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PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus - Americas (20): Panama
ProMED, 29.05.2023
Tilføjet 29.05.2023
Hantavirus -- PanamaThe latest report published by the Department of Epidemiology, the Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud;Minsa), released the updated cases to date of dengue, hantavirus, malaria, leishmaniasis, and chikungunya in the country.Regarding the confirmed cases of hantavirus infection to date, a total of 17 cases have been registered throughout the country, 11 of whom have hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome: 10 of these are alive and the 1 who died was registered in Herrera province. There
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Africa (04): Kenya (Nyanza), DR Congo (Kasai), Nigeria (Anambra), Ghana
ProMED, 3.05.2023
Tilføjet 3.05.2023
Malaria -- KenyaHealth experts have said that Western and Nyanza regions have recorded high numbers of malaria positivity cases in the survey conducted by the Ministry of Health.Speaking at Bungoma County Referral Hospital on Tuesday [25 Apr 2023] during World Malaria Day, Dr Charles Chege said that over the years Western and Nyanza regions have recorded high numbers of malaria cases. Chege is the head of the vector control national malaria program.He also said World Malaria Day is important because
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Americas (05): Colombia, Venezuela
ProMED, 1.05.2023
Tilføjet 1.05.2023
Malaria -- Venezuela1. Recht J, Siqueira A M, Monteiro W M, et al. Malaria in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela: current challenges in malaria control and elimination. Malar J. 2017; 16(273); .2. Grillet M E, Moreno J E, Hernández-Villena J V, et al. Malaria in Southern Venezuela: The hottest hotspot in Latin America. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021; 15(1): e0008211; doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008211.3. Forero-Peña D A, Carrión-Nessi F S, Chavero M, et al. The clinical-epidemiological profile of malaria
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Asia (03): Cambodia, India (NL) decrease
ProMED, 30.04.2023
Tilføjet 30.04.2023
Malaria -- CambodiaNagaland has been witnessing a decrease in Malaria positive cases -- from 8479 in 2009 to only 5 in 2022 while malaria deaths is also down from 35 to zero during the same period, a health department official said.State Programme Officer, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Dr Neisakho Kere said this while making a presentation during the observation of World Malaria Day on the theme \'Time to deliver zero Malaria: invest, innovate, implement\' here on Tuesday [25 Apr
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - USA: imported, ex Liberia, fatal
ProMED, 28.04.2023
Tilføjet 28.04.2023
Malaria -- United StatesA 14-year-old Iowa middle schooler who earned the nickname \'Cheetah\' for his speed on the football field has died of the mosquito-borne disease malaria.[SN] recently visited his home country of Liberia in West Africa for the 1st time in 8 years, and he began feeling sick 2 weeks after returning home to Iowa, according to the Metro Youth Football Association. He was diagnosed with malaria and was taken to Iowa City Children\'s Hospital, where he died Saturday [22 Apr 2023], the football
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FN's internationale malariadag 2023
Statens Serum Institut, 25.04.2023
Tilføjet 25.04.2023
Det er FN’s internationale malariadag, World Malaria Day, den 25. april 2023. Dagen er en påmindelse om, at der skal gøres mere for at bekæmpe malaria, som stadig er en af verdens største globale dræbersygdomme. Og at vi har redskaberne til at gøre det.
