[محافظة الغربية = Al - Gharbiya when put into google maps]
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 - 19:40
The Ministry of Health for four new deaths with HIV 1 The 1 world-renowned swine flu, bringing the total deaths in Egypt since the emergence of the disease and so far 244 cases.
The ministry of health said on Saturday that the case No. 241 of the Lady of the Governorate of Cairo and at the age of 25 years, and the case 242 of the old man, 51, from Cairo Governorate, 243 and the situation of a woman at the age of 27 years of County Bank [possibly Al Gharbiya], 244 case of a man from the province Ismailia, at the age of 35 years.
Original:
أعلنت وزارة الصحة عن أربع حالات وفاة جديدة بفيروس إتش1 إن1 المعروف عالميا بأنفلونزا الخنازير، ليصل إجمالى حالات الوفاة فى مصر منذ ظهور المرض وحتى الآن إلى 244 حالة.
وأوضحت وزارة الصحة اليوم، السبت، أن الحالة رقم 241 لسيدة من محافظة القاهرة وتبلغ من العمر 25 عاما، والحالة 242 لرجل يبلغ من العمر 51 عاما من محافظة القاهرة، والحالة 243 لسيدة تبلغ من العمر 27 عاما من محافظة الغربية، والحالة 244 لرجل من محافظة الإسماعيلية ويبلغ من العمر 35
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Egypt: Confirmed H5N1 Human - #94
[Note: محافظة الشرقية = Sharkia. According to Google translation.]
"Health" declares injury No. 94 of avian flu
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 - 18:01
Saturday confirmed human cases of No. 94 of bird flu, an Egyptian man who at the age of 45 years old from the Eastern Province.
The statement of the Ministry of Health said that the onset of symptoms of the disease on the patient was on 12/1/2010 and entered the eastern area of Fakous Fever Hospital on 19/1/2010, suffering from fever, cough, difficulty breathing, pains after being exposed to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu.
Tamiflu was given immediately and in a stable condition.
"Health" declares injury No. 94 of avian flu
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 - 18:01
Saturday confirmed human cases of No. 94 of bird flu, an Egyptian man who at the age of 45 years old from the Eastern Province.
The statement of the Ministry of Health said that the onset of symptoms of the disease on the patient was on 12/1/2010 and entered the eastern area of Fakous Fever Hospital on 19/1/2010, suffering from fever, cough, difficulty breathing, pains after being exposed to birds suspected of being infected with bird flu.
Tamiflu was given immediately and in a stable condition.
Vietnam: My Map showing proximity Ha Tinh [H5N1 poultry] & Quang Binh [Resp. Tract Children]
My map showing the H5N1 outbreak in Ha Tinh, and it's close proximity to the area where the children are being treated for Respiratory distress, reported today here:
http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/quang-binh-dozens-of-children.html
Click on map
Yellow: H5N1 Confirmed Poultry Outbreaks
Green: Misc. ex: Respiratory; hospital overloads...
http://pandemicinformationnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/quang-binh-dozens-of-children.html
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Yellow: H5N1 Confirmed Poultry Outbreaks
Green: Misc. ex: Respiratory; hospital overloads...
Vietnam: My Map of Dien Bien Recent H5N1 Outbreaks
Here is my map of the area, with it's recent history:
Click on map
Red: H5N1 Human Confirmed
Blue: H5N1 Poultry Confirmed in assoc. with Human Confirmed
Yellow: H5N1 Confirmed Poultry Outbreaks
Purple: H1N1 Confirmed Humans
Green: Misc. ex: Respiratory; hospital overloads...
Click on map
Red: H5N1 Human Confirmed
Blue: H5N1 Poultry Confirmed in assoc. with Human Confirmed
Yellow: H5N1 Confirmed Poultry Outbreaks
Purple: H1N1 Confirmed Humans
Green: Misc. ex: Respiratory; hospital overloads...
Vietnam: Rpt Quang Ninh - avian influenza in wards Hai Yen (Ho Mong Cai) and Le Hong Phong commune (Dong Trieu).
Strengthening monitoring, control transport, trade livestock and poultry in the province
(January 23, 2010)
Currently the province has appeared Service foot and mouth disease and avian influenza in wards Hai Yen (Ho Mong Cai) and Le Hong Phong commune (Dong Trieu).
To active service effective prevention, protection and safety for livestock, produce and protect the health of the people, the People's Committee Chairman requested the districts, towns and cities; Chief Steering Committee prevention and service animals, birds and the local heads of departments, industry related organizations localized outbreak, signs limiting the plug on the outbreak, banning the sale of cattle and poultry in the translated region and conduct vaccination for livestock and poultry in the service, held in the buffer zone and toxic disinfection targets all areas of environmental disease; closely monitored evolutions disease at the grassroots, has early cattle and poultry infected to take measures to handle in time, not to epidemic.
The local service has established a mission base to check, supervise prevention services, paying special attention to the market, at slaughter cattle, poultry concentration; strictly prohibited and measures to prevent the sale of livestock, livestock disease products to market. When translated to concentrate all resources of the local implementation of preventive measures progress under the guidance of professional bodies and the provisions of the legislation on animal health, absolutely no hidden service, not selling livestock the sick; organized vaccination in addition to livestock and poultry will be supplemented by regulations. Strengthening monitoring, control transport and trade livestock products are in the area, particularly the local land border with China; strictly handle violations in accordance law.
(January 23, 2010)
Currently the province has appeared Service foot and mouth disease and avian influenza in wards Hai Yen (Ho Mong Cai) and Le Hong Phong commune (Dong Trieu).
To active service effective prevention, protection and safety for livestock, produce and protect the health of the people, the People's Committee Chairman requested the districts, towns and cities; Chief Steering Committee prevention and service animals, birds and the local heads of departments, industry related organizations localized outbreak, signs limiting the plug on the outbreak, banning the sale of cattle and poultry in the translated region and conduct vaccination for livestock and poultry in the service, held in the buffer zone and toxic disinfection targets all areas of environmental disease; closely monitored evolutions disease at the grassroots, has early cattle and poultry infected to take measures to handle in time, not to epidemic.
The local service has established a mission base to check, supervise prevention services, paying special attention to the market, at slaughter cattle, poultry concentration; strictly prohibited and measures to prevent the sale of livestock, livestock disease products to market. When translated to concentrate all resources of the local implementation of preventive measures progress under the guidance of professional bodies and the provisions of the legislation on animal health, absolutely no hidden service, not selling livestock the sick; organized vaccination in addition to livestock and poultry will be supplemented by regulations. Strengthening monitoring, control transport and trade livestock products are in the area, particularly the local land border with China; strictly handle violations in accordance law.
Vietnam: City: Children with diarrhea, respiratory, meningitis increased due to weather
Saturday, January 23, 2010 14:01
Weather variations cause uneven number of children infected respiratory, digestive, meningitis increased, leading to overload in 2 Children's Hospital and a Children 2.
Pressure loss due to the influence of tropical days in HCMC and Southern provinces have long rain, the temperature continuously decreased. The main change is the weather makes the health of children is available in people with pathological evolutions worse. Many children were hospitalized for re-examination before any appointment, the number of new infected children also increased.
Dr. Tran Tuan Anh, Dean BV Children's Respiratory one said: "The day Science respiratory receiving about 30 cases of respiratory diseases, general practitioner, but there are 90 beds to nearly 200 patients treated residence, this number has increased about 25% over last year.
Situation is contrary to every year, because last time in the number of hospitalized patients tend to decrease. This was due to sun or cold, creating a favorable environment for viral respiratory tract development. In particular, children are vulnerable to virus attack of cell respiration.
Infections in Science - Children's Neuro BV 1, treatment of patients infected by meningitis and up to 40 people.
Besides the disease, the number of children infected in the gastrointestinal tract, especially acute diarrhea and Asia. Science BV in digestion of a Children up to 106 patients per day receiving about 25 children. Children in BV 2, the children with gastrointestinal diseases up to 150 children.
Dr Pham Thi Ngoc Tuyet, Dean BV Dermatologic for 2 Children, children with diarrhea the most aged 1-3. Main cause of germs, viruses and food poisoning. Snow doctor also recommended parents: the children with diarrhea with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, tiredness, diarrhea and more continuous, distribution of liquid ... it must be admitted to treat, prevent children with dehydration, search circuit is very easy to die.
Doctors at the hospital are advised many parents of the grandchildren should be warmer for children by going all, wear more clothes, shoes for children going home to avoid cold. Do not eat the baby food was cold. For those children have become ill as to keep warm, drink plenty of water for children, should drink more lemon juice, fresh orange and full medication as directed by your doctor.
Weather variations cause uneven number of children infected respiratory, digestive, meningitis increased, leading to overload in 2 Children's Hospital and a Children 2.
Pressure loss due to the influence of tropical days in HCMC and Southern provinces have long rain, the temperature continuously decreased. The main change is the weather makes the health of children is available in people with pathological evolutions worse. Many children were hospitalized for re-examination before any appointment, the number of new infected children also increased.
Dr. Tran Tuan Anh, Dean BV Children's Respiratory one said: "The day Science respiratory receiving about 30 cases of respiratory diseases, general practitioner, but there are 90 beds to nearly 200 patients treated residence, this number has increased about 25% over last year.
Situation is contrary to every year, because last time in the number of hospitalized patients tend to decrease. This was due to sun or cold, creating a favorable environment for viral respiratory tract development. In particular, children are vulnerable to virus attack of cell respiration.
Infections in Science - Children's Neuro BV 1, treatment of patients infected by meningitis and up to 40 people.
Besides the disease, the number of children infected in the gastrointestinal tract, especially acute diarrhea and Asia. Science BV in digestion of a Children up to 106 patients per day receiving about 25 children. Children in BV 2, the children with gastrointestinal diseases up to 150 children.
Dr Pham Thi Ngoc Tuyet, Dean BV Dermatologic for 2 Children, children with diarrhea the most aged 1-3. Main cause of germs, viruses and food poisoning. Snow doctor also recommended parents: the children with diarrhea with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, tiredness, diarrhea and more continuous, distribution of liquid ... it must be admitted to treat, prevent children with dehydration, search circuit is very easy to die.
Doctors at the hospital are advised many parents of the grandchildren should be warmer for children by going all, wear more clothes, shoes for children going home to avoid cold. Do not eat the baby food was cold. For those children have become ill as to keep warm, drink plenty of water for children, should drink more lemon juice, fresh orange and full medication as directed by your doctor.
