Poliomyelitis

DOH warning: Philippines at high risk for polio - Rappler DOH warning: Philippines at high risk for polio - Rappler Posted: 17 Aug 2019 12:00 AM PDT HIGH RISK FOR POLIO. The Department of Health says the Philippines is at high risk for poliovirus transmission and advices parents to get children under 5 vaccinated to prevent the disease. MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is currently at a "high risk" for poliovirus transmission, the Department of Health (DOH) said in a statement released on Saturday, August 17. The DOH sees a high risk for transmission of poliovirus, the virus that causes poliomyelitis or polio, because of low vaccination coverage, poor early surveillance of polio symptoms, and substandard sanitation practices. Polio is a highly contagious disease caused by poliovirus invading the nervous system. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, vomiting, stiff neck and sudden onset of floppy arms or legs. In...

OPINION EXCHANGE | Good news: Africa hasn't reported a case of polio in three years - Star Tribune OPINION EXCHANGE | Good news: Africa hasn't reported a case of polio in three years - Star Tribune Africa begins countdown to being polio free as Nigeria marks 3 years without disease - CNN Polio Outbreak Reported in Ghana - Vax Before Travel OPINION EXCHANGE | Good news: Africa hasn't reported a case of polio in three years - Star Tribune Posted: 29 Aug 2019 03:38 PM PDT On Aug. 21, we turned on our computers to learn of great news from Africa. Nigeria, the last country on that continent to report cases of the wild poliovirus, had not reported a case in three years. This means that the entire African region could be certified as free of the wild poliovirus as soon as mid-2020. The news was especially gratifying because Nigeria came close to this milestone three years ago, before four cases of ...

Vaccine coalition unveils ambitious plan to immunize 300 million children - STAT Vaccine coalition unveils ambitious plan to immunize 300 million children - STAT Posted: 29 Aug 2019 04:05 PM PDT G avi, the Vaccine Alliance, has unveiled an ambitious plan to expand the number of doses it helps developing countries purchase, aiming to vaccinate an additional 300 million children from 2021 to 2025. The Geneva-based organization revealed to donors it needs $7.4 billion for its five-year period at an event in Japan on Friday (local time) to launch its replenishment drive. Gavi CEO Dr. Seth Berkley said donors and donor countries need advance notice to be able to work contributions into their budgeting processes, especially as several other major global health programs — the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria among them — are also undertaking funding drives. advertisement Donors wil...

News Scan for Aug 02, 2019 - CIDRAP News Scan for Aug 02, 2019 - CIDRAP Posted: 02 Aug 2019 12:00 AM PDT Six countries report more polio cases In the latest polio developments, Afghanistan and Pakistan reported more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases, and three African nations and Malaysia reported circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in cases, contacts, or the community, according to a weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). In Afghanistan, a patient from Garmser district in Hilmand province had a paralysis onset of May 26, bringing the country's WPV1 total for the year to 12. Pakistan reported two cases, one from Balochistan province and the other from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with Jun 6 and Jun 11 paralysis onsets, respectively. The country has now reported 47 WPV1 cases in 2019, already far outpacing the 12 reported for 2018. In Africa, Nigeria reported one more cVDPV2 case involving a patient fro...

Nigeria goes three years without a case of polio - BBC News Nigeria goes three years without a case of polio - BBC News Posted: 21 Aug 2019 09:10 AM PDT Image copyright AFP Image caption Polio can only be prevented through immunisation Nigeria has gone three years without a case of polio, putting it on the brink of being declared free of the disease. This is a dramatic change from 2012 when the country accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide, the World Health Organization has said . The head of the primary health care agency, Dr Faisal Shuaib, said Nigeria had reached a "historic milestone". But it will be several months before the country can officially be labelled polio-free. The first criteria, no case for three years, has been achieved. But now the WHO needs to make sure there is a robust surveillance system in Nigeria to be certain that there are no further cases of the wild polio virus, chairma...

GHS On High Alert As Ghana Records First Polio Case In 11 Years - Modern Ghana GHS On High Alert As Ghana Records First Polio Case In 11 Years - Modern Ghana Posted: 23 Aug 2019 05:17 AM PDT In response to a recent recorded case of poliomyelitis in the Chereponi District of the Northern Region, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has outlined measures to curb a further outbreak of the childhood killer disease which was last recorded in November 2008. In a press release sent to ModernGhana, the Director General of GHS, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, stated that while a national team has been deployed to assist the Chereponi District to carry out investigations, a vaccination campaign at risk areas will be conducted following approval from the Polio Advisory Group for monovalent Oral Polio Vaccine type 2 (mOPV2). Below is the full statement : POLIO OUTBREAK IN CHEREPONI DISTRICT , NORTHERN GHANA ; AUGUST , 2019 The Ministry of Health/ Ghan...

Rancho Los Amigos finishes its move into new facility - The Downey Patriot Rancho Los Amigos finishes its move into new facility - The Downey Patriot Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:28 AM PDT DOWNEY — Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center has completed the move to the renovated and expanded Jacqueline Perry Institute Inpatient Facility (JPI). Patients and staff from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Surgery and Medical Imaging departments have moved into the new facility from across campus, consolidating departments for more efficient patient care. The JPI Expansion is another milestone of "Rancho Rising 2020," a $418 million hospital consolidation project, seismic renovation and campus beautification that began in 2015. Earlier milestones include the state-of-the-art Don Knabe Wellness and Aquatic Therapy Center, which opened in 2016 and the Outpatient Building, which opened earlier this year. The new facilities are exp...