Weekly Epidemiological Record articles from October 2004

Weekly Epidemiological Record archives from October 2004

Avian influenza, Thailand (1)/Grippe aviaire, Thailande (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
October 29, 2004... On 25 October 2004, the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand confirmed an additional fatal case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The patient was a 14-year-old girl from Sukhothai Province. She developed symptoms on 8 October and...

Laboratory surveillance for wild and vaccine-derived polioviruses, January 2003-June 2004/Surveillance au laboratoire des poliovirus sauvages et derives d'une souche vaccinale, Janvier 2003-juin 2004.
October 29, 2004... WHO established a global network of virology laboratories in 1988 to support the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The network is a key component of a surveillance system that investigates cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) for...

New WHO 5 Keys Strategy for safer food/ Nouvelle Strategie OMS des 5 clefs pour la securite sanitaire des aliments.
October 29, 2004... Each year, unsafe food makes at least 2 billion people ill worldwide, or about one third of the global population. Yet 5 simple prevention techniques could significantly reduce this burden of disease. On the occasion of the Second Global...

Influenza/Grippe.(Brief article)
October 29, 2004... Influenza activity remained low in most parts of the world in week 42. Canada. (1) One outbreak was reported during week 42. Influenza activity remained generally low. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. (1) Influenza...

Corrigendum, to No. 40, 2004/Rectificatif Au No 40, 2004.(Correction notice)
October 29, 2004... CORRIGENDUM, TO No. 40, 2004 / RECTIFICATIF AU No 40, 2004 Please read as follows (changes shown in bold italics). Priere de lire comme suit (changements indiques en gras italique). Table 1, p. 366. Tableau 1, p. 366. ...

International Health Regulations/ Reglement Sanitaire International.(Statistical table)(Brief article)
October 29, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 22 to 28 October 2004 / Notifications de maladies recues du 22 au 28 octobre 2004 Cholera / Cholera ...

Influenza in the world/La grippe dans le monde.
October 22, 2004... 1 October 2003-30 September 2004 Between October 2003 and September 2004, influenza activity was generally mild to moderate. In North America and western Europe, where outbreaks were earlier and more severe than during the past three...

Fifth meeting of the Steering Committee on Immunization Safety/ Cinquieme comite d'orientation sur la securite vaccinale.
October 22, 2004... Report on progress in immunization safety and Committee recommendations The WHO Steering Committee on Immunization Safety was established in 1999 to provide strategic advice to the WHO Immunization Safety Priority Project, a time-limited...

International Health Regulations/ Reglement Sanitaire International.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
October 22, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS/ REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 15 to 21 October 2004 / Notifications de maladies recues du 15 au 21 octobre 2004 Cholera / Cholera ...

Avian influenza, Thailand/Grippe aviaire, Thailande.
October 15, 2004... Situation in Thailand On 4 October 2004, the Ministry of Public Health in Thailand confirmed a further case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The case, which was fatal, was a 9-year-old girl from the northern province of...

Tenth informal consultation on the global polio laboratory network, 6-8 September 2004/Dixieme consultation informelle sur le reseau mondial des laboratories de la poliomyelite, 6-8 septembre 2004.
October 15, 2004... Background A global network of virology laboratories was established by WHO in 1988 to support the Polio eradication initiative. Representatives of reference laboratories serving the remaining polio-endemic regions and of 7 global...

Food safety regulators meet in Bangkok, Thailand (1)/ Les responsables de la securite sanitaire des aliments reunis a Bangkok, Thailande (1).
October 15, 2004... Faced with an increasing global burden of foodborne disease, more than 300 food safety regulators from over 100 countries gathered in Bangkok for the Second Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators from 12 to 14 October 2004. (2) The...

Voyages internationaux et sante 2004/ Nouveau site web en francais.
October 15, 2004... Merci de bien vouloir noter que la version electronique de Voyages internationaux et sante 2004 est desormais disponible en francais a l'adresse suivante: www.who.int/ith/ Ce site web donne des renseignements sur l'ensemble des risques...

International Health Regulations/ Reglement Sanitaire International.(Brief article)(Statistical data)
October 15, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 8 to 14 October 2004 / Notifications de maladies recues du 8 au 14 octobre 2004 Cholera / Cholera ...