Vietnam -Quang Binh: Dozens of children hospitalized Ruc
Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:21
Quang Binh Department of Health said in the past week up to 20 children under 6 years of age in the Ruc (Upper Hoa - Minh Hoa) to the Emergency Hospital in Minh Hoa for acute respiratory tract.
As doctors treated in hospital, many patients entering hospital are clinical symptoms such as cough, fever, vomiting oe, declining health.
To 22 / 1, some patients were cured and discharge. Doctors said the cause of disease due to cold.
Also for this reason, there were two cases of children who die do not Ruc emergency in time.
Ruc ethnic minorities is a fund used to live in the stone cave. In recent years, despite a house and get the attention of authorities at all levels of the Ruc song life still more difficult.
Quang Binh Department of Health said in the past week up to 20 children under 6 years of age in the Ruc (Upper Hoa - Minh Hoa) to the Emergency Hospital in Minh Hoa for acute respiratory tract.
As doctors treated in hospital, many patients entering hospital are clinical symptoms such as cough, fever, vomiting oe, declining health.
To 22 / 1, some patients were cured and discharge. Doctors said the cause of disease due to cold.
Also for this reason, there were two cases of children who die do not Ruc emergency in time.
Ruc ethnic minorities is a fund used to live in the stone cave. In recent years, despite a house and get the attention of authorities at all levels of the Ruc song life still more difficult.
Vietnam: Thai Nguyen: Identify dead chickens in full stream
14:42 January 22, 2010
During the past month, tens of thousands of sick chickens died in Pho Yen (Thai Nguyen) was dump in sacks, bags and spiritual nilong down stream. Everyone knows, only government agencies and animal health as not ... see.
Phenomenon chickens died in the Tien Phong commune, Dong Tien (Pho Yen) is a confirmation of that happened about a month now. Chickens are healthy and then suddenly stops recording back to the winning times the wind. Ms. Luu Thi Han family (neighbors Tan Thanh, Dong Tien) 1200 adopted the 500 chickens had died. Many survivors have expressed the pale Crested, nodded as hard gù tools.
Besides tens of millions of chickens, like money, family time investment to buy 110 bag bran mixture of chicken feed are not recovered any money. Chickens killed at least she made grilled meat and bring food for pigs. After so much death, she buried or thrown away find space.
The head is Mr. Le Tien Thanh hamlet, Tan said, the number of chickens killed 20 days back here in about 5000-6000 children [chicken] But not yet in, the neighbors against the Binh Tien commune. Looks like disease appear from Tien Phong commune Forum chickens spread Dong Tien. Dan Hoang Van neighbor's chickens, Hoang Thanh, Thai Binh, Binh An, Dong Tien children's happened phenomenon dead chickens scattered. Vets Dong Tien, Mr. Do Dinh Hong assert, as many chickens died sufficient protection rules have been selling less picked beveled capital.
Things happen long song Ms. Dao Thi Tuong Vy - Station Chief Veterinary Station Pho Yen district said they have captured at the situation from a week ago, said that after this date 8/1 is time owner President of the Directive Pho Yen district on the implementation of measures to prevent avian influenza. She said the station chief, Tien Phong and Dong Tien commune are two key Pho Yen district of poultry. Ms. Vy do not have statistics of the number of chickens died of the disease stage above.
Considerable problem than lack of awareness of households have the chickens died in sacks or bags nilong throw down stream. Stream through two first-Town, Dong Tien flows along Pho Yen district deal with odor concentration anonymously. How the chickens were infected again at the foot spillway, regional neighbors Binh Tien, Tien Phong commune up to total outstanding loans. Somewhat heady rotten covering an entire region.
Lunch on 19 1 at the spillway area, Ms. Dao Thi Tuong Vy down to the scene and coordinate with government social first-picked chickens to the landfill. Ms. Vy said, went along the stream just picked the song in all 4 bags with about 20 the chickens. So the chickens how the lapse was pushed out or decomposed, sink down?
Some people do baked brick area near the spillway, said that some day before, people still use both a carriage carrying the chicken down spillway. Keep the wading along the coin uế, a 500m long spillway section one, before my eyes is the list of sacks, including pineapple, nilong bag containing the dead chickens. Flies sticking pains remove full bags, bags. I see clearly that the chickens are decomposed in the bag nilong. Can confirm that the rescued chickens and burying the dead is not thoroughly and clearly. The chickens will stream into the river bridge, flowing prose about.
During the past month, tens of thousands of sick chickens died in Pho Yen (Thai Nguyen) was dump in sacks, bags and spiritual nilong down stream. Everyone knows, only government agencies and animal health as not ... see.
Phenomenon chickens died in the Tien Phong commune, Dong Tien (Pho Yen) is a confirmation of that happened about a month now. Chickens are healthy and then suddenly stops recording back to the winning times the wind. Ms. Luu Thi Han family (neighbors Tan Thanh, Dong Tien) 1200 adopted the 500 chickens had died. Many survivors have expressed the pale Crested, nodded as hard gù tools.
Besides tens of millions of chickens, like money, family time investment to buy 110 bag bran mixture of chicken feed are not recovered any money. Chickens killed at least she made grilled meat and bring food for pigs. After so much death, she buried or thrown away find space.
The head is Mr. Le Tien Thanh hamlet, Tan said, the number of chickens killed 20 days back here in about 5000-6000 children [chicken] But not yet in, the neighbors against the Binh Tien commune. Looks like disease appear from Tien Phong commune Forum chickens spread Dong Tien. Dan Hoang Van neighbor's chickens, Hoang Thanh, Thai Binh, Binh An, Dong Tien children's happened phenomenon dead chickens scattered. Vets Dong Tien, Mr. Do Dinh Hong assert, as many chickens died sufficient protection rules have been selling less picked beveled capital.
Things happen long song Ms. Dao Thi Tuong Vy - Station Chief Veterinary Station Pho Yen district said they have captured at the situation from a week ago, said that after this date 8/1 is time owner President of the Directive Pho Yen district on the implementation of measures to prevent avian influenza. She said the station chief, Tien Phong and Dong Tien commune are two key Pho Yen district of poultry. Ms. Vy do not have statistics of the number of chickens died of the disease stage above.
Considerable problem than lack of awareness of households have the chickens died in sacks or bags nilong throw down stream. Stream through two first-Town, Dong Tien flows along Pho Yen district deal with odor concentration anonymously. How the chickens were infected again at the foot spillway, regional neighbors Binh Tien, Tien Phong commune up to total outstanding loans. Somewhat heady rotten covering an entire region.
Lunch on 19 1 at the spillway area, Ms. Dao Thi Tuong Vy down to the scene and coordinate with government social first-picked chickens to the landfill. Ms. Vy said, went along the stream just picked the song in all 4 bags with about 20 the chickens. So the chickens how the lapse was pushed out or decomposed, sink down?
Some people do baked brick area near the spillway, said that some day before, people still use both a carriage carrying the chicken down spillway. Keep the wading along the coin uế, a 500m long spillway section one, before my eyes is the list of sacks, including pineapple, nilong bag containing the dead chickens. Flies sticking pains remove full bags, bags. I see clearly that the chickens are decomposed in the bag nilong. Can confirm that the rescued chickens and burying the dead is not thoroughly and clearly. The chickens will stream into the river bridge, flowing prose about.
Vietnam: Expeditiously implement prevention of avian influenza and foot and mouth disease
January 22, 2010, 19:41 (GMT +7)
Implementation of power of 02/CD-BNN-TY the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has a focus on implementing the prevention of avian influenza and foot and mouth disease of cattle before and after Tet Geng Dan. PPC will dispatch direct people's committees of districts, towns and urgently implement the prevention and fight against bird flu and foot and mouth disease of cattle before and after Tet Canh Dan according to the contents required in the power of .
Implementation of power of 02/CD-BNN-TY the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has a focus on implementing the prevention of avian influenza and foot and mouth disease of cattle before and after Tet Geng Dan. PPC will dispatch direct people's committees of districts, towns and urgently implement the prevention and fight against bird flu and foot and mouth disease of cattle before and after Tet Canh Dan according to the contents required in the power of .
Vietnam: H5N1 Poultry Outbreak - Dien Bien
[Dien Bien was the Province of our last H5N1 Confirmed Human case in November.]
Excerpt:
Today, the North began discharging water poured ải winter-spring
23-01-2010
On 22-1, the sub-department of Animal Health Dien Bien province, in the Thanh Hung and Yen Thanh, Dien Bien district that appears avian influenza (H5N1). Previously, on 19-1, birds of a number of families in two communes have symptoms of illness and death, Chi provincial Animal Health Department sent officials to inspect samples sent for testing. Results of three samples positive for influenza A (H5N1). County Medical Center in collaboration Chi provincial Animal Health Department sent officials to monitor service areas, spraying toxic disinfection targets, destroying about 1,400 birds.
Excerpt:
Today, the North began discharging water poured ải winter-spring
23-01-2010
On 22-1, the sub-department of Animal Health Dien Bien province, in the Thanh Hung and Yen Thanh, Dien Bien district that appears avian influenza (H5N1). Previously, on 19-1, birds of a number of families in two communes have symptoms of illness and death, Chi provincial Animal Health Department sent officials to inspect samples sent for testing. Results of three samples positive for influenza A (H5N1). County Medical Center in collaboration Chi provincial Animal Health Department sent officials to monitor service areas, spraying toxic disinfection targets, destroying about 1,400 birds.
Vietnam: New crackdown on livestock for table
(23-01-2010)
HA NOI — Ha Noi’s animal health teams are to strengthen surveillance at main checkpoints to curb the transportation of unquarantined animals and animal products, according to the city’s Animal Health Department.
The move is aimed at ensuring food safety and hygiene for city consumers during the Lunar New Year, when chicken is served as a traditional dish for all Vietnamese families.
According to the department’s representative Ho Thanh Ha, police, animal health inspectors and market watch teams will conduct round-the-clock checks on poultry, livestock and other products at nine checkpoints throughout the city, as of this month.
Those who are found to be violating regulations will have their products seized and be punished, depending on the severity of their violation.
Animal health inspectors will take charge of the surveillance, according to Ha.
