Publication Date: 8th May 2013 Subject: Public health Rising incidences of a growing list of tick and mosquito borne diseases such as Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever and even Malaria are “a serious” cause for concern in this country, according to health experts meeting at the annual public health conference of the Chartered … Read More
DENGUE
Dengue spreading fast, says WHO
Dengue is the world’s fastest-spreading tropical disease and represents a “pandemic threat,” infecting an estimated 50 million people across all continents, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. Report by Reuters Transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes, the disease is occurring more widely due to increased movement of people and goods — including … Read More
Update on the outbreak of Dengue on island of Madeira
Press Release 13th December, 2012: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ‘As of 9 December 2012, the Portuguese Ministry of Health has reported 2 050 cases of dengue infection from the Autonomous Region of Madeira. During the current outbreak, 121 people have been hospitalised and no deaths or cases of severe dengue have been … Read More
Paraguay coordina esfuerzos contra el dengue que ha cobrado 70 vidas en 2012
70 people dead from Dengue fever in Paraguay this year, to date 454 confirmed cases and disturbing evidence to show possible epidemic in 2013. Las autoridades sanitarias de Paraguay se reunieron este miércoles para coordinar medidas de emergencia con el fin de hacer frente al dengue, que ya se ha cobrado la vida de 70 … Read More
Dengue Fever at Epidemic levels in India
The Hindu today reported that ‘A Press Information Bureau update received on Friday (figures up to November 15) stated there were a total of 9249 cases and 60 deaths’ from Dengue. What are the Indian government doing about this Dengue epidemic, they are arguing about whether or not the statistics from various counting centres and … Read More
Más reclamaciones de los Remedios herbarios para el Dengue y la Malaria
Más reclamaciones de los remedios a base de hierbas para el dengue y la malaria, pero con una falta distintiva de la evidencia científica que los respalde. Si estas afirmaciones son verdad, entonces ¿por qué no las grandes empresas internacionales de medicamentos recogidos en estas curas bala de plata? Volviendo a las medidas básicas de … Read More
Dengue epidemia na Madeira precisa de uma ação urgente.
A seguir foi publicado no PTJornal por hoje por Miguel Moreira. Sr. Moreira estava citando comentários feitos por Francisco George, Director-Geral da Saúde, para o Centro de Controlo e Prevenção de Doenças da Europa. “Dada a dramática expansão da transmissão endémica da dengue mundialmente nos últimos 20 ou 30 anos e dado o alto número … Read More
Major dengue fever outbreak in Europe
AFP 21/11/2012 STOCKHOLM — Europe is experiencing its first sustained transmission of dengue fever since the 1920s after an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in Madeira, Portugal, that has infected more than 1,300 people, an EU agency said. The Portuguese health ministry reported 1,357 cases as of November 11, 669 of which were laboratory confirmed … Read More
Cambodia accused of serious Corruption in malaria fight
Not a great reflection on a country when you cannot trust the state’s appointed agents! 14th November 2012 A major international aid fund has accused Cambodia of “serious” corruption in the use of money intended to combat malaria and other life-threatening diseases. The UN-backed Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria said a probe … Read More
International conference: Dengue battle is just beginning
According to an article published in the International Herald Tribune, reports from Lahore in India show that despite the widespread use of fumigation and fogging as a deterrent, this method has not been successful in eliminating the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which causes Dengue. In a speech given at the International Dengue Conference, Dr Lee Chin said … Read More
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