Weekly Epidemiological Record articles from July 2004

Weekly Epidemiological Record archives from July 2004

Cholera, 2003/Cholera, 2003.
July 30, 2004... Cholera cases due to Vibrio cholerae were reported from all continents except Oceania (Map 1). During 2003, 45 countries officially reported to WHO a total of 111 575 cases and 1894 deaths (Table 1). The overall number of cases and deaths...

WHO cholera information sources on the web/Sources d'information OMS electroniques sur le cholera.(Website list)
July 30, 2004... Documents WHO guidance on formulation of national policy on the control of cholera, 1992 WHO/CDD/SER/92.16 http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/cholera/ WHO_CDD_SER_92_16/en/ Guidelines for the control of epidemics due to...

International health regulations/ reglement sanitaire international.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
July 30, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 23 to 29 July 2004 / Notifications de maladies recues du 23 au 29 juillet 2004 Cholera / Cholera ...

Shigellosis in Sudan/Shigellose au Soudan.(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)(Brief article)
July 23, 2004... An outbreak of shigellosis was detected at the end of June 2004 through the Early Warning System set up by WHO in North Darfur in the Abu Shoak Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, covering a population of approximately 40 000 people. The...

Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2003 to May 2004/Progres vers l'eradication de la poliomyelite en Afghanistan et au Pakistan, janvier 2003 a mai 2004.
July 23, 2004... Since the 1988 World Health Assembly resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis, the number of polio-endemic countries decreased from >125 to 6 by the end of 2003. However, 10 polio-free countries reported wild poliovirus importations during 2003...

Influenza/Grippe.(Brief article)
July 23, 2004... Except in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (Hong Kong SAR), where 10 outbreaks associated with influenza A/H3N2 viruses occurred in homes for elderly and mentally retarded people, influenza activity remained low in most parts...

International health regulations/ Reglement sanitaire international.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
July 23, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 16 to 22 July 2004 / Notifications de maladies recues du 16 au 22 juillet 2004 Cholera / Cholera ...

WHO web sites on infectious diseases--updated on 11 June 2004/Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses--mis a jour le 11 juin 2004.(Website list)
July 23, 2004... WHO web sites on infectious diseases--updated on 11 June 2004 Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses--mis a jour le 11 juin 2004 Antimicrobial http://oms2.b3e.jussieu.fr/arinfobank/ resistance ...

Avian influenza--current evaluation of risks to humans from H5N1 following recent reports/Grippe aviaire--le point sur les risques de transmission du H5N1 a l'homme suite aux rapports recents.
July 16, 2004... In the past three weeks, avian influenza appears to have re-emerged in poultry in several countries in Asia. These outbreaks could either be new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, or a continuation of the outbreaks...

Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 10-11 June 2004/Comite consultatif mondial de la securite vaccinale, 10-11 juin 2004.
July 16, 2004... The Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) is an expert clinical and scientific advisory body to WHO established to deal independently and with scientific rigour to vaccine safety issues of global importance. (1) GACVS held its...

Influenza/Grippe.
July 16, 2004... Except in Chile, where a regional outbreak associated with influenza A(H3N2) viruses occurred in Santiago, influenza activity remained low in most parts of the world in weeks 24-26. Argentina. (1) Influenza activity declined and was...

Corrigendum, to No. 28, 2004/Rectificatif au No 28, 2004.(Correction notice)
July 16, 2004... Please read as follows (changes shown in bold italics). Priere de lire comme suit (changements indiques en gras italique). Notifications of diseases received from 2 to 8 July 2004 / Notifications des maladies recues du 2 au 8 juillet...

International Health Regulations/ Reglement Sanitaire International.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
July 16, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS/ REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 9 to 15 July 2004 / Notifications de maladies recues du 9 au 15 juillet 2004 Cholera / Cholera ...

Ebola haemorrhagic fever in south Sudan--update (1)/Fievre hemorragique a virus Ebola dans le sud du Soudan--mise a jour (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
July 9, 2004... As of 6 July, the health authorities in Yambio County and the team assisting them in the outbreak have reassessed the number of cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) in view of additional laboratory results from the WHO Collaborating Centre...

Poliomyelitis eradication in Africa--update on importations (1)/Eradication de la poliomyelite en Afrique--mise a jour sur les importations (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
July 9, 2004... Despite the success of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, in 2003, for the first time in history more countries suffered polio cases due to wild poliovirus importations than were actually endemic for the disease--a trend that has...

Hepatitis B vaccines/Vaccins anti-hepatite B.
July 9, 2004... WHO position paper In accordance with its mandate to provide guidance to Member States on health policy matters, WHO is issuing a series of regularly updated position papers on vaccines and vaccine combinations against diseases that have...

Cambodia protects 75% of children against parasites/75% des enfants proteges contre les parasites au Cambodge.
July 9, 2004... With the recent completion of its latest treatment campaign against intestinal parasites, Cambodia has become the first country to protect three out of four school-aged children against intestinal parasites and reach WHO's antiparasite...

International Health Regulations/ Reglement Sanitaire International.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
July 9, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 2 to 8 July 2004 / Notifications de maladies recues du 2 au 8 juillet 2004 Cholera / Cholera Cases...

Poliomyelitis: imported case in Sudan, situation in northern Nigeria/Poliomyelite: cas importe au Soudan et situation dans le nord du Nigeria.(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
July 2, 2004... On 22 June 2004, tests confirmed that a child in the Darfur region of Sudan had been paralysed by poliomyelitis, marking the first occurrence of this disease in Sudan in more than three years. The virus in this case has been closely linked...

Setting up an early warning system for epidemic-prone diseases in the Darfur humanitarian crisis/Crise humanitaire au Darfour: instauration d'un systeme d'alerte precoce pour les maladies a tendance epidemique.
July 2, 2004... The Greater Darfur region (Sudan), with more than 1 000 000 internally displaced persons (IDPs), is facing a major humanitarian crisis. In April-May 2004, WHO collaborated with the local authorities, United Nations humanitarian agencies...

Twenty-five years of multidrug therapy for leprosy/Vingt cinq ans de polychimiotherapie antilepreuse.
July 2, 2004... A history of the development and implementation of multidrug therapy for leprosy has recently been published by WHO. (1) The document, which includes first-hand accounts from many scientists and public health professionals who were personally...

International Health Regulations/Reglement Sanitaire International.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
July 2, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS/REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 25 June to 1 July 2004/Notifications de maladies recues du 25 juin au 1er juillet 2004 Cholera/Cholera ...