Figures from the city’s Animal Health Department show that about 450 tonnes of poultry is consumed each day in Ha Noi, of which nearly 30 per cent is imported from other provinces.
There are nearly 15 slaughterhouses and 300 markets selling poultry and livestock products in Ha Noi.
The slaughter, transport and trade of these products are still complicated and hard to control as people try to take alternative routes to avoid the checkpoints.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has urged animal health authorities to focus on curbing avian influenza and foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.
According to acting head of the department Hoang Van Nam the epidemics can spread rapidly due to the increasing demand of the Tet holiday. Recently, foot and mouth disease has re-occurred in Cao Bang, Thai Nguyen and Ca Mau, resulting in the culling of hundreds of buffalo, cows and pigs.
In central Ha Tinh Province, a flock of 800 ducks tested positive for bird flu yesterday after 450 were slaughtered in Thach Quy Commune. All of the ducks were found to be unvaccinated and were destroyed to prevent the epidemic.
Nam said local authorities should check and ensure vaccination levels were at least 80 per cent, and that breeding facilities should be sterilised regularly.
Nam also said that the control of imported livestock from border area must be tightened. — VNS
Vietnam: 1,400 poultry culled in Dien Bien (conf. human case 11/30/09)
My Notes on Dien Bien (also see my map here: http://tinyurl.com/ydrzsfo)
1,400 poultry killed after bird flu outbreak
DIEN BIEN — As many as 1,400 poultry were culled due to suspected bird flu virus (H5N1) infections yesterday in two communes of Dien Bien Province, said Cao Thi Tuyet Lan from the provincial Animal Health Division.
Dien Bien (north)
- Ward Sam Mun, Dien Bien Phu (11/30) confirmed case #5
- Luong Van Chua (Panh); Thanh Luong & Luong Thi Lau (Xa Cuong) Pa Thom commune.
1,400 poultry killed after bird flu outbreak
DIEN BIEN — As many as 1,400 poultry were culled due to suspected bird flu virus (H5N1) infections yesterday in two communes of Dien Bien Province, said Cao Thi Tuyet Lan from the provincial Animal Health Division.
Staff from the Dien Bien District Medical Centre and the division were sent to the communes to spray chemicals and instruct local residents how to prevent an outbreak of the virus, Lan said.
India: Police aid bird culling teams in flu-hit areas
BEHRAMPORE: After meeting with stiff resistance from villagers, the Murshidabad district administration, on Friday, took the help of police to forcefully cull poultry in the bird flu-affected areas of Khargram.
Khargram BDO Kalyan Kumar Das and Kandi SDO Utpal Bhadra went to Sherpur and Nagar villages with a large police backup and oversaw the culling operations. Birds were forcefully seized from villagers who tried to resist the culling teams.
"We have decided to forcefully cull birds from villagers who refuse to co-operate with us. In those cases, no compensation will be given," said Murshidabad DM Parwez Ahmed Siddiquie. "A large number of flu-affected birds are alive, as locals aren't handing them over hoping that the birds would get cured. We haven't got the desired success in culling ducks, too. If we keep even a single bird alive in the affected areas, there is a probability of an outbreak next year too. If the administration remains inactive, the virus might also spread to the human body. So, we had to take a stern decision."
Khargram panchayat samiti sabhapati Abul Kashem said, "About 45 culling teams have been working for the past week in seven gram panchayat areas. By this time, the culling operation should have ideally got over but so far, we have culled only 55,000 birds."
Villagers were also seen demonstrating against the district administration's move at several places.
The Khargram sabhapati said that very few people had handed over ducks. "Villagers are handing over hens, since they have started getting compensation on the spot. But they aren't handing over ducks. Seeing this resistance, there was no option for the district administration other than forceful culling," he said.
Barwan panchayat samiti sabhapati Krishnendu Roy said: "Last year, many people of my block didn't get the one-time grant of Rs 500 from the government. So, there is some unwillingness to hand over birds to the culling teams. Culling operations have also begun in some parts of Kalyanpur-I gram panchayat from Friday."
He said there is an urgent need to revise the compensation. "There's not much difference in the rates for big and medium-sized birds. So, people are mostly only handing over the medium-sized birds, keeping the full-grown birds with them. We have appealed to the government and district administration to revise the compensation rates," Roy said.
Khargram BDO Kalyan Kumar Das and Kandi SDO Utpal Bhadra went to Sherpur and Nagar villages with a large police backup and oversaw the culling operations. Birds were forcefully seized from villagers who tried to resist the culling teams.
"We have decided to forcefully cull birds from villagers who refuse to co-operate with us. In those cases, no compensation will be given," said Murshidabad DM Parwez Ahmed Siddiquie. "A large number of flu-affected birds are alive, as locals aren't handing them over hoping that the birds would get cured. We haven't got the desired success in culling ducks, too. If we keep even a single bird alive in the affected areas, there is a probability of an outbreak next year too. If the administration remains inactive, the virus might also spread to the human body. So, we had to take a stern decision."
Khargram panchayat samiti sabhapati Abul Kashem said, "About 45 culling teams have been working for the past week in seven gram panchayat areas. By this time, the culling operation should have ideally got over but so far, we have culled only 55,000 birds."
Villagers were also seen demonstrating against the district administration's move at several places.
The Khargram sabhapati said that very few people had handed over ducks. "Villagers are handing over hens, since they have started getting compensation on the spot. But they aren't handing over ducks. Seeing this resistance, there was no option for the district administration other than forceful culling," he said.
Barwan panchayat samiti sabhapati Krishnendu Roy said: "Last year, many people of my block didn't get the one-time grant of Rs 500 from the government. So, there is some unwillingness to hand over birds to the culling teams. Culling operations have also begun in some parts of Kalyanpur-I gram panchayat from Friday."
He said there is an urgent need to revise the compensation. "There's not much difference in the rates for big and medium-sized birds. So, people are mostly only handing over the medium-sized birds, keeping the full-grown birds with them. We have appealed to the government and district administration to revise the compensation rates," Roy said.
Friday, January 22, 2010
India: Bird flu spreads in Murshidabad
KOLKATA: Even as bird flu spread within Murshidabad district in West Bengal, authorities said on Thursday that the virus had been contained and that culling operations were on track.
A few days ago, three new epicentres — Badur, Shimolia and Khandur were reported, but there have been no new reports of the spread of the virus since, said District Magistrate Perwez Ahmed Siddiqui.
On being asked to comment on media reports that villagers in some of the affected blocks were resisting culling operations, demanding more compensation, Mr. Siddiqui said, “there has been no resistance from villagers to culling teams here. Sixty culling teams are working and they are not facing opposition.”
“Certain mistakes were committed at the time of the outbreak in 2008 which have been rectified. This time we are compensating the villagers as soon as culling operations are carried out,” said State Animal Resource Development Minister Narayan Biswas.
Admitting to lapses in the payment of compensation during the 2008 outbreak, Mr. Biswas said more than Rs. 17 lakh had already been given out in compensation this time.The compensation was fixed by the Centre and as of now, raising the amount was not being considered, he added.“We had initially targeted the culling of 80,322 birds, but as more reports come in the target will have to be revised,” Mr. Biswas said. About 54,000 birds have already been culled.West Bengal was one of the States worst-affected by the outbreak of bird flu in January 2008.
Russia - Ten Samples Yield One 225G, One 225N, One TamiFlu Resistant and Six on the Cross-Linked Background with HA syn413K and NA syn407V
2010-01-22
The Institute of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Moscow and Vector introduced sequences today from 10 samples into GenBank with the HA and NA segments. The 9 samples that are dated were taken in November 2009 and perhaps are representative of ΣPF11 at that stage in Russia. 60% of those sequences fall onto the cross-linked background with HA syn413K and NA syn407V.
Tomsk08 from lung tissue is a 225G case, presumably fatal, with 131P and Russia100 carries 225N with 131P. Russia61 is TamiFlu Resistant in typical fashion with NA 275Y. None of the three falls on the cross linked background.
Cross Linkage Sequences
Kurgan01 with HA 214E and NA mixture at 407
Russia4 with HA syn238E and 324I
Russia12 with HA 324I
Russia19 with HA 324I
Russia171 with HA 165N
Russia180 with HA 165N, syn239P and 264G
This viral reservoir appears to be far from stable in this particular geography and neighboring areas.
hat-tip sharon sanders
The Institute of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Moscow and Vector introduced sequences today from 10 samples into GenBank with the HA and NA segments. The 9 samples that are dated were taken in November 2009 and perhaps are representative of ΣPF11 at that stage in Russia. 60% of those sequences fall onto the cross-linked background with HA syn413K and NA syn407V.
Tomsk08 from lung tissue is a 225G case, presumably fatal, with 131P and Russia100 carries 225N with 131P. Russia61 is TamiFlu Resistant in typical fashion with NA 275Y. None of the three falls on the cross linked background.
Cross Linkage Sequences
Kurgan01 with HA 214E and NA mixture at 407
Russia4 with HA syn238E and 324I
Russia12 with HA 324I
Russia19 with HA 324I
Russia171 with HA 165N
Russia180 with HA 165N, syn239P and 264G
This viral reservoir appears to be far from stable in this particular geography and neighboring areas.
hat-tip sharon sanders
Russia - 117 Acute Respiratory Illnesses Reported, Rise of 116% from Previous Week
13:29 / / 21.01.2010 Nadymchane became increasingly ill SARS 
177 SARS cases registered per week in Nadym region.
According to the agency "Tyumen line" press office of district administration, compared with the previous week rise in the incidence for all age groups was 116%.
Reduce the incidence of pneumonia.
hat-tip sharon sanders
Надымский район, Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ.
Nadym region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District. 177 случаев ОРВИ зарегистрировано за неделю в Надымском районе.
177 SARS cases registered per week in Nadym region.
Как сообщает агентству "Тюменская линия" пресс-служба администрации района, по сравнению с предыдущей неделей рост уровня заболеваемости по всем возрастным группам населения составил 116%.
According to the agency "Tyumen line" press office of district administration, compared with the previous week rise in the incidence for all age groups was 116%.
Уменьшилось число случаев заболеваний пневмонией.
Reduce the incidence of pneumonia.
В январе этой болезнью переболели четыре жителя района.
In January of this disease chickenpox four residents. В аптеках Надыма и поселений района имеется достаточный запас противовирусных препаратов.
