Saturday, April 20, 2013

NTD's in the news this week (14 Apr - 20 Apr)


AllAfrica.com - Apr 20. 2013
PUBLIC health officers from Port Reitz Hospital in Mombasa have embarked on a community health campaign against Dengue Fever after one person was diagnosed with the ailment in the area.


The Sunday Times - Singapore - Apr 20, 2013
There have been 4,756 dengue cases so far this year, higher than the 4,632 cases in all of last year, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Saturday.

Kansas City Star - Apr 20, 2013
And in recent years, an international effort has been mounted to eliminate an especially horrid and painful condition, the Guinea worm disease. It is contracted by drinking stagnant water, which often contains larvae of the parasite. 

Atlanta Journal Constitution - Apr 20, 2013
“During the infection, you have to stop working because it's a very painful condition and you cannot do anything during that time,” said Djawe, now an epidemiologist who studies Guinea worm infections with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Philippine Star - Apr 20, 2013
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday warned the public not to be complacent about dengue as the disease is “very much present” even in summer and has already killed seven people in the first quarter of the year.

7th Space Interactive (press release) - Apr 20, 2013
Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is a geographically widespread anthropozoonosis that is considered a major public health problem in Latin America. Because this parasite presents high genetic variability, a nomenclature has been adopted to ...

Channel News Asia - ‎Apr 20, 2013
“Community efforts are key to break the dengue transmission cycle, and we encourage all residents to play a part in stopping dengue. This is very important because we need everyone to take the active steps in removing mosquito breeding in their homes ...

The Star - Apr 20, 2013
PUBLIC health officers from Port Reitz Hospital in Mombasa have embarked on a community health campaign against Dengue Fever after one person was diagnosed with the ailment in the area.

Trinidad News - Apr 20, 2013
PERSONS in Trinidad and Tobago may be among the 93 million persons worldwide threatened with the deadly viral illness, Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF), said environmental health expert, Prof Dave Chadee, at his Professorial Inaugural Lecture at the ...

Calcutta Telegraph - Apr 20, 2013
Dengue has sneaked in for a new season of sting while babudom is still breeding plans to prevent an outbreak like the one that claimed more than 15 lives last year.

Straits Times - Apr 20, 2013
The feared Aedes mosquito that transmits the dengue virus. More than 460 grassroots leaders, volunteers and ambassadors from the Health Promotion Board attended a training session on Saturday to learn how to identify Aedes mosquitoes and to prevent ...

Channel News Asia - Apr 19, 2013
Some nursing homes and childcare centres located near dengue hotspots are stepping up measures to stay clear from the disease.

Inquirer.net - ‎Apr 19, 2013
Assistant Health secretary Dr. Eric Tayag (third from right) turned over anti-dengue materials to Batangas Vice Gov. Mark Leviste (fourth from right) to symbolically start this year's campaign against dengue. Also present during the event were (from right): ...

Inquirer.net ‎- ‎Apr 19, 2013
MANILA, Philippines—Despite scorching temperatures in Metro Manila, disease-carrying mosquitos that breed in stagnant water remain a year-round threat, with health officials recording seven deaths due to dengue out of some 2,300 cases since the start of ...

Philippine Information Agency - ‎Apr 19, 2013
QUEZON CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) cautioned the public again on the dangers of dengue as death toll from the disease hits seven during the first quarter of 2013. “We have to be reminded that dengue is perennial throughout the ...

Himalayan Times - Apr 19, 2013
BAITADI: Three-year-old Prakriti Dhami of Nawali VDC died on Thursday after a snake bit her at Sittada VDC in Baitadi district. She was playing in the backyard of her uncle's house when the incident happened at around 10.00 am. She took her last breath ...

Sun.Star - Apr 19, 2013
SUMMER heat is not a deterrent to dengue, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday, as the absence of rain pushes people to store water in containers where mosquitoes can live.

Inquirer.netApr 19, 2013
MANILA, Philippines—Despite scorching temperatures in Metro Manila, disease-carrying mosquitos that breed in stagnant water remain a year-round threat, with health officials recording seven deaths due to dengue out of some 2,300 cases since the start ...

The Telegraph - Calcutta Telegraph- Apr 19, 2013
Dengue has sneaked in for a new season of sting while babudom is still breeding plans to prevent an outbreak like the one that claimed more than 15 lives last year. The first confirmed case of dengue was reported from Shib Shankar Lane in Shyambazar ...