WHO web sites on infectious diseases--updated on 15 October 2004 */Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses--mis a jour le 15 octobre 2004 *.(List)
October 15, 2004... WHO web sites on infectious diseases--updated on 15 October 2004 * Sites internet de l'OMS sur les maladies infectieuses--mis a jour le 15 octobre 2004 * Antimicrobial resistance http://oms2.b3e.jussieu.fr/ ...

Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2005 influenza season/Composition recommandee des vaccins antigrippaux pour la saison 2005.
October 8, 2004... This recommendation relates to the composition of vaccines for the forthcoming winter in the southern hemisphere (May-October 2005). A recommendation will be made in February 2005 which relates to vaccines that will be used for the winter in...

Human African trypanosomiasis: emergency action in southern Sudan/Trypanosomiase humaine africaine: action d'urgence au Soudan meridional.
October 8, 2004... Background Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, remains a significant public health problem in sub-Saharan African countries. During the last century, although Sudan suffered a series of successive HAT...

Influenza/Grippe.
October 8, 2004... Except in Canada, where an increasing influenza activity was reported, activity remained low in most parts of the world in weeks 36-39. Australia. (1) Influenza activity remained low since week 36; only one localized outbreak was...

Corrigendum, to No. 40, 2004/Rectificatif au No 40, 2004.(Correction notice)
October 8, 2004... CORRIGENDUM, TO No. 40, 2004/RECTIFICATIF AU No 40, 2004 Please read as follows (changes shown in bold italics), under Philippines, table 4, p. 364. Priere de lire comme suit (changements indiques en gras italique), sous...

International Health Regulations/Reglement Sanitaire International.
October 8, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS/REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 1 to 7 October 2004/Notifications de maladies recues du 1 au 7 octobre 2004 Cholera/Cholera Cases/Deaths...

Cholera, Chad--update (1)/Cholera, Tchad--mise a jour (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)(Brief article)
October 1, 2004... A total of 3910 cases and 164 deaths (case-fatality rate, 4.2%) was reported between 14 June and 19 September 2004. The outbreak is declining in the western part of the country except for Bousso where there are new outbreaks. The outbreak...

Hepatitis E, Chad--update (1)/Hepatite E, Tchad--mise a jour (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)(Brief article)
October 1, 2004... Between 26 June and 17 September a total of 1442 cases and 46 deaths (case-fatality rate, 3.2%) of suspected hepatitis E have been reported from refugee camps Goz Amer and Djabal and neighbouring villages. The overall weekly number of...

Hepatitis E, Sudan--update (1)/Hepatite E, Soudan--mise a jour (1).(OUTBREAK NEWS/LE POINT SUR LES EPIDEMIES)
October 1, 2004... Between 22 May and 17 September a total of 6861 cases and 87 deaths of suspected hepatitis E was reported from health clinics in the Greater Darfur region through the early warning alert and response network (EWARN). The total number of...

Report on the mid-term assessment of microfilaraemia reduction in sentinel sites of 13 countries of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis/Reduction de la microfilaremie sur les sites sentinelles de 13 pays du Programme mondial pour l'elimination de la filariose lymphatique: rapport d'evaluation a mi-parcours.
October 1, 2004... Mass drug administration In 1999, the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis was launched, applying its strategy of mass drug administration (MDA) using co-administration of albendazole plus diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC)...

Global distribution of influenza vaccines, 2000-2003/ Distribution mondiale de vaccins antigrippaux, 2000-2003.
October 1, 2004... The Influenza Vaccine Supply (IVS) International Task Force, a specialized group of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), has gathered information from its member companies on the global...

Revised WHO drinking-water guidelines to help prevent water-related outbreaks and disease/Directives revisees par l'OMS pour l'eau de boisson afin de prevenir les flambees de maladies hydriques.
October 1, 2004... Ensuring drinking-water is safe is a challenge in every part of the world, from water piped into people's homes, to rural wells and water provided to refugee camps in an emergency. Contamination of drinking-water is too often detected only...

International Health Regulations/Reglement Sanitaire International.(Statistical data)
October 1, 2004... INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS / REGLEMENT SANITAIRE INTERNATIONAL Notifications of diseases received from 24 to 30 September 2004 / Notifications de maladies recues du 24 au 30 septembre 2004 Cholera / Cholera ...