Pharmacies Nadyma and settlements area has an adequate supply of antiviral drugs.hat-tip sharon sanders
Russia: Upsurge of pneumonia in the Chelyabinsk region.
| Epidemiologists are sounding the alarm |
| 19.01.2010 17:39 |
In 1.5-fold increase in the number of patients with pneumonia in the Chelyabinsk region in the first week of the new year.
По информации на сегодняшний день, количество заболевших составляет 495 человек, сообщили «URA.Ru» в пресс-службе губернатора.
According to the present day, the number of cases is 495 people, reported «URA.Ru» the press service of the governor.
По мнению специалистов, всплеск заболеваемости связан с тем, что южноуральцы во время новогодних каникул позволили себе расслабиться и не соблюдали меры предосторожности.
According to experts, the surge of morbidity associated with the fact that yuzhnouraltsy during the Christmas holidays have allowed ourselves to relax and precautions are not taken.В пресс-службе губернатора отмечают, что в аптеках области создан необходимый резерв лекарств.
The press service of the governor noted that in pharmacy field created by the necessary reserve of medicines. Кроме того, область ждет прибытия 720 тыс. доз вакцины от высокопатогенного гриппа.
In addition, the region awaits the arrival of 720 thousand doses of flu highly. Бесплатно прививаться будут бюджетники систем здравоохранения и образования, дети, беременные и люди старше 60 лет.
Free to budget will be instilled in health and education, children, pregnant women and people over 60 years.В штабе по борьбе с эпидемией гриппа и ОРВИ отметили, что удалось вдвое снизить наценку на противовирусные лекарства.
At the headquarters of the epidemic of influenza and SARS noted that managed to halve the surcharge for antiviral drugs.
hat-tip sharon sanders
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Vietnam: Ha Tinh: duck killed by a series of bird flu
21 / 1, Pham Thanh Binh - Director Chi Chi Ha Tinh Department of Animal Health confirmed: according to test results, Trinh Van Forum ducks his village Advanced Technology, Thach Quy ward, Ha Tinh province Ha Tinh is a series of death due to bird flu.
From 17 / 1 to Date January 19, 2010, Forum of duck family Trinh Van Thuat, Ms. Phan Thi Nga dead series. Sub-Department of Animal Health took samples of products to forums ducks tested positive for the H5N1 virus. Family farming Trinh Van Art 550 duck meat preparation marketed before the Lunar New Year, ducks died suddenly series, only remains one hundred children are sick. Vets Thach ward You confirms, his Art Forum breeding ducks has never been Vaccination.
After test results, Ha Tinh Sub-Department of Animal Health has conducted destroyed the rest of the duck family Art, and implement measures to control epidemics, quarantine set up the key in Thach Quy Ward , prevent and control via the transport of cattle and poultry, the wards in this locality. Sub-Department of Animal Health sent staff to chemicals to spray and sprinkle lime in the breeding cages, as well as lane road in rural neighbors Advanced.
Preventive Medical Center of City conducting statistical Ha Tinh people have been exposed to dead duck forums for monitoring and epidemiological surveillance, promote the propaganda of people to prevent flu spread to the service. /
From 17 / 1 to Date January 19, 2010, Forum of duck family Trinh Van Thuat, Ms. Phan Thi Nga dead series. Sub-Department of Animal Health took samples of products to forums ducks tested positive for the H5N1 virus. Family farming Trinh Van Art 550 duck meat preparation marketed before the Lunar New Year, ducks died suddenly series, only remains one hundred children are sick. Vets Thach ward You confirms, his Art Forum breeding ducks has never been Vaccination.
After test results, Ha Tinh Sub-Department of Animal Health has conducted destroyed the rest of the duck family Art, and implement measures to control epidemics, quarantine set up the key in Thach Quy Ward , prevent and control via the transport of cattle and poultry, the wards in this locality. Sub-Department of Animal Health sent staff to chemicals to spray and sprinkle lime in the breeding cages, as well as lane road in rural neighbors Advanced.
Preventive Medical Center of City conducting statistical Ha Tinh people have been exposed to dead duck forums for monitoring and epidemiological surveillance, promote the propaganda of people to prevent flu spread to the service. /
Egypt: BF Confirmed #91 Died Despite Given Tamiflu for 10 Days
The death of a woman from bird flu despite being treated with Tamiflu
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 - 19:24
Ministry of Health announced the death of a No. 91 of avian flu, becoming the victim No. 28 of the disease since it appeared in Egypt in 2006 so far This is the first event of the death in 2010.
Case of a girl, aged "29 years" of Beni Suef, started showing symptoms on 6 January this year, and the effect was entered Beni Suef hospital on January 11, has been suffering from fever, cough, sore throat and difficulty in breathing, after exposure to dealing with dead birds suspected of being infected with the disease, and is beginning to emerge and given Tamiflu as of that date so far for more than 10 consecutive days, which confirms that the impact of the drug in the situation.
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 - 19:24
Ministry of Health announced the death of a No. 91 of avian flu, becoming the victim No. 28 of the disease since it appeared in Egypt in 2006 so far This is the first event of the death in 2010.
Case of a girl, aged "29 years" of Beni Suef, started showing symptoms on 6 January this year, and the effect was entered Beni Suef hospital on January 11, has been suffering from fever, cough, sore throat and difficulty in breathing, after exposure to dealing with dead birds suspected of being infected with the disease, and is beginning to emerge and given Tamiflu as of that date so far for more than 10 consecutive days, which confirms that the impact of the drug in the situation.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Indo: West Java-Sumedang- H5N1 in Poultry
Start infected Marongge Village AI
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National Mind People
Start infected Marongge Village AI
SUMEDANG - bird flu virus or Avian influenza (Alj suspected of late has been signed and noodles infect poultry livestock in the village residents Marongge. Kec. Tomo. Kab. Sumedang. Allegations include suspected by many residents of the village chickens in the village who experienced sudden death. In fact, and the results of rapid test kits test the Department of Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) Center for Animal Husbandry and Fishery Service Area Tomo tertvadap village chickens are sick in the village. Tuesday (19 / 1). found in samples tested positively infected with the virus.
The case of sudden mass death of chicken followed by testing and the UPTD in the village. according to residents in the village occurred early on Monday (18 / 1) yesterday afternoon. The number of birds that experienced sudden death due to suspected bird flu since Monday afternoon until Tuesday morning, yesterday, in the village according to the head UPTD Peternakan Service Center and Regional Penkanan Suwardi Tomo Didding Tete, has recorded twenty-tails, three heads of families. In addition, yesterday afternoon UPTD party has also received reports of similar cases happening in the Village Cibengkung. Jembarwangi Village. (A-91) ***
Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 00:00
National Mind People
Start infected Marongge Village AI
SUMEDANG - bird flu virus or Avian influenza (Alj suspected of late has been signed and noodles infect poultry livestock in the village residents Marongge. Kec. Tomo. Kab. Sumedang. Allegations include suspected by many residents of the village chickens in the village who experienced sudden death. In fact, and the results of rapid test kits test the Department of Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) Center for Animal Husbandry and Fishery Service Area Tomo tertvadap village chickens are sick in the village. Tuesday (19 / 1). found in samples tested positively infected with the virus.
The case of sudden mass death of chicken followed by testing and the UPTD in the village. according to residents in the village occurred early on Monday (18 / 1) yesterday afternoon. The number of birds that experienced sudden death due to suspected bird flu since Monday afternoon until Tuesday morning, yesterday, in the village according to the head UPTD Peternakan Service Center and Regional Penkanan Suwardi Tomo Didding Tete, has recorded twenty-tails, three heads of families. In addition, yesterday afternoon UPTD party has also received reports of similar cases happening in the Village Cibengkung. Jembarwangi Village. (A-91) ***
Vietnam: Influenza H1N1 outbreak in schools + 3 New Deaths (H1N1)
3 more deaths due to influenza A/H1N1
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 4:20 (GMT +7)
(VNA) .- On 20-1, Ministry of Health has officially confirmed three more deaths due to influenza A/H1N1 infection, including two children ca. Ca is the first male patients, aged 39, is in Y Yen District, Nam Dinh. Patients with a history of blood diseases, treatment at the Institute of Hematology and Blood and then transferred to the Central Hospital since the tropical positive for influenza A/H1N1.
Ca 2 patients are female, 2 years in Tien Hai, Thai Binh, treatment at Children's Investment BV. Death from rickets, severe malnutrition, pneumonia / influenza A/H1N1 infection. 3 deaths of male patients, age 8 in Lang Son. After the disease is starting to BV Bac Giang, then BV Children From the scene too severe illness should have been fatal. Positive for influenza A/H1N1.
Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of Department of Health said the reserve, was detected 3 shifts dangerous acute diarrhea with commas positive bacteria described in An Phu district, An Giang province. Three patients are foreigners, hospitalized in very serious condition.
And another article:
Appear new H1N1 outbreak at a school
January 20, 2010
Pm 20 / 1, the information given in the regular meetings of the Steering Committee of the National prevent pandemic influenza in humans to know, have discovered a new outbreak of influenza A/H1N1 in a primary school in Hai room.
New outbreak was discovered as a primary school in Thuy Nguyen district, with a number of questions in class in 10/13.
Until now most of the students positive for influenza A/H1N1 in primary schools have cured, only three children continue to be treated in hospital.
The health authorities have carried out measures antiseptic area around the school, taking the sample and investigate to determine the route of infection outbreak ...
At the meeting, the Steering Committee also said that in Vietnam, three patients had more deaths due to influenza A/H1N1, including two children, bringing the total number of people dying from this disease to 56 people.
Cases of death on a two-year-old patients in Tien Hai, Thai Binh; a patients home in Lang Son was taken to Children's Hospital Central treatment when the disease was very severe; a patient 39, at home Y Yen, Nam Dinh.
Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of Department of Preventive Health and Environment confirmed influenza A/H1N1 current evolutions are unpredictable, difficult to predict the situation next time will be translated up or down.
The best present is to strengthen surveillance, detection and timely treatment of cases of infection, reduce the lowest mortality and limit the spread of community service outbreak. Besides, people should not be subjective, ignores the work of personal hygiene, environmental sanitation. /.
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One more...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 17:46 GMT +7
From 12 / 1 to 20 / 1, primary school Pha Le, Thuy Nguyen, Hai Phong has 72 students have flu syndrome. In the 16 samples tested H1N1 positive with 10 ca.
Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology central (Ministry of Health) said, 72 students scattered in 10 of 13 classes of the school. Recently, some children have expressed influenza has decreased and most are mild ca.
Thus, from the time of peak services on August, 9, more than three months after a new outbreak of flu in schools. "That shows that H1N1 influenza progress very difficult to predict in the near future, unpredictable evolutions. Therefore, we must proactively monitor, to take measures in time," Dr Hien said.
Director flu data at 15 points nationally (from 4 to 10 / 1) also found that influenza H1N1 is still circulating in the community but less than the peak weeks earlier. For every 100 people to test, screening flu is only five people positive for H1N1 flu.
Also in the first 15 days tháng 1 / 2010, Vietnam recorded three more deaths due to influenza H1N1 again. Including a young, 39, in Y Yen, Nam Dinh, a history of blood diseases, after 10 days of treatment at the Institute of Hematology and Blood without central support, was transferred to the Central Hospital for Tropical , two days after the death. The two deaths left is a girl 2 years in the Pacific and girls age 8 in Lang Son.
Thus, Vietnam has recorded a total of 56 deaths due to H1N1, in 24 provinces and cities across the country. In Asia, some countries recorded the largest number of deaths: India more than 1,100, nearly 720 Chinese singers, Australia is nearly 200 ...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010, 4:20 (GMT +7)
(VNA) .- On 20-1, Ministry of Health has officially confirmed three more deaths due to influenza A/H1N1 infection, including two children ca. Ca is the first male patients, aged 39, is in Y Yen District, Nam Dinh. Patients with a history of blood diseases, treatment at the Institute of Hematology and Blood and then transferred to the Central Hospital since the tropical positive for influenza A/H1N1.
Ca 2 patients are female, 2 years in Tien Hai, Thai Binh, treatment at Children's Investment BV. Death from rickets, severe malnutrition, pneumonia / influenza A/H1N1 infection. 3 deaths of male patients, age 8 in Lang Son. After the disease is starting to BV Bac Giang, then BV Children From the scene too severe illness should have been fatal. Positive for influenza A/H1N1.
Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of Department of Health said the reserve, was detected 3 shifts dangerous acute diarrhea with commas positive bacteria described in An Phu district, An Giang province. Three patients are foreigners, hospitalized in very serious condition.
And another article:
Appear new H1N1 outbreak at a school
January 20, 2010
Pm 20 / 1, the information given in the regular meetings of the Steering Committee of the National prevent pandemic influenza in humans to know, have discovered a new outbreak of influenza A/H1N1 in a primary school in Hai room.
New outbreak was discovered as a primary school in Thuy Nguyen district, with a number of questions in class in 10/13.
Until now most of the students positive for influenza A/H1N1 in primary schools have cured, only three children continue to be treated in hospital.
The health authorities have carried out measures antiseptic area around the school, taking the sample and investigate to determine the route of infection outbreak ...
At the meeting, the Steering Committee also said that in Vietnam, three patients had more deaths due to influenza A/H1N1, including two children, bringing the total number of people dying from this disease to 56 people.
Cases of death on a two-year-old patients in Tien Hai, Thai Binh; a patients home in Lang Son was taken to Children's Hospital Central treatment when the disease was very severe; a patient 39, at home Y Yen, Nam Dinh.
Dr. Nguyen Huy Nga, Director of Department of Preventive Health and Environment confirmed influenza A/H1N1 current evolutions are unpredictable, difficult to predict the situation next time will be translated up or down.
The best present is to strengthen surveillance, detection and timely treatment of cases of infection, reduce the lowest mortality and limit the spread of community service outbreak. Besides, people should not be subjective, ignores the work of personal hygiene, environmental sanitation. /.
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One more...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 17:46 GMT +7
From 12 / 1 to 20 / 1, primary school Pha Le, Thuy Nguyen, Hai Phong has 72 students have flu syndrome. In the 16 samples tested H1N1 positive with 10 ca.
Dr. Nguyen Tran Hien, Director of Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology central (Ministry of Health) said, 72 students scattered in 10 of 13 classes of the school. Recently, some children have expressed influenza has decreased and most are mild ca.
Thus, from the time of peak services on August, 9, more than three months after a new outbreak of flu in schools. "That shows that H1N1 influenza progress very difficult to predict in the near future, unpredictable evolutions. Therefore, we must proactively monitor, to take measures in time," Dr Hien said.
Director flu data at 15 points nationally (from 4 to 10 / 1) also found that influenza H1N1 is still circulating in the community but less than the peak weeks earlier. For every 100 people to test, screening flu is only five people positive for H1N1 flu.
Also in the first 15 days tháng 1 / 2010, Vietnam recorded three more deaths due to influenza H1N1 again. Including a young, 39, in Y Yen, Nam Dinh, a history of blood diseases, after 10 days of treatment at the Institute of Hematology and Blood without central support, was transferred to the Central Hospital for Tropical , two days after the death. The two deaths left is a girl 2 years in the Pacific and girls age 8 in Lang Son.
Thus, Vietnam has recorded a total of 56 deaths due to H1N1, in 24 provinces and cities across the country. In Asia, some countries recorded the largest number of deaths: India more than 1,100, nearly 720 Chinese singers, Australia is nearly 200 ...
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Northern Vietnam H5N1 Human, Poultry & H1N1 Human Map
This is my personal map that I have kept of recent outbreaks. This is Northern Vietnam near the China border. The latest school H1N1 outbreak is marked in purple. As you can see, there is a mix of everything in that region.
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Red: H5N1 Human Confirmed
Blue: H5N1 Poultry Confirmed in assoc. with Human Confirmed
Yellow: H5N1 Confirmed Poultry Outbreaks
Purple: H1N1 Confirmed Humans
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Red: H5N1 Human Confirmed
Blue: H5N1 Poultry Confirmed in assoc. with Human Confirmed
Yellow: H5N1 Confirmed Poultry Outbreaks
Purple: H1N1 Confirmed Humans
Egypt: H5N1 Human Case #93; 6 More H1N1 Deaths: Total 238
"Health" announces the death of 6 B "pigs" and the injury of the "flu"
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 - 20:17
The Ministry of Health, on Wednesday evening, the death of 6 new cases of disease of swine flu, bringing the total number of cases the deceased as a result of HIV infection in Egypt to 238 cases so far, as the ministry announced the discovery of human case of bird flu, No. 93 for a child aged 3 years Center Ghanyim Assiut Governorate.
A statement of the "health" that the boy's parents reported being exposed to birds suspected of having bird flu, prompting authorities of the Ministry to take a sample for analysis after being suspected of becoming ill, but now, according to the statement, received the necessary treatment of his condition and became landed good.
The statement added that six of the dead swine flu of Egyptian nationality, including a man aged 45 years of conservative Sixth of October, the 20-year-old woman from the same province, and 25-year-old woman from Cairo Governorate, and the other from the same province at the age of 21 years, The 50-year-old woman from Damietta Governorate and other Monofia at the age of 24 years.
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 - 20:17
The Ministry of Health, on Wednesday evening, the death of 6 new cases of disease of swine flu, bringing the total number of cases the deceased as a result of HIV infection in Egypt to 238 cases so far, as the ministry announced the discovery of human case of bird flu, No. 93 for a child aged 3 years Center Ghanyim Assiut Governorate.
A statement of the "health" that the boy's parents reported being exposed to birds suspected of having bird flu, prompting authorities of the Ministry to take a sample for analysis after being suspected of becoming ill, but now, according to the statement, received the necessary treatment of his condition and became landed good.
The statement added that six of the dead swine flu of Egyptian nationality, including a man aged 45 years of conservative Sixth of October, the 20-year-old woman from the same province, and 25-year-old woman from Cairo Governorate, and the other from the same province at the age of 21 years, The 50-year-old woman from Damietta Governorate and other Monofia at the age of 24 years.
Interim Results: Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccination Coverage --- United States, October--December 2009
Early Release
January 15, 2010 / 59(Early Release);1-5In July 2009, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued recommendations for use of the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine (1). Recognizing that the vaccine supply would not be ample immediately but would grow over time, ACIP identified 1) initial target groups, consisting of approximately 160 million persons, and 2) a limited vaccine subset of the target groups, initially estimated at 42 million persons (and more recently estimated at 62 million persons), to receive first priority while the 2009 H1N1 vaccine supply was limited (1). ACIP recommended expanding vaccination to the rest of the population as vaccine supplies increased. To estimate 2009 H1N1 vaccination coverage to date for the 2009--10 influenza season, CDC analyzed results from the National 2009 H1N1 Flu Survey (NHFS) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey, conducted during December 27, 2009--January 2, 2010, and December 1--27, 2009, respectively. The results indicated that, as of January 2, an estimated 20.3% of the U.S. population (61 million persons) had been vaccinated, including 27.9% of persons in the initial target groups and 37.5% of those in the limited vaccine subset. An estimated 29.4% of U.S. children aged 6 months--18 years had been vaccinated. Now that an ample supply of 2009 H1N1 vaccine is available, efforts should continue to increase vaccination coverage among persons in the initial target groups and to offer vaccination to the rest of the U.S. population, including those aged ≥65 years (2).
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The findings in this report are subject to at least three limitations. First, the NHFS results presented in this analysis are based on data collected during a single week of interviews, and all results are based on self-report or parental report of 2009 H1N1 vaccination. Because of the limited size of the NHFS sample, confidence limits around estimates are large and final estimates might differ. Second, BRFSS and NHFS are subject to selection bias because of noninclusion of households with only cellular telephones (BRFSS) and households with no telephone service (BRFSS and NHFS). Finally, CASRO response rates and cooperation rates were low, particularly for NHFS.
Although influenza activity has declined in the United States in recent weeks, cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza, including cases of severe disease, continue to occur. The epidemiology of 2009 H1N1 influenza over the months ahead is unknown, but another rise in incidence, as occurred during the winter of the 1957--58 pandemic, remains possible (10). In addition, increases in influenza activity from seasonal influenza also might occur as the season progresses. Vaccination remains the best way to prevent influenza infection and influenza-related hospitalizations and deaths.
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Indo: Minister of Health Resolution Virus Continue Struggle at Geneva
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | 08:53 pm
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta - Minister of Health Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih continue to fight the virus in the transfer resolution of the Executive Board meeting the World Health Organization. The trial lasted for five days in Geneva, Switzerland since the start Monday.
