain timely vaccination and for clinicians to be alert to symptoms in returning travelers.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
U.N. Aims to Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics in Africa by 2026 U.N. Aims to Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics in Africa by 2026
Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news