Syracuse.com- Apr 19, 2013
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Researchers from across the country will convene at Upstate Medical University Friday, April 26 for a global health research forum on dengue, a debilitating mosquito-borne viral disease that is a leading cause of illness and death in ...and more »

Vanguard Nigeria - Apr 18, 2013

Mumbai Mirror - ‎Apr 18, 2013‎
“We are targeting large houses and residences of senior citizens, as they are very vulnerable to dengue,” said Shankarwar.

The Global Dispatch - Apr 18, 2013
Schistosomiasis, also referred to as Bilharzia and Katayama fever, is an infection with a type of Schistosoma parasite.

CNN - Apr 18, 2013
"We have to enlist everyone's support," Brilliant said. "We are all in this together. Polio and guinea worm soon will be eradicated -- and I hope to see a photo finish there. "Eighty countries came together to end smallpox -- the disease that reigned ...

LiveScience.com - Apr 18, 2013
What is this, a hospital for snakebites? Actually, yes. In Nigeria, officials are preparing to build a 122-bed hospital exclusively for 

El Diario de Hoy - Apr 18, 2013
Opinión BoliviaMal de Chagas acecha más en LatinoaméricaEl Diario de HoyLa enfermedad de Chagas, cuyos afectados sufren lesiones crónicas irreversibles en sus órganos internos, está ocasionada por el parásito 

7th Space Interactive (press release) -Apr 18, 2013
However, to date, parkinsonism following dengue has not been reported in medical literature. Case presentationA previously well 18-year old man developed parkinsonism, in addition to other neurological symptoms following serologically confirmed dengue ..

ABC Online - Apr 18, 2013
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill has called on the Queensland Government to devote more resources to curb the latest outbreak of dengue fever. The Public Health Unit is investigating two more suspected cases of the virus in Wulguru and Mundingburra.

Global Times - ‎Apr 17, 2013‎
The health ministry urged the public to stay vigilant as dengue is transmitted by black and white striped mosquitoes often found in the home.

The Courier - Apr 17, 2013
Hookworm, a soil-transmitted parasite, affects 740 million people worldwide and can stunt growth and cause decreased cognitive development, anemia and chronic fatigue. Gemma and area manager Colin Petrie were keen to raise awareness of the disease

All Africa.com - Apr 17, 2013
Government Committed to Fighting Sleeping SicknessAllAfrica.comLuanda — The Angolan government is the only one in Africa engaged in self-funding of combating and controlling trypanosomiasis disease, commonly known as sleeping sickness, Angop learnt Wednesday in Luanda. The information was said by the director ...

Rockhampton Morning Bulletin - Apr 17, 2013
A 37-YEAR-OLD man was airlifted from Moranbah to Mackay Hospital yesterday after he was bitten by a brown snake on his left foot.

The News International - ‎Apr 17, 2013
Inspector General of Prisons Punjab, Mian Farooq Nazeer told APP here Tuesday that Jail Medical Officers have been appointed as "Focal Persons" for anti-denguemeasures. 

Medical Xpress - ‎Apr 17, 2013
Brazil's health ministry says the number of dengue cases in Latin America's biggest country has started to decline after rising sharply in the first three months of the year.

Channel News Asia - ‎Apr 17, 2013‎
SINGAPORE: Researchers in Singapore have found a way to predict more accurately if denguefever patients could develop complications.

Prensa Latina - ‎Apr 17, 2013
Medical College Asks Honduran Government to Decree Dengue Emergency 17 de abril de 2013, 12:27Tegucigalpa, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) The authorities of the Medical College of Honduras (CMH) recommended the Ministry of Health to declare a state of ...

Geo News, Pakistan - ‎Apr 17, 2013
KARACHI: Three new cases of dengue fever were reported in Karachi on Wednesday, said Dr. Aamir Shakil Mullick, Coordinator, Dengue Surveillance Cell, Sindh. 

Ninemsn - Apr 17, 2013
Townsville Public Health Unit physician Dr Steven Donohue says dengue was probably brought to the city by sick travellers from Cairns, where more than 100 cases have been confirmed this year.

The New Indian Express - ‎Apr 17, 2013
Majority of the dengue and chikungunya cases reported during the summer are from places where water is stored, the health director said.