"The presence of the Minister's important to fight for the resolution to run in accordance with the original agreement," said Lily S. Sulistyowati via press release.
Minister with delegation of Indonesia develop various inputs and responses to the resolutions and proposals on the Executive Board meeting. WHO Executive Board consisting of 34 member states elected by the World Health Assembly (WHA) and served for a period of three years. Currently chairman of the body position assumed by the Minister of Endang. Its main task is to provide input on decisions and policies to be determined by the WHA.
Resolution regarding the transfer of viruses or other Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA) has been initiated by the previous minister Siti Fadilah Supari. If approved and legal power, SMTA will change the order of the use of viruses that are valid for 62 years, into a framework that is more fair, transparent, and equal.
SMTA will open access to influenza viruses, which opens great opportunities for developing country researchers to enhance research capacity. Indonesia and other developing countries can develop diagnostic tools, vaccines and drug against bird flu virus and other viruses of pandemic potential, including H1N1, or swine flu. So that the capacity of research and vaccine production is not limited to just a few developed countries ..
In the trial this time, Indonesia also has proposed a new draft resolution on the Improvement of Health through the Safe and Environmentally Sound Management and Viral Hepatitis. The government has also prepared several other responses concerning the resolution of Birth defects, Availability, Safety, & Blood Product Quality, Monitoring the achievement of MDGs, food safety and others, who have a large impact on health in Indonesia.
Apart from attending the hearing, the Indonesian delegation also plans several bilateral meetings with several ministers of health which is considered to strengthen Indonesia's position in the Executive Board forums. Some ministers who met, among others from India, Bangladesh and several other world organizations such as the Excutive Director of the Global Funds and others.
AQIDA SWAMURTI
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta - Minister of Health Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih continue to fight the virus in the transfer resolution of the Executive Board meeting the World Health Organization. The trial lasted for five days in Geneva, Switzerland since the start Monday.
"The presence of the Minister's important to fight for the resolution to run in accordance with the original agreement," said Lily S. Sulistyowati via press release.
Minister with delegation of Indonesia develop various inputs and responses to the resolutions and proposals on the Executive Board meeting. WHO Executive Board consisting of 34 member states elected by the World Health Assembly (WHA) and served for a period of three years. Currently chairman of the body position assumed by the Minister of Endang. Its main task is to provide input on decisions and policies to be determined by the WHA.
Resolution regarding the transfer of viruses or other Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA) has been initiated by the previous minister Siti Fadilah Supari. If approved and legal power, SMTA will change the order of the use of viruses that are valid for 62 years, into a framework that is more fair, transparent, and equal.
SMTA will open access to influenza viruses, which opens great opportunities for developing country researchers to enhance research capacity. Indonesia and other developing countries can develop diagnostic tools, vaccines and drug against bird flu virus and other viruses of pandemic potential, including H1N1, or swine flu. So that the capacity of research and vaccine production is not limited to just a few developed countries ..
In the trial this time, Indonesia also has proposed a new draft resolution on the Improvement of Health through the Safe and Environmentally Sound Management and Viral Hepatitis. The government has also prepared several other responses concerning the resolution of Birth defects, Availability, Safety, & Blood Product Quality, Monitoring the achievement of MDGs, food safety and others, who have a large impact on health in Indonesia.
Apart from attending the hearing, the Indonesian delegation also plans several bilateral meetings with several ministers of health which is considered to strengthen Indonesia's position in the Executive Board forums. Some ministers who met, among others from India, Bangladesh and several other world organizations such as the Excutive Director of the Global Funds and others.
AQIDA SWAMURTI
Indonesia is believed to be a bridge Regions Asia - Latin America
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Indonesia is believed to be the coordinator of the Asian Forum Asia-Latin America Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Cooperation
In a Press Conference on January 17, 2010, at 12:15 local time, Foreign Minister of Indonesia Marty Natalegawa said that in the role of coordinator, Indonesia is ready to become a bridge between Asia and Latin America. Foreign Minister asserted that Indonesia has pioneered the role as liaison between the region between Asia and Africa in the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung in 1955. In the same spirit, Indonesia would perform the role as coordinator of Asia for Asian cooperation - Latin America.
Foreign Minister also stressed the belief that Indonesia will increase FEALAC cooperative relations between the two regions in a wider scope as identified in the Tokyo Declaration includes issues of common concern that the global economic crisis, social inclusion, and the environment and sustainable development.
Answering the questions of local reporters about what to expect cooperation from Indonesia in the future Japan, Foreign Minister of Indonesia and expressed Japan relations should always be mutual benefit. In addition to cooperation in the economic field and trade that has long existed, the bilateral cooperation has now expanded to various fields.
Currently Japan is Indonesia's main partner in the cooperation environment and climate change. Strengthening of democratic institutions is also a field of bilateral cooperation, in which Japanese support for promoting democracy by Prime Minister Hatoyama indicated that a co-chair of the Bali Democracy Forum II on December 10 to 11 20009.
Foreign Minister also added that cooperation between Indonesia and Japan will increasingly develop into a more mutual relationship and multi-sectoral needs with the election of Indonesia as a member of the G-20. This reflects the recognition of the role of Indonesia to the global issues.
Indonesia to replace Japan's role as coordinator of the Asian FEALAC. Coordinator of the Latin American region held by Argentina.
FEALAC was established in 1999 to improve and expand the cooperation between Asia and Latin America. 34-member FEALAC countries, consists of 16 Asian and 18 Latin American countries with the newest member of Mongolia (Source: Embassy Tokyo).
Indonesia is believed to be the coordinator of the Asian Forum Asia-Latin America Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Cooperation
In a Press Conference on January 17, 2010, at 12:15 local time, Foreign Minister of Indonesia Marty Natalegawa said that in the role of coordinator, Indonesia is ready to become a bridge between Asia and Latin America. Foreign Minister asserted that Indonesia has pioneered the role as liaison between the region between Asia and Africa in the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung in 1955. In the same spirit, Indonesia would perform the role as coordinator of Asia for Asian cooperation - Latin America.
Foreign Minister also stressed the belief that Indonesia will increase FEALAC cooperative relations between the two regions in a wider scope as identified in the Tokyo Declaration includes issues of common concern that the global economic crisis, social inclusion, and the environment and sustainable development.
Answering the questions of local reporters about what to expect cooperation from Indonesia in the future Japan, Foreign Minister of Indonesia and expressed Japan relations should always be mutual benefit. In addition to cooperation in the economic field and trade that has long existed, the bilateral cooperation has now expanded to various fields.
Currently Japan is Indonesia's main partner in the cooperation environment and climate change. Strengthening of democratic institutions is also a field of bilateral cooperation, in which Japanese support for promoting democracy by Prime Minister Hatoyama indicated that a co-chair of the Bali Democracy Forum II on December 10 to 11 20009.
Foreign Minister also added that cooperation between Indonesia and Japan will increasingly develop into a more mutual relationship and multi-sectoral needs with the election of Indonesia as a member of the G-20. This reflects the recognition of the role of Indonesia to the global issues.
Indonesia to replace Japan's role as coordinator of the Asian FEALAC. Coordinator of the Latin American region held by Argentina.
FEALAC was established in 1999 to improve and expand the cooperation between Asia and Latin America. 34-member FEALAC countries, consists of 16 Asian and 18 Latin American countries with the newest member of Mongolia (Source: Embassy Tokyo).
Egypt: closed 4 cafes in the city of Assiut: Prevent trans. of Swine Flu and Avian Flu
To prevent the spread of the conservative people of the swine flu ..
4 Assiut closed because of shisha cafes
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 - 09:24
Major General Nabil decided Ezabi, Governor of Assiut, closed 4 cafes in the city of Assiut, because of their commitment to the decision to maintain the prevention of shisha, to preserve the health of citizens and prevent them from infectious diseases that can be transmitted, such as avian and swine influenza.
The follow-up field to maintain an intensive campaign had been organized to follow up the implementation of the decision the governor to prevent the use hookah cafes, Engineer Medhat Mohammed, director of field follow-up, the cafes were closed down in the street is located in Assiut crescent and the neonatal period, has been warned more than once to no avail.
Assiut was successfully applied in the decision to ban hookah shops and cafes, clubs and public places, The decision was welcomed citizens and said they were happy, because of health and environmental damage that was because of shisha smoking in public places, especially the notes may spread largely among young people in recent times.
4 Assiut closed because of shisha cafes
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 - 09:24
Major General Nabil decided Ezabi, Governor of Assiut, closed 4 cafes in the city of Assiut, because of their commitment to the decision to maintain the prevention of shisha, to preserve the health of citizens and prevent them from infectious diseases that can be transmitted, such as avian and swine influenza.
The follow-up field to maintain an intensive campaign had been organized to follow up the implementation of the decision the governor to prevent the use hookah cafes, Engineer Medhat Mohammed, director of field follow-up, the cafes were closed down in the street is located in Assiut crescent and the neonatal period, has been warned more than once to no avail.
Assiut was successfully applied in the decision to ban hookah shops and cafes, clubs and public places, The decision was welcomed citizens and said they were happy, because of health and environmental damage that was because of shisha smoking in public places, especially the notes may spread largely among young people in recent times.
NEWS SCAN: H5N1 case in Egypt, bird outbreak in India, debate in Indonesia
CIDRAP
Jan 19, 2010
Egypt reports human H5N1 case, more bird infections
Egypt has identified its 91st human case of H5N1 avian influenza, according to a Jan 13 report by Strengthening Avian Influenza Detection and Response (SAIDR), an Egypt-based project funded by the US Agency for International Development. The Egyptian health ministry said the case involves a 20-year-old woman from Beni Suef governorate who fell ill Jan 6, was hospitalized, and was reported to be in stable condition on Jan 13. Her family said she had had contact with sick and dead poultry. Meanwhile, Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation today reported 17 detections of H5N1 cases in household birds in eight governorates, according to a separate SAIDR report. Officials said the number of findings was a result of the strengthening of passive surveillance in veterinary clinics.
