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WHO – updated Zika situation report – 15 September 2016

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:10:10 +0000

Key updates Countries and territories reporting mosquito-borne Zika virus infections for the first time in the past week: None Countries in the Western Pacific Region have been reporting new cases as seen in Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia. Countries and territories reporting microcephaly and other central nervous system (CNS) malformations potentially associated with Zika virus infection […]

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WHO – updated Zika causality statement on the evidence for a causal link to congenital brain abnormalities and GBS

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 06:45:20 +0000

Since 2013, an unexpected rise in the number of reported cases of the neurological disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome2 (GBS) in French Polynesia, Brazil and other countries in the Americas led specialists to infer a link with an ongoing outbreak of Zika virus infection. Reports of unexpected increases in cases of microcephaly in north-eastern Brazil also led […]

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WHO confirms Zika virus strain imported from the Americas to Cabo Verde

admin — Fri, 20 May 2016 12:47:32 +0000

Brazzaville / 20 May 2016 – Sequencing of the virus in Cabo Verde by Institut Pasteur, Dakar confirms that the Zika virus currently circulating in Cabo Verde is the same as the one circulating in the Americas – the Asian type- and was most likely imported from Brazil. This is the first time that the […]

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WHO/PAHO statement on Zika virus and the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games

admin — Thu, 12 May 2016 14:28:53 +0000

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recognize that athletes and visitors are seeking more information on the risks of Zika and ways to prevent infection while attending the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games (5 August to 18 September 2016). Brazil is one of the 58 countries and territories […]

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1 year since lab confirmation of Brazil’s first Zika case

admin — Thu, 05 May 2016 13:30:25 +0000

In early February 2015, doctors in the impoverished northeastern part of Brazil noticed a surge in the number of people complaining about a mild illness, with and without fever, characterized by rash, fatigue, joint pains, and red eyes. The illness was brief and recovery was spontaneous. A mild form of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease hyperendemic […]

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WHO statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR(2005)) Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations

admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 06:18:12 +0000

The second meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders in some areas affected by Zika virus was held by teleconference on 8 March 2016, from 13:00 to 16:45 Central European Time. The WHO Secretariat briefed […]

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Interim guidance on monitoring and managing insecticide resistance in Aedes mosquito populations

admin — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:45:05 +0000

The use of safe and efficacious insecticides against the adult and larval populations of mosquito vectors is one of the most effective ways to rapidly interrupt transmission of Zika virus, as well as other viruses transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes such as chikungunya and dengue. Insecticide resistance monitoring in field populations of Aedes is required to […]

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WHO: Pregnancy management in the context of Zika virus

admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 06:29:08 +0000

The mosquito vector that carries the Zika virus thrives in warm climates and particularly in areas of poor living conditions. Pregnant women living in or travelling to such areas are at equal risk as the rest of the population of being infected by viruses borne by this vector. Maternal infection with Zika virus infection during […]

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WHO ZIKA Strategic Response Framework & Joint Operations Plan (January- June 2016 )

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:44:11 +0000

WHO has launched a global Strategic Response Framework and Joint Operations Plan to guide the international response to the spread of Zika virus infection and the neonatal malformations and neurological conditions associated with it. The strategy focuses on mobilizing and coordinating partners, experts and resources to help countries enhance surveillance of the Zika virus and […]

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WHO Assessment – Mosquito control: can it stop Zika at source?

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 06:15:39 +0000

Aedes aegypti, the principal mosquito species that transmits the Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses, has a number of breeding and behavioural quirks that make it extremely difficult to control.This article looks at conventional and new techniques for control and summarizes WHO guidance. The possibility that a mosquito bite during pregnancy could be linked to severe […]

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Research and Development ( R&D) for Zika virus remarks by Dr Kieny

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:40:50 +0000

Good morning: As you know, our relatively poor knowledge of the Zika virus presents a series of challenges for R&D. However, I am pleased to say that, based on our experience with R&D during the West Africa Ebola epidemic, WHO’s R&D response is proceeding very quickly for Zika. After Ebola, WHO began to draw up […]

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WHO Situation Report on Zika and neurological syndrome and congenital anomalies

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 06:24:23 +0000

Summary An Emergency Committee was convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) on 1 February 2016. Following the advice of the Committee, the Director-General announced the recent cluster of microcephaly and other neurologic disorders reported in Brazil to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The Emergency Committee agreed that a […]

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List of experts of the Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:48:05 +0000

Members: Dr Fernando Althabe Director, Department of Maternal and Child Health Research, Institute of Clinical and Health Policy Effectiveness, Buenos Aires, Argentina Dr Kalpana Baruah Joint Director, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India Dr Silvia Bino Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases; Head, Control […]

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WHO Media Statement on Zika virus

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:58:55 +0000

Geneva 28 January 2016–WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, will convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations. The Committee will meet on Monday 1 February in Geneva to ascertain whether the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Decisions concerning the Committee’s membership […]

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