Archive for January, 2019
Madariaga virus in Haitian children
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
More than 303,500 women – 99 percent of them in developing countries – died during childbirth in 2015, according to the World Health Organization. In addition, some 2.7 million babies died in their first month, mainly from complications during pregnancy or childbirth.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019“……Hemorrhages, high blood pressure and infections accounted for three-fourths of maternal deaths.….”
A review of injuries associated with drone attacks in Gaza
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019“……drone strikes were associated with more proximal amputations that needed more surgical operations after initial life-saving emergency surgery than traumatic amputations caused by other types of explosive weapons. …..”
1/16/1995: Avalanches sweep two buses off the highway between Srinagar and Jammu in Kashmir, India
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019“……wo more days of avalanches in the area eventually killed more than 200 people; 5,000 others had to be rescued…..”
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the concluded Nairobi attack that killed 14
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019“……[The attack] happened three years to the day after Al-Shabaab militants targeted a Kenyan military base in neighboring Somalia, killing dozens of soldiers.
Very wet storms will impact California and some surrounding states over the next several days. Heavy rain may cause flash flooding, and mud and debris flows on burn scars. Heavy snow will impact the western mountains, with blizzards in the California mountains.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Nairobi: An explosion tore through a bank in the compound at about 3 p.m. local time, then a suicide bomb detonated in the lobby of the nearby DusitD2 hotel, before attackers entered the hotel, killing at least 15.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019WHO in emergencies
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019Grade 3 emergencies
- Bangladesh – Rohingya crisis
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Myanmar
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Yemen
Grade 3: a single or multiple country event with substantial public health consequences that requires a substantial WCO response and/or substantial international WHO response. Organizational and/or external support required by the WCO is substantial. An Emergency Support Team, run out of the regional office, coordinates the provision of support to the WCO.
Grade 2 emergencies
- Brazil (in Portugese)
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Ethiopia
- Hurricane Irma and Maria in the Caribbean
- Iraq
- Libya
- MERS-CoV
- Niger
- occupied Palestinian territory
- Sao Tome and Principe Necrotizing Cellulitis (2017)
- Sudan
- Ukraine
- Zimbabwe
Grade 2: a single or multiple country event with moderate public health consequences that requires a moderate WCO response and/or moderate international WHO response. Organizational and/or external support required by the WCO is moderate. An Emergency Support Team, run out of the regional office (the Emergency Support Team is only run out of HQ if multiple regions are affected), coordinates the provision of support to the WCO.
Grade 1 emergencies
- Afghanistan
- Chad
- Indonesia – Sulawesi earthquake 2018
- Kenya
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Mali
- Namibia – viral hepatitis
- Peru
- Philippines – Tyhpoon Mangkhut
- Tanzania
Grade 1: a single or multiple country event with minimal public health consequences that requires a minimal WCO response or a minimal international WHO response. Organizational and/or external support required by the WCO is minimal. The provision of support to the WCO is coordinated by a focal point in the regional office.