The doctors are advising the public to eat a healthy diet and keep themselves away from any such place that breeds mosquitoes. Hyderabad: With the onset of monsoon in Hyderabad, cases of vector and water-borne diseases have witnessed a surge in the city. Speaking to ANI, Superintendent of Hyderabad-based Government …
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has announced the release of additional funds to tackle the outbreak of the Chikungunya Virus. At a press conference on Thursday, Simpson Miller revealed that the Government has approved a further J$350 million to provide resources. She noted that although more money …
SANTO, DOMINGO – An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region, leaping from the Caribbean to the Central and South American mainland and infecting more than 1 million people. Some cases already have emerged in the United States. While …
BRASÍLIA (AFP) - Brazil's authorities on Tuesday reported the first domestically contracted cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, prompting the government to announce it was stepping up attempts to control the disease. The joint disease, which causes high fever and painful arthritis, is endemic to Africa and south Asia but …
Outlying Areas Like Ambattur At Highest Threat Of Disease The occasional spells of rain in the city over the past few days have led to a sharp spike in vector-borne diseases, especially chikun gunya, in the city, particularly in outlying areas like Ambattur. Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to …
KINGSTON, Jamaica-- Minister of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson says J$12 million is set to address the spread of the Chikungunya virus that is currently threatening the country. Dr Ferguson speaking at the Jamaica Observer Monday Exchange said that his ministry is embarking on a joined-up Government initiative with the Local …
OTTAWA, Canada (CMC) – Canada has warned travellers to the Caribbean to protect themselves from mosquito bites as the spread of the Chikungunya disease continues across the region. “Consult a health care provider or visit a travel health clinic at least six weeks before you travel,” said the Public Health …
A new vaccine in its first human trials may offer protection against the chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne infection that causes fever and severe joint pain, researchers reported Thursday in The Lancet. As of June 13, there were an estimated 166,000 suspected cases in the Caribbean and South America. Last month, …
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health has reported two more cases of the chikungunya disease in Jamaica. This has brought to four the number of cases that health officials are now addressing. The latest cases were from local transmission as the infected persons had no history of travel outside …
The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says the number of new cases of the Chikungunya in the Caribbean has increased, with the Dominican Republic having the most cases. PAHO said that the total figure for the mosquito-borne disease had reached 513,393 cases, compared with 473,523 cases a week earlier. The …
ERODE: More than 100 people including women and children fell ill with a mysterious fever in Kadambur, a forest hamlet in Sathyamangalam reserve forest in Erode district. According to villagers, they have been suffering from fever and joint pains for the past one month. Meanwhile, the district administration immediately sent …
DR Marion Bullock-Ducasse, director of emergency, disaster management and special services in the health ministry, last night urged Jamaicans to take precautions when travelling to countries with Case of chikungunya. Her call followed the ministry's confirmation of the second imported case of chikungunya. Dr DuCasse explained that, in both cases, …
The number of Chikungunya cases in Ramanagaram and Chikballapur districts seems to be increasing. Forty-five cases were reported from Ramanagaram and 33 from Chikballapur districts while only three cases were reported in the neighbouring Bangalore Urban district since January this year. According to Health Department officials, no one has died …
Hospitals across the city have reported an increase in vector-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria and other monsoon-related diseases like viral fever, common flu, eye and stomach infection this year. “There is a slow but steady rise in the number of water and vector borne diseases this season. With …
The Ministry of Health has established a committee to monitor the threat of the Chikungunya virus to the island. The committee is headed by Director, Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services, Dr Marion Bullock Duccasse, and meets weekly to discuss that and other matters, Minister of Health, Dr Ferguson said …
Bangalore’s neighbour Ramanagara district has been a cause for perpetual concern as it continues to bear the brunt of mosquito menace, with the highest number of dengue and chikungunya cases coming to light in the district. According to statistics provided by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, 45 out …
Haiti has recorded nearly 40,000 cases of chikungunya, according to figures released here yesterday by the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP). It said that as a result of the 39,343 cases of the mosquito- borne disease, MSPP officials met with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO-WHO), UNICEF, the …
Infectious diseases of poverty, also labeled tropical diseases or neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and caused by pathogenic agents (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites), are viciously more prevalent among poor people. Though being preventable for the most part in a cost-effective way, they are devastating. These are, to name a …
AURANGABAD: After taking charge as the Aurangabad division assistant director of health services, Sanjay Deshpande called on health officials to stress the need for a high level of preparation to tackle the outbreak of vector-borne diseases, which occurs in the monsoon. He warned that the weather is conducive to malaria, …
Suriname has reported its first case of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya disease and blamed a visitor from St Maarten for introducing the virus. Several Caribbean countries have reported cases of chikungunya, a viral disease, carried mainly by the Aedes aegypti mosquito that causes a dengue-like sickness. Symptoms include a sudden high …