Straits Times - ‎Apr 17, 2013
Most dengue patients have a mild but painful form of the mosquito-borne illness, but a fraction develop its more severe form, dengue haemorrhagic fever. 

Digital Journal.com - Apr 17, 2013
International research team uncovers clues to parasitic disease (Includes ...DigitalJournal.comTrypanosoma cruzi is a parasite that causes an infection known as Chagas disease. The disease is found mainly in Latin American 

Examiner.com - Apr 17, 2013
Most archeologists believed that the sets were used for personal hygiene, but Wendy Morris, a graduate archeology student at Oxford University, noticed that the ancient kits resembled implements used in folk remedies to treat trachoma. Trachoma is ...

Vatican Radio - Apr 17, 2013
And people are suffering. We are witnessing epidemics, tuberculosis,leishmaniasis (an untreatable sand fly-born skin infection that leaves disfiguring scarring)… things, diseases that I have never heard of personally.” 

South China Morning Post - Apr 15, 2013
Rare practice of 'eye shaving' still part of daily life in ChengduSouth China Morning PostThe practice was widely used in hospitals 60 or 70 years ago to treat trachoma, said Qu Chao, deputy director of the opthalmology department 

KWKT - Apr 15, 2013
The warmer weather has been welcomed in Central Texas but it also brings unwelcome visitors like snakes to your backyard. "The summer months are really the peak of the snake bite season but they start out when the weather gets ...

Healio - Apr 15, 2013
S. stercoralis documented from organ donor to recipientsHealioThe transmission of Strongyloides stercoralis to three of four organ recipients has been traced to a single donor, who was not tested for the disease before 

Devex - Apr 15, 2013
In its 2012 year-end report, the Access to Medicine Foundation rates Pfizer's long-standing donations of Diflucan for HIV and AIDS, and Zithromax for trachoma as above average compared with its peers. Pfizer also improved Zithromax for use in the ...

HealthDesk - Apr 15, 2013
L'osservazione che le persone infestate da questi parassiti sembrano protette da queste malattie intestinali ha spinto un gruppo di ricercatori del Langone Medical Center di New York a somministrare le uova di un parassita comune, Trichuris trichiura, ...

L'Infodrome - Apr 14, 2013
Les élèves ont été invités, à travers, le projet « prends la main de ton frère ou sœur dans le besoin et partage avec lui ton morceau de pain», à cotiser 100 francs Cfa, en mars et avril 2013, pour aider les élèves qui souffrent du sida, de l'ulcère ...

Philippine Information Agency - ‎Apr 17, 2013
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) Region 10 has recorded a significant decrease of dengue cases in the region from January to April 2013. From 632 cases in January, it dropped to 115 as of April 12.

Pakistan Daily Times - Apr 17, 2013
Punjab govt 'taking no chances' on dengue, measles. LAHORE: Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab, Najam Sethi has said there is an urgent need to take steps on war footing against measles.

Pakistan Observer - Apr 17, 2013
The fear of dengue fever has come back with the changing season, the sites of standing water is a breeding ground for this mosquito and an open invitation to the spread of this lethal disease.

CBC.ca - Apr 16, 2013
An active young man from Halifax is facing a long recovery after coming down with dengue fever during a recent winter getaway.

Channel News Asia - ‎Apr 16, 2013
SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) said Tuesday that the number of dengue cases could hit an all-time high of more than 1000 when the peak season starts in May, cautioning that the country may face its worst ever dengueepidemic.

Sun.Star - ‎Apr 16, 2013
THE Department of Health (DOH) in Negros Oriental province expressed alarm over the increasing cases of dengue in the province even during summer days.

Huffington Post - Apr 16, 2013
The Eye of the Beholder: Why Fighting Trachoma MattersHuffington PostYet, trachoma lingers in the most neglected countries on earth, with more than 320 million people remaining at risk. It has been estimated that the economic cost 

The Global Dispatch - Apr 16, 2013
According to ECDC numbers, seventy-eight patients have been diagnosed in European countries with dengue infection after returning from Madeira: 11 in mainland Portugal, 23 in the UK, 19 in Germany, three in France, five in Sweden, seven in Finland, two ...

TopNews United States - ‎Apr 16, 2013
If to go as per the Dengue Clinic then more than 40 people were found to be suffering from dengue and that too in a day.

