Weekly Epidemiological Record articles from June 2006

Weekly Epidemiological Record archives from June 2006

Epidemiology of WHO-confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) infection/Epidemiologie de la grippe aviaire A(H5N1) chez l'homme: cas confirmes par l'OMS.(Report)
June 30, 2006... Introduction In 1997, the first cases of human infection with the avian influenza A(H5N1) virus were reported in China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR). These 18 cases included 6 deaths and coincided with...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Brief article)
June 30, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS/REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 23 to 29 June 2006/Notifications de maladies recues du 23 au 29 juin 2006 Cholera/Cholera Cases/Deaths...

Malaria, Bahamas/Paludisme, Bahamas.(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
June 23, 2006... Following the diagnosis in late May 2006 of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an American visitor to Exuma Island, on 6 June 2006, a case of locally transmitted falciparum malaria was detected in George Town, Great Exuma (Bahamas), most likely...

Plague, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Peste, Republique democratique du Congo.(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
June 23, 2006... As of 13 June 2006, WHO had received reports of 100 cases of suspected pneumonic plague, including 19 deaths in Ituri District, Oriental Province. Suspected cases of bubonic plague have also been reported but the total number is not currently...

Progress towards polio eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2005 to May 2006/Progres vers l'eradication de la poliomyelite en Afghanistan et au Pakistan, janvier 2005 a mai 2006.
June 23, 2006... In 1988, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution aimed at eradicating poliomyelitis globally; at the beginning of 2006, there were only 4 countries where circulation of indigenous wild poliovirus has never been interrupted. These...

WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization: request for nominations/Groupe Strategique Consultatif d'Experts de l'OMS sur la vaccination: appel aux nominations.(World Health Organization)
June 23, 2006... WHO solicits proposals for nominations for current and future vacancies on its Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization. Nominations for a currently vacant seat for a member from the WHO African Region have to be submitted...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Statistical table)
June 23, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS/REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 16 to 22 June 2006/ Notifications de maladies recues du 16 au 22 juin 2006 Cholera/Cholera ...

Avian influenza, Indonesia--update (1)/Grippe aviaire, Indonesie--mise a jour (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
June 16, 2006... On 6 June 2006, the Ministry of Health in Indonesia confirmed the country's 49th case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case, a 15-year-old boy from Tasikmalaya District (West Java Province), developed symptoms...

Cholera, Angola--update (1)/Cholera, Angola--mise a jour (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
June 16, 2006... As of 6 June 2006, Angola had reported a total of 43 076 cases and 1642 deaths (overall case-fatality rate (CFR) 3.8%). On one day alone (5 June), 280 new cases including 8 deaths were reported. Fourteen out of 18 provinces are affected; 51%...

Poliomyelitis, Namibia/Poliomyelite, Namibie.(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
June 16, 2006... Since 7 June 2006, 34 suspect cases with sudden paralysis have been under investigation, mostly in the Windhoek area of Namibia. Three cases have been confirmed as wild poliovirus. What is thought to be the first case, a 39-year old man with...

Dracunculiasis eradication: ministerial meeting, Geneva, 25 May 2006/Eradication de la dracunculose: reunion ministerielle, Geneve, 25 mai 2006.
June 16, 2006... A ministerial meeting on eradication of dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) was held on 25 May 2006 during the 59th World Health Assembly. Ministers of Health or their representatives from 16 countries affected by dracunculiasis (9 endemic...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Statistical table)
June 16, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 9 to 15 June 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 9 au 15 juin 2006 Cholera / Cholera Cases...

Avian influenza, Indonesia--update (1)/Grippe aviaire, Indonesie--mise a jour (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
June 9, 2006... During the first week of June 2006, Indonesian health authorities and WHO have been monitoring cases of influenza-like illness in 4 nurses who were involved in the care of confirmed H5N1 patients. Test results have now convincingly ruled...

Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2005-2006 (data received in who headquarters as of 23 May 2006)/Fonctionnement de la surveillance de la paralysie flasque aigue (PFA) et incidence de la poliomyelite, 2005-2006 (donnees recues par le siege de l'oms au 23 mai 2006).(Statistical table)
June 9, 2006... PERFORMANCE OF ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS (AFP) SURVEILLANCE AND INCIDENCE OF POLIOMYELITIS, 2005-2006 (DATA RECEIVED IN WHO HEADQUARTERS AS OF 23 MAY 2006) FONCTIONNEMENT DE LA SURVEILLANCE DE LA PARALYSIE FLASQUE AIGUE (PFA) ET...

International health regulations/Reglement sanitaire international.(Statistical table)
June 9, 2006... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 17 to 23 March 2006 / Notifications de maladies recues du 17 au 23 mars 2006 Cholera / Cholera ...

Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis/Programme mondial pour l'elimination de la filariose lymphatique.
June 2, 2006... Progress report on mass drug administrations in 2005 Following the call of World Health Assembly resolution WHA50.29 in 1997, governments of countries endemic for lymphatic filariasis (LF) have been, since 2000, initiating programmes to...