WHO prequalifies the first vaccine against mpox
Published: September 13, 2024.
https://www.who.int/news/item/13-09-2024-who-prequalifies-the-first-vaccine-against-mpox/
Epidemiological Update Oropouche in the Americas Region – 6 September 2024.
Published: September 6, 2024.
CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri.
Published: September 6, 2024.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s0906-birdflu-case-missouri.html
First phase of polio campaign concludes successfully in Gaza.
Published: September 4, 2024.
Eastern equine encephalitis, current year data (2024), USA.
Published: September 3, 2024.
https://www.cdc.gov/eastern-equine-encephalitis/data-maps/current-year-data.html
WHO exceeds target for Gaza polio vaccinations as campaign continues,
Published: September 3, 2024.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8xwxjy4y7o
West Nile virus, current year data (2024), USA.
Published: September 3, 2024.
https://www.cdc.gov/west-nile-virus/data-maps/current-year-data.html
Pfizer and Valneva say second Lyme booster led to ‘strong’ responses, target 2026 FDA submission
Published: September 3, 2024.
Mpox puts Gavi’s new pandemic fund to the test’
Published: August 31, 2024
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01775-6/fulltext
Israel agrees to pauses in fighting for polio vaccine drive
Published: August 31, 2024
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn02z5kjn40o
POLIO IN PAKISTAN
Published: August 27, 2024
Pakistan reports 3rd wild poliovirus case in Sindh, 16th case overall in 2024 (substack.com)
Health officials in Pakistan report an additional case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Sindh province. The latest case found in a 29-month-old child from Hyderabad district of Sindh province was reported by the Regional Reference Lab at the National Institute of Health.
The Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio Eradication, Ayesha Raza Farooq said that WPV1 was consistently being reported in sewage samples of Hyderabad for the last four months, reiterating the continued risk of polio circulating anywhere in the country. While poliovirus is circulating anywhere, children everywhere are at risk, she underscored.
OROPUCHE FEVER
Published: August 26, 2024
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02746-2
Once confined to the Amazon region the mysterious virus that causes the disease called Oropouche fever has been expanding its range since late 2023, spurring international concern. The virus has already caused more than 8,000 human infections in the Americas this year, most in Brazil but also in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Cuba.
DENGUE IN FRANCE
Published: August 23, 2024
As of 22 August 2024, ten cases of dengue (one imported and nine locally acquired) have been reported from the Vaucluse department. Dengue is no more a tropical disease since Aedes has spread over many regions due to global warmth.
Smallpox and mpox (orthopoxviruses): WHO position paper, August 2024.
Published: August 23, 2024
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/who-wer-9934-429-456
This position paper has 2 parts. The first focuses on recommendations for vaccines and immunization against smallpox. The second part addresses recommendations for vaccines and immunization against mpox. Each part is further divided into 2 sections: one on preventive vaccination, which applies to vaccines and immunization outside of a smallpox or mpox outbreak, and another section on smallpox or mpox outbreak response.
Disease Outbreak News. Oropouche virus disease – Region of the Americas
Published: August 23, 2024
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON530
Between 1 January and 20 July 2024, there were 8078 confirmed Oropouche cases reported in the Region of the Americas, including two deaths. The cases are reported among five countries in the region: the Plurinational State of Bolivia (356 cases), Brazil1 (7284 cases, including two deaths), Peru (290 cases), Colombia (74 cases), and Cuba (74 cases).
Sudan emergency (WHO).
Published: August 17, 2024
https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/sudan-emergency
Since April 2023, intense fighting in Sudan has led to violence leaving 11 million people in need of urgent health care. Insecurity makes the delivery of health care increasingly challenging. More than two thirds of all main hospitals in affected areas are out of service, with the ones still functioning at risk of closure due to shortages of medical staff, supplies, safe water, and electricity. Repeated attacks on health care are preventing patients and health workers from reaching hospitals and getting treated, with health facilities, medical warehouses, transportation of supplies, and health workers being targeted. The disease surveillance system, and vaccination campaigns have also been disrupted, posing a serious challenge to detect and confirm infectious disease outbreaks.
POLIO IN GAZA
Published: August 16, 2024
The United Nations chief is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza so 640,000 children can be vaccinated against polio after a 10-month-old infant has been confirmed with polio after 25 years free of this disease.
MPOX CDC FACT SHEET
Published: August 14, 2024
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/s0822-mpox-outbreak.html
On August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern about the upsurge of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa. This announcement followed the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (Africa CDC) declaration of a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security on August 13. The significant increase of clade I mpox cases, in both endemic countries (those that have previously had mpox outbreaks) and non-endemic countries (those that have historically not reported mpox outbreaks), threatens the health security of the region, as well as countries outside Africa. In addition, clade I mpox has a newer sub-clade referred to as clade Ib. Both clade Ia and clade Ib are circulating in DRC and have been detected in neighboring countries and in Sweden and Thailand (one case each associated with travel to Africa with known clade I cases).
Increase in Human Parvovirus B19 activity in the United States.
Published: August 13, 2024.
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