Weekly Epidemiological Record articles from April 2008

Weekly Epidemiological Record archives from April 2008

Buruli ulcer: progress report, 2004-2008/Ulcere de Buruli: rapport de situation, 2004-2008.
April 25, 2008... Introduction During a visit to Cote d'Ivoire in December 1997, the Director-General of WHO announced: "we are going to mobilize worldwide expertise and the necessary resources for confronting this new challenge". In February 1998, a...

Influenza (1)/Grippe (1).
April 25, 2008... This summary provides an updated report of seasonal influenza activity for weeks 14-15. It does not include reports of avian influenza in humans, which are available at http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/fr/index.html During...

Malaria, Bahamas/Paludisme, Bahamas.(Brief article)
April 25, 2008... Note to travellers Between January and March 2008, there have been reports of cases of P. falciparum in 2 tourists who visited Great Exuma, Bahamas. The Bahamas have a very low prevalence of Anopheles mosquitoes, the vector of...

WHO web sites on infectious diseases/ Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses.(World Health Organization)(Table)
April 25, 2008... WHO web sites on infectious diseases Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses Avian influenza http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ avian_influenza/en/ Buruli ulcer ...

Brief summary of analyses of the 2007 survey on the capacity of National Influenza Centres/Bref resume des analyses de l'enquete 2007 sur les moyens dont disposent les centres nationaux de lutte contre la grippe.(Survey)
April 18, 2008... Outbreaks of avian influenza H5N1 and increased awareness of the virus and the need for influenza preparedness worldwide have greatly increased the visibility of the Global Influenza Surveillance Network, coordinated by WHO. This network has...

Elimination of yaws in India/Elimination du pian en Inde.(Report)
April 11, 2008... Background Yaws is a nonvenereal endemic treponematosis caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, subspecies pertenue, a Gram-negative spirochete. (1) Infection is transmitted by skin-to-skin contact among people with poor hygiene...

Somalia is again polio-free/La Somalie a nouveau exempte de poliomyelite.(Report)
April 4, 2008... The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced on 25 March that Somalia is again free of poliovirus, hailing an historic achievement in global public health. Somalia has not reported a case since 25 March 2007. Against a...

Validation of neonatal tetanus elimination in Zambia by lot quality-assurance cluster sampling/Validation de l'elimination du tetanos neonatal en Zambie a l'aide d'un sondage en grappes pour le controle de la qualite des lots.
April 4, 2008... Introduction Zambia has a population of approximately 12 million. According to estimates from the 2001-2002 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey, (1) between 1997 and 2001, the rate of neonatal mortality was 37/1000 births, the infant...

WHO web sites on infectious diseases/Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses.(World Health Organization)(Table)
April 4, 2008... WHO web sites on infectious diseases Avian influenza http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ avian_influenza/en/ Buruli ulcer http://www.who.int/gtb-buruli Cholera ...