SAIDR reports of human cases
SAIDR reports of bird outbreaks
H5N1 hits India's West Bengal state
Animal health officials in India confirmed an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in backyard birds in three villages in the country's West Bengal state, according to a Jan 15 report from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The outbreak, India's first since October 2009, killed 1,000 of about 80,000 susceptible birds in the three Murshidabad district villages. The remaining birds and those in a 3-kilometer radius around the area were culled to prevent the spread of the virus. The government will compensate owners for the poultry. Veterinary authorities are conducting intensive surveillance in areas within 10 kilometers of the outbreak site. They have also closed poultry markets in the area and have prohibited the sale and transport of birds. Investigators haven't yet determined the source of the virus. West Bengal is in eastern India near its border with Bangladesh.
Jan 15 OIE report
Indonesia's H5N1 status debated as outbreak reported
Health and agriculture officials in Indonesia say fewer H5N1 outbreaks in poultry may have decreased the number of infections in humans, but other experts say the risk has not changed and that the country's poultry surveillance system is weak, the United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) reported yesterday. Indonesian Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said there have been no human illnesses since November 2009, and Agus Wiyono, the agriculture ministry's director of animal health, said no major poultry outbreaks have occurred in 3 years. But Dr Chairil Nidom, a microbiologist at Airlangga University in Surabaya, Indonesia, said some poultry outbreaks have probably gone unreported and that the surveillance system is weak. A World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman told IRIN that the group's assessment of Indonesia's risk has not changed. The country leads the world in human H5N1 infections and deaths. The mixed assessments of Indonesia's risk came as veterinary officials in East Java reported that the virus recently struck chickens in a village, which led to the culling of 270 birds, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported today. Rapid-test results on 100 birds were positive, an official from Pamekasan regency's veterinary health office told the news service.
Jan 18 IRIN story
Jan 19 Antara story
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Egypt: SAIDR Animal Data: Recent Cases
This listing will give you a very good idea of how endemic H5N1 is, in the birds in Egypt.
Egypt: 4 More Deaths - Total 232
4 and influenza deaths raise the total to 232 cases
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 - 19:46
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday, about 4 deaths HIV eh HP 1 The 1 is known internationally as the swine flu, bringing the total number of cases 232 cases so far.
The four cases are, first an Egyptian man who at the age of "25 years" from Damietta Governorate, the second Egyptian girl has sex at the age of "3 years" from Damietta Governorate, and the third to an Egyptian man who at the age of "50 years" from the 6th of October , and the fourth for an Egyptian man who at the age of "30 years" from the Western Province [Gharbiya gov.].
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 - 19:46
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday, about 4 deaths HIV eh HP 1 The 1 is known internationally as the swine flu, bringing the total number of cases 232 cases so far.
The four cases are, first an Egyptian man who at the age of "25 years" from Damietta Governorate, the second Egyptian girl has sex at the age of "3 years" from Damietta Governorate, and the third to an Egyptian man who at the age of "50 years" from the 6th of October , and the fourth for an Egyptian man who at the age of "30 years" from the Western Province [Gharbiya gov.].
XOMA Reviews Priorities for 2010 and 2009 Accomplishments
January 19, 2010: 07:30 AM ET
BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XOMA Ltd. (Nasdaq:XOMA), a leader in the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies, today provided a summary of its priorities for 2010 and accomplishments during 2009.
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XOMA has a fully integrated product development infrastructure, extending from pre-clinical science to approval, and a team of about 200 employees at its Berkeley, California location. For more information, please visit http://www.xoma.com.
BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XOMA Ltd. (Nasdaq:XOMA), a leader in the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies, today provided a summary of its priorities for 2010 and accomplishments during 2009.
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2009 Accomplishments
XOMA 052 and Proprietary Pipeline
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Biodefense
- Advanced XOMA 3AB, an anti-botulism antibody, into pre-IND studies.
 - Obtained $3.9 million in new government contracts for the development of antibodies to the H1N1/H5N1 and SARS viruses.
 - Presented new XOMA technology for the development and evaluation of multiple antibody “cocktail� formulations.
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XOMA has a fully integrated product development infrastructure, extending from pre-clinical science to approval, and a team of about 200 employees at its Berkeley, California location. For more information, please visit http://www.xoma.com.
Chan: Holds Bilateral Meeting w/Indian Health Minister: Discusses efforts for bilateral health co-op
Selasa, 19 Januari 2010
"I supported the RI initiative to establish WHO Collaborating Centre Influenza in Indonesia, and will give help to bring about this initiative" Was like this it was stressed by World Health Organization Director General (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan, in his meeting with RI Health Minister, Dr. Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih in Session gaps Executive Board 126 WHO in Geneva, on January 18 2010.
The Director General's WHO support had the important meaning towards Indonesia so that developing countries also have the capacity that was adequate to diagnose and did risk assesment (the assessment of the risk) towards the potential illness the pandemic like Bird Flu (the Virus H5N1 and H1N1).
The director general WHO also supported the WHO Collaborating Centre formation for Disaster Management in Indonesia. At this time the Disaster Management Centre was formed and operated in 9 areas in Indonesia. The director general WHO praised the Indonesian capacity in the management of the disaster so as to be able to become the training centre for other countries. The bilateral meeting between Menkes RI with this WHO Director General was one of the series of the activity in the first day the Session 126 of Executive Board WHO that will take place and January 23 2010. Apart from the meeting with the Director General WHO, Menkes RI also held the bilateral meeting with Indian Health Minister and Bruneian Darussalam in order to discuss efforts to reinforce the bilateral health co-operation.
Executive Board/the executive's body WHO had a membership of 34 member countries, including Indonesia. Menkes RI succeeded in being chosen as one of the Vice Chairmen together with South Korea, Oman and Paraguay. The session of EB-WHO that was led by Uganda dimandatkan to compile the decision and the policy that were discussed and determined by World Health Assembly (WHA), as well as gave the directive to the WHO Director General in carrying out WHA decisions. In the Session 126 of EB-WHO this, apart from continuing to fight for continuation of the formation of Framework Virus Sharing and Benefits Sharing, Indonesia also took the initiative of putting forward the resolution plan concerning the Improvement of Health through Safe and Environmentally Sound Waste Management. Nt. . . . This submission of the resolution plan was Indonesian efforts to follow up the decision Balinese Declaration ounce Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood that was agreed to in the 9th Session of COP to the Basel Convention in Bali, in June 2008. 2008. (the Source: PTRI Geneva)
"I supported the RI initiative to establish WHO Collaborating Centre Influenza in Indonesia, and will give help to bring about this initiative" Was like this it was stressed by World Health Organization Director General (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan, in his meeting with RI Health Minister, Dr. Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih in Session gaps Executive Board 126 WHO in Geneva, on January 18 2010.
The Director General's WHO support had the important meaning towards Indonesia so that developing countries also have the capacity that was adequate to diagnose and did risk assesment (the assessment of the risk) towards the potential illness the pandemic like Bird Flu (the Virus H5N1 and H1N1).
The director general WHO also supported the WHO Collaborating Centre formation for Disaster Management in Indonesia. At this time the Disaster Management Centre was formed and operated in 9 areas in Indonesia. The director general WHO praised the Indonesian capacity in the management of the disaster so as to be able to become the training centre for other countries. The bilateral meeting between Menkes RI with this WHO Director General was one of the series of the activity in the first day the Session 126 of Executive Board WHO that will take place and January 23 2010. Apart from the meeting with the Director General WHO, Menkes RI also held the bilateral meeting with Indian Health Minister and Bruneian Darussalam in order to discuss efforts to reinforce the bilateral health co-operation.
Executive Board/the executive's body WHO had a membership of 34 member countries, including Indonesia. Menkes RI succeeded in being chosen as one of the Vice Chairmen together with South Korea, Oman and Paraguay. The session of EB-WHO that was led by Uganda dimandatkan to compile the decision and the policy that were discussed and determined by World Health Assembly (WHA), as well as gave the directive to the WHO Director General in carrying out WHA decisions. In the Session 126 of EB-WHO this, apart from continuing to fight for continuation of the formation of Framework Virus Sharing and Benefits Sharing, Indonesia also took the initiative of putting forward the resolution plan concerning the Improvement of Health through Safe and Environmentally Sound Waste Management. Nt. . . . This submission of the resolution plan was Indonesian efforts to follow up the decision Balinese Declaration ounce Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood that was agreed to in the 9th Session of COP to the Basel Convention in Bali, in June 2008. 2008. (the Source: PTRI Geneva)
India: Bird flu in West Bengal
Alert at all entry points against import of poultry products
18 January, 2010 - People entering Phuentsholing town are being searched for chickens or eggs, after Bhutan declared an indefinite ban on import of poultry and its products from India, starting yesterday morning, in response to an outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1) or bird flu in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal.
The ban comes almost six months after the last ban was lifted in July 2009. Mobile users were also notified about the bird flu with a joint sms from agriculture and health ministry on Saturday evening, which asked for cooperation to prevent the flu from entering the country.
Indian media reported that the possibility of the birds being affected by bird flu, emerged when hundreds of them died in Murshidabad district of West Bengal in the past few days. Tests on the samples of the dead birds at the animal disease laboratory (ADL) in Bhopal confirmed bird flu.
“We’ve revoked all import permits of poultry and poultry products, including the ones from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh as they come through West Bengal,” said the Bhutan agriculture food and regulatory authority (BAFRA) officer in-charge in the border town Ugyen Dorji. “Eggs and frozen chicken are mostly imported from the two southern Indian states.”
The rapid response team, assisted by livestock officials, have been alerted at all entry points to step up surveillance and the livestock team will study and create awareness in Pasakha and other villages along the Bhutan-India border, said BAFRA officials.
“After the first outbreak, if there’s no fresh outbreak, it takes about three months to declare when the ban could be lifted,” Ugyen Dorji said.
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Egypt: Luxor - Governor complains to Dir. of Health Affairs in Luxor on poor conditions - to no avail
Close laboratory tests Armant island for over a year
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 - 08:38
Appealed to the people of the island of Armant Luxor, Dr Samir Farag, Governor of Luxor attention only health unit in the island and that what he saw as the islanders from the gross negligence of the Directorate of Health Affairs to health unit, and the increase in poor condition, and that even though a number of complaints to the Directorate of Health Affairs in Luxor, but to no avail .
Badawi said Mr. Ahmed Abdul-Samad, Member of the Board of the Center for Qurnah local health unit to be closed and without a doctor since early December last year until mid-January this year, adding that before that period, the doctor is at all times.
