Yellow Fever – Africa: Congo DR A shortage of syringes is hampering plans to vaccinate people in Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] against a yellow fever epidemic despite the arrival of more than one million doses of vaccine, health officials said on Tue [5 Jul 2016]. Congo’s government declared a yellow fever [YF] epidemic last month in
Read more →Invasive Mosquito – Netherlands (Noord Holland) The product safety board NVWA is to step up its monitoring of mosquitoes at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport following the discovery of 3 yellow fever mosquitoes in 2 separate traps. The mosquitoes can spread diseases such as dengue, West Nile fever, and yellow fever, but the 3 at Schiphol were unlikely to
Read more →Kabale district has recorded another case of the hemorrhagic Rift Valley fever, barely 2 months after it was declared free of the epidemic. Dr Alex Andema, the Kabale regional referral hospital director confirmed that one person was admitted at the hospital after developing signs and symptoms of the deadly fever. Samples were taken from him and taken to
Read more →Malaria – Congo Dr: (Haut-Uele Province) Malaria in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “out of control” with many parents letting their sick children die at home because they cannot afford treatment, a medical charity (MSF) said as it ramps up its emergency response. Children under 13 [years of age] made up 80 per
Read more →Tick-borne Encephalitis in Germany In Southern Germany this year’s tick activity has started only at the end of March [2016]. At the moment this area experiences the highest tick activity (almost exclusively _Ixodes ricinus_) at least in the last 7 years, the time since standardized studies have been conducted at the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology.
Read more →Yellow fever in Angola Since December 2015, an outbreak of yellow fever (YF) has been ongoing in Angola. As of 10 April 2016, 1,751 suspected cases including 242 deaths (case fatality: 13.8%) have been reported in 17 of 18 provinces; 582 cases have been confirmed. Luanda, the capital of Angola, is the most affected province
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