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Americas (03): (Costa Rica, Panama)
ProMED, 24.04.2023
Tilføjet 24.04.2023
Malaria -- Costa RicaIn a follow-up on the malaria outbreak situation in the Huetar Caribbean Region of Costa Rica, the Health Surveillance Directorate of the Ministry of Health reports a total of 115 positive cases of malaria in the Huetar Caribe region, with a total of 60 cases in Pococí, 51 in the canton of Limón, 2 in Matina, one in Guácimo, and one case in Siquirres.The distribution by sex is 70 men and 45 women with an age range of 20 to 39 years.The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Africa (03): Ghana, Nigeria, new R21/Matrix-M vaccine approved
ProMED, 21.04.2023
Tilføjet 21.04.2023
Malaria -- GhanaGhana has become the 1st country to approve a highly effective malaria vaccine developed at Oxford university in the UK.The R21/Matrix-M vaccine, the 1st to exceed the World Health Organization\'s target of 75% efficacy, has been cleared for use by Ghana\'s Food and Drugs Authority in children aged 5-36 months, the group at highest risk of death from malaria.Prof Adrian Hill, the director of the Jenner Institute, which is part of the Nuffield Department of medicine at Oxford University,
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Saudi Arabia: (SH) surge during COVID-19 pandemic
ProMED, 19.04.2023
Tilføjet 19.04.2023
Malaria -- Saudi ArabiaAbstract--------Background: Malaria transmission was stopped on most of the vast area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. However, the pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has negatively affected the efforts to control malaria. For instance, COVID-19 was reported to induce a relapse of malaria that is caused by _Plasmodium vivax_. Furthermore, physicians\' attention toward COVID-19 can only result in neglect and delayed diagnosis of complicated malaria cases. These factors, among others,
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PRO/AH/EDR> Dengue/DHF update (05): Asia, Oceania
ProMED, 17.04.2023
Tilføjet 17.04.2023
Dengue -- Solomon IslandsThe Head of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Malaria Program, Mr. Albino Bobogare told local media last week Friday [31 Mar 2023] that Honiara including Malaita, Central Islands, Guadalcanal and Temotu Provinces are currently experiencing increases in the number of malaria and dengue cases but not outbreak.He explained that for dengue, there is only an outbreak when there is a new strain circulating. \'Currently the type 2 dengue which is already in country is circulating
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Statens Serum Instituts vaccinationsforslag ved udlandsrejse er blevet opdateret
Statens Serum Institut, 11.04.2023
Tilføjet 11.04.2023
Statens Serum Institut anbefaler ikke længere rutinemæssig anvendelse af tabletter mod malaria til rejsende til de fleste lande/områder i Sydøstasien og i Mellem- og Sydamerika. Og vaccination mod tuberkulose anbefales primært til børn op til 11-12-års-alderen.
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Vaccinationsforslag ved udlandsrejse, herunder evt. krav om revaccination mod polio
Statens Serum Institut, 11.04.2023
Tilføjet 11.04.2023
Forslagene til vaccination og malariaforebyggelse er opdateret.
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Costa Rica: (LI)
ProMED, 10.04.2023
Tilføjet 10.04.2023
Malaria -- Costa RicaDr Carla Alfaro Fajardo, director of the Huetar Atlántica region\'s health services network, confirmed that CCSS [Caja Costarricense De Seguro Social; Costa Rican Social Security Fund] personnel are following up 62 cases of malaria in Limón. \'We have a malaria outbreak concentrated in the canton of Pococí, specifically in Cariari, and in the central canton of Limón, specifically in Moín and in various neighborhoods of the community of La Colina,\' the expert highlighted.In a press
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PRO/EDR> Malaria - Myanmar: (KN) rise
ProMED, 5.04.2023
Tilføjet 5.04.2023
Malaria -- MyanmarMalaria has surged by more than 1000% in eastern Myanmar since 2020, a blow in a region pushing to eliminate the deadly parasitic disease by 2030. Across Kayin state -- a mountainous, forested province also known as Karen -- 4510 cases were reported in January 2023, compared to just 399 over the same period in 2020. Last year, roughly 32 000 cases were reported overall -- in both 2019 and 2020, that figure hovered at around 8000.According to the figures from the Shoklo Malaria Research
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PRO/EDR> Malaria, falciparum - UK: artemisinin resistance, ex Uganda
ProMED, 19.02.2023
Tilføjet 19.02.2023
Malaria -- United KingdomIn September 2022, the 1st case of _Plasmodium falciparum_ artemisinin drug-resistant malaria (carrying the variant pfk13_675V) was reported in a UK resident who travelled to Uganda, an important destination for UK travellers.Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) consists of 2 or more drugs with different types of action on the malaria parasite and is the recommended choice of treatment for _P. falciparum_ malaria. Following this case, the Malaria Reference Laboratory is monitoring closely
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