Archive for March, 2019
A cruise ship, Viking Sky, with 1,300 passengers on board suffered engine failure off the west coast of Norway on Saturday, sparking an arduous evacuation in treacherous conditions.
Sunday, March 24th, 2019National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
Saturday, March 23rd, 2019
Protecting Patients from Infections
- Protecting Patients from Infections
- Protecting People from Domestic Health Threats
- Fighting Global Outbreaks
- Safeguarding Travelers & Border Health
- Building Lab and Epi Capacity
- One Health
- Advanced Molecular Detection
- Looking Ahead to 2019
World TB Day — March 24, 2019.
Saturday, March 23rd, 2019World TB Day — March 24, 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:257. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6811a1.
“…..In 2018, a provisional total of 9,029 TB cases were reported in the United States (incidence = 2.8 cases per 100,000 persons) (1), a decline from the 9,094 cases reported in 2017 and the lowest number of cases on record in the United States since reporting began in 1953. Increased diagnosis and treatment of latent TB infection remains essential to eliminating TB in the United States.
Worldwide, an estimated 10 million cases of TB were reported in 2017, a decline of 1.8% from 2016. Approximately 1.57 million persons died from TB in 2017, a 3.9% decrease from 2016….”
Sudan set to protect over 8 million people with its largest ever yellow fever vaccination drive
Saturday, March 23rd, 2019
“…..The campaign forms a critical part of Sudan’s ongoing work to protect all populations against yellow fever epidemics, in alignment with the global Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy. The country plans to complement these yellow fever mass campaigns and ensure long-term protection through the introduction of yellow fever vaccination into routine immunization in the coming months.
“We acknowledge the commitment of the health authorities in Sudan to avail cash and fuel during this economic crisis to ensure that their people, especially children, are protected with a quality vaccine which will contribute to health security and making the world safer,” said Dr Naeema Al-Gasseer, WHO Representative in Sudan.
“Yellow fever vaccination is the most important tool we have to prevent yellow fever outbreaks. The vaccine will be freely available to any eligible person and will provide life-long protection against the disease. While protecting yourself against mosquito bites is important to reduce the risk of many diseases, only vaccination can eliminate the risk of yellow fever outbreaks,” she added……”
German police arrested 11 people on Friday accused of having planned an “Islamist terrorist attack” using guns and a vehicle
Saturday, March 23rd, 2019“…..The suspects, whose nationalities were not specified, had plotted to “kill as many ‘non-believers’ as possible,” Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement…..”
3/22/1859: Quito, Ecuador suffers one of its worst earthquakes killing 5,000 people
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Political Instability in Venezuela and Malaria Resurgence
Friday, March 22nd, 2019Jaramillo-Ochoa R, Sippy R, Farrell DF, Cueva-Aponte C, Beltrán-Ayala E, Gonzaga JL, et al. Effects of Political Instability in Venezuela on Malaria Resurgence at Ecuador–Peru Border, 2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019;25(4):834-836. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.181355
Probable migration route of imported malaria cases described in study of effects of political instability in Venezuela on malaria resurgence at the Ecuador–Peru border, 2018. A) Locations of the 4 countries along the migration route in South America; B) El Oro Province and Tumbes Region on the Ecuador–Peru border. The city of Huaquillas, Ecuador, is 70 km southwest of Machala, the location of the single autochthonous malaria case in this province. Huaquillas is the primary border crossing from Ecuador into Peru. Tumbes, the source of the 3 autochthonous cases in Peru, is the capital of Tumbes Region and is 22 km from the border. Dashed line in panel B broadly denotes the migration route taken from Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru. Note the proximity of these countries and additional potential malarial resurgence through migration to Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States.