The Portugal News - Apr 16, 2013
The number of cases of dengue fever on Portugal's island of Madeira continues to decline to residual levels with practically no incidences of mosquito activity taking place in March, the General Directorate of Health reported this week.

GlobalPost - ‎Apr 15, 2013
Speaking to reporters at the end a three-day international workshop on management, quality and safety in healthcare, the minister said only six cases of dengue fever were reported during the past week in the southern African country. Van-Dunem urged ...

EurekAlert (press release) - ‎Apr 15, 2013
SAN DIEGO - (April 15, 2013) As efforts to create a strong and effective vaccine for the dreaded dengue virus continue to hit snags, a new study from researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology offers surprising evidence that ...

Radio New Zealand International - ‎Apr 15, 2013
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community's Health Protection manager says there is a very high risk the dengue fever that is affecting Solomon Islands will spread around the Pacific.

NorthFulton.com - ‎Apr 15, 2013
ATLANTA - A local scientist is working toward a cure for the Dengue virus, a mosquito-borne, tropical disease that infects 100 million people and kills 24,000 people annually.

TODAY online - ‎Apr 15, 2013
SINGAPORE - The number of reported dengue cases during the week of April 7 to 13 has hit an all-time high for this year. A total of 492 cases were reported, an increase of 86 cases compared to the week before - 31 March to 6 April.

PakistanToday.com.pk - ‎Apr 15, 2013
The Dengue Department was formed under the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to work in the Punjab. Since its inception, the department is functioning under the EPA on temporary basis and it appears that there are no prospects it would start working ...

Asian Scientist Magazine - ‎Apr 15, 2013
Dengue is the most medically relevant mosquito-borne viral illness affecting humans today, with an estimated 390 million people infected each year.

Radio Australia - Apr 15, 2013
A team of health specialists from Australia and Fiji has arrived in Solomon Islands to tackle an outbreak of dengue fever. Since the first case was reported four months ago, the virus has continued to spread quickly.

Science Daily (press release) - ‎Apr 15, 2013
Sci., and his team found that T cells, which are key disease-fighting cells of the immune system, play an important protective role in controlling dengue virus infection, rather than creating an aberrant response that can ultimately worsen the disease ...

Gizmag - ‎Apr 15, 2013
Cases of dengue fever, the symptoms of which include high temperature, an aching body, and fatigue, have increased 30-fold in the last 50 years.

Radio New Zealand International - ‎Apr 15, 2013‎
The Ministry of Health in Solomon Islands says the outbreak of dengue fever is expected to continue for at least another month.

DigitalJournal.com - ‎Apr 14, 2013‎
Dengue fever is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles.

Sun.Star - ‎Apr 14, 2013
THE Department of Health (DOH) in Davao region recorded an increase of 82 percent in dengue cases for the first three months this year compared to the same period last year.. According to the Department of Health-Update on Dengue Surveillance, the ...

The Global Dispatch - ‎Apr 14, 2013
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there may be 50–100 million dengue infections worldwide every year. However, new research from the University of Oxford and the Wellcome Trust, using cartographic approaches, estimate there to be 390 ...

Sun.Star - Apr 14, 2013
THE Department of Health (DOH) in Davao region recorded an increase of 82 percent in dengue cases for the first three months this year compared to the same period last year.

La Crónica de Hoy - Apr 13, 2013
Las enfermedades parasitarias pueden adquirirse a través de los alimentos o del agua contaminada (como la fascioliasis o la teniasis), por la picadura de un insecto (como la malaria o la enfermedad del sueño), y pueden causar desde molestias leves ...


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From: Maestro Vichozo - Apr 20, 2013
DENGUE-Biología de Aedes Aegypti El responsable de esparcir el dengue por el mundo, es un mosquito rayado conocido con el nombre científico de Aedes aegypti. Un mosquito culícido, o sea de l... 

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The ABSCBN News - Published on Apr 18, 2013
The World Health Organization said that 200 to 300 Filipinos die of rabies every year, with one out of three deaths involving persons aged 15 and below.

The Carter Center - Apr 17, 2013
Nobody Should Have to Do This (The Carter Center) For more information on The Carter Center, 

by END7 - Published on Apr 16, 2013
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Jewish NGO fights Chagas Disease Every year, the World Health Organization celebrates International Chagas Day. A date to remember a neglected tropical disease, which still affects millions ...
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