He adds that a member of local laboratory tests Supplement Health Unit has been closed since more than a year since the Decree No. 323 of 2008 and the annexation of the island to the city of Armant Luxor. He explained that the lab technician has been withdrawn by the governorate of Qena after the decision has not yet been assigned to the laboratory technician health unit in the island, which serves more than 10 thousand people, and adds that the empty oxygen cylinders for more than a year and a room to detect the unit without the sonar device, although most health units in Luxor by the sonar device.
He also pointed to the geographical conditions that make the island of Armant need more attention than others because they are surrounded by waters of the Nile from all sides, which make it difficult to transfer patients out, and adds that all health units Governorate Luxor running Altazl b 1 pound and treatment are free except the island of Armant Altazl b 3 pounds and one-third of the citizen pays the price for treatment. And also adds that follow-up committee came to the island of Armant Health Unit of the Directorate and make sure that there was no negligence in the health unit.
He appealed to residents of the Island of Dr. Farag the governor of Luxor Department of Health officials to hold accountable in Luxor on this laxity and neglect of the administrative health unit on the island of Armant and a doctor is not all this period and laboratory analysis CSS and empty oxygen cylinder and closed the pharmacy for a long time and the lack of emergency medicine at the reception.
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 - 08:38
Appealed to the people of the island of Armant Luxor, Dr Samir Farag, Governor of Luxor attention only health unit in the island and that what he saw as the islanders from the gross negligence of the Directorate of Health Affairs to health unit, and the increase in poor condition, and that even though a number of complaints to the Directorate of Health Affairs in Luxor, but to no avail .
Badawi said Mr. Ahmed Abdul-Samad, Member of the Board of the Center for Qurnah local health unit to be closed and without a doctor since early December last year until mid-January this year, adding that before that period, the doctor is at all times.
He adds that a member of local laboratory tests Supplement Health Unit has been closed since more than a year since the Decree No. 323 of 2008 and the annexation of the island to the city of Armant Luxor. He explained that the lab technician has been withdrawn by the governorate of Qena after the decision has not yet been assigned to the laboratory technician health unit in the island, which serves more than 10 thousand people, and adds that the empty oxygen cylinders for more than a year and a room to detect the unit without the sonar device, although most health units in Luxor by the sonar device.
He also pointed to the geographical conditions that make the island of Armant need more attention than others because they are surrounded by waters of the Nile from all sides, which make it difficult to transfer patients out, and adds that all health units Governorate Luxor running Altazl b 1 pound and treatment are free except the island of Armant Altazl b 3 pounds and one-third of the citizen pays the price for treatment. And also adds that follow-up committee came to the island of Armant Health Unit of the Directorate and make sure that there was no negligence in the health unit.
He appealed to residents of the Island of Dr. Farag the governor of Luxor Department of Health officials to hold accountable in Luxor on this laxity and neglect of the administrative health unit on the island of Armant and a doctor is not all this period and laboratory analysis CSS and empty oxygen cylinder and closed the pharmacy for a long time and the lack of emergency medicine at the reception.
Indonesia: East Java: 270 additional chickens stated positive and destroyed
Positively Bird Flu of Hundreds Of chickens was burnt
Pamekasan, 19 Januari 2010 14:54
Officially Peternakan Regional Government Kabupaten Pamekasan, Madura, Jawa East, on Tuesday (19/1), burnt as many as 270 chickens that were stated positive was attacked by the bird flu virus.
The burning of hundreds of layers in the Pademawu Timur Village, Kecamatan Pademawu this was carried out by the joint team from the Peternakan Service, Dinas Kesehatan was witnessed the element of the conference headed by the subdistrict (Muspida) and village apparatus in this territory. "This step as efforts to prevent the occurrence" of the "spread" of the "bird flu virus against humankind, the" Peternakan Hanafi Hendrayana" Service headword, on Tuesday. In several last days of the number of chickens that was attacked by the bird flu virus in the Pademawu Timur Village, continued to improve.
Beforehand, early January 2010, the number of chickens that was stated positive bird flu totalling 100 tails and on Monday (18/1) were found again by 270 chickens, that finally had been burnt by the official on Tuesday.
The chicken that was stated positive was attacked by the bird flu virus belonging to Yuni Astuti, the resident RT 01, RT 06, the Kebun Village, Desa Pademawu Timur, Kecamatan Pademawu, Pamekasan. This was known after the Peternakan Pamekasan Service did "rapid the test" against 100 chickens that died suddenly this.
Beforehand, namely by mid 2009, the official also found the same case. At that time, Hanafi words, around 40 chickens belonging to the resident in the Proppo Subdistrict territory also died suddenly and results of the Peternakan test of the Service side stated, that dozens of chickens died suddenly that positive was attacked by the bird flu virus.
Pamekasan, 19 Januari 2010 14:54
Officially Peternakan Regional Government Kabupaten Pamekasan, Madura, Jawa East, on Tuesday (19/1), burnt as many as 270 chickens that were stated positive was attacked by the bird flu virus.
The burning of hundreds of layers in the Pademawu Timur Village, Kecamatan Pademawu this was carried out by the joint team from the Peternakan Service, Dinas Kesehatan was witnessed the element of the conference headed by the subdistrict (Muspida) and village apparatus in this territory. "This step as efforts to prevent the occurrence" of the "spread" of the "bird flu virus against humankind, the" Peternakan Hanafi Hendrayana" Service headword, on Tuesday. In several last days of the number of chickens that was attacked by the bird flu virus in the Pademawu Timur Village, continued to improve.
Beforehand, early January 2010, the number of chickens that was stated positive bird flu totalling 100 tails and on Monday (18/1) were found again by 270 chickens, that finally had been burnt by the official on Tuesday.
The chicken that was stated positive was attacked by the bird flu virus belonging to Yuni Astuti, the resident RT 01, RT 06, the Kebun Village, Desa Pademawu Timur, Kecamatan Pademawu, Pamekasan. This was known after the Peternakan Pamekasan Service did "rapid the test" against 100 chickens that died suddenly this.
Beforehand, namely by mid 2009, the official also found the same case. At that time, Hanafi words, around 40 chickens belonging to the resident in the Proppo Subdistrict territory also died suddenly and results of the Peternakan test of the Service side stated, that dozens of chickens died suddenly that positive was attacked by the bird flu virus.
Indonesia, Riau: 60% of kept chicken has suddenly died recently, Reported but no response from authorities yet
The plague of bird flu made the resident Seberang Tembilahan restless. Almost daily hundreds of tails of their chicken died suddenly. The death of the chicken inappropriately that certainly bring in caused the concern to become an epidemic him bird flu. Moreover, there was the resident that his almost one chicken coop died all. H Amsar Ismail, one of the residents said, the number of the resident's chickens that died suddenly this took place in a last week. The death of the chicken in large quantities this made the resident concerned and frightened of consuming the chicken. Could be said by 60 percent of the total kept chicken the resident in the Parit Tembilahan Besar, Lingkungan Emban Sari has died suddenly in recent times, said this former Seberang Tembilahan Village Head, on Monday (18/1)
The death incident suddenly the chicken belonging to the resident of this Seberang Tembilahan District, according to him was reported to the related agency to immediately be carried out by the step in the prevention and anticipation of the possibility of spreading him bird flu didaerah this. We reported this incident to the related agency, to be carried out by the step in the inspection and the handling. Ganan. However until this did not yet have the team that descended, he explained. The USA him. The similar matter also in ungkapkapkan Sudirman that also was the resident of the Tembilahan Besar Ditch, Lingkungan Emban Sari, according to him his almost one kept chicken coop died suddenly. My almost one kept chicken coop completely died suddenly, similar to the case of bird flu. Failed. Likewise with the chicken belonging to my neighbour, he continued. Ut him.
Section Head Peternakan Indragiri Hilir Urip Sukarno delivered that his side immediately will follow up related the report on the existence of the resident's chicken that died suddenly this. We will immediately drop the team off kelokasi to confirm true or not and the cause of the chicken that died this, what because of bird flu or that was other, said Urip to Pekanbaru MX According to Urip, to the agency that was led by him had the procedure continue to (Protap), if being found by the existence of the indication and facing the spreading of the bird flu virus, he revealed. AP him. ***
The death incident suddenly the chicken belonging to the resident of this Seberang Tembilahan District, according to him was reported to the related agency to immediately be carried out by the step in the prevention and anticipation of the possibility of spreading him bird flu didaerah this. We reported this incident to the related agency, to be carried out by the step in the inspection and the handling. Ganan. However until this did not yet have the team that descended, he explained. The USA him. The similar matter also in ungkapkapkan Sudirman that also was the resident of the Tembilahan Besar Ditch, Lingkungan Emban Sari, according to him his almost one kept chicken coop died suddenly. My almost one kept chicken coop completely died suddenly, similar to the case of bird flu. Failed. Likewise with the chicken belonging to my neighbour, he continued. Ut him.
Section Head Peternakan Indragiri Hilir Urip Sukarno delivered that his side immediately will follow up related the report on the existence of the resident's chicken that died suddenly this. We will immediately drop the team off kelokasi to confirm true or not and the cause of the chicken that died this, what because of bird flu or that was other, said Urip to Pekanbaru MX According to Urip, to the agency that was led by him had the procedure continue to (Protap), if being found by the existence of the indication and facing the spreading of the bird flu virus, he revealed. AP him. ***
WHO Supports Indonesia's plan to build "WHO Influenza Collaborating Center"
WHO Supports Wake RI Cooperation Center Flu
Tuesday, 19/01/2010 15:29 WIB
Geneva - World Health Organization (WHO) to support Indonesia's plan to build the WHO collaboration center for influenza research. Indonesia is expected to have a capacity for risk assessment for potential pandemic such as bird flu and swine flu.
This cooperation center will be named the WHO Influenza Collaborating Center. WHO Director General Margaret Chan insists the WHO will provide assistance to Indonesia to realize such cooperation center.
"I support the Indonesian initiative to establish the WHO Influenza Collaborating Center in Indonesia," Chan said in a meeting with Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih on the sidelines of the meeting of Executive Board-126 WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday (18/1/2010) yesterday .
According to the First Secretary of the Permanent Representative of Indonesia in Geneva Acep Somantri, WHO also supported the construction of the WHO Collaborating Center for disaster management in Indonesia. We have disaster management center was built in 9 regions in Indonesia.
"Director General of WHO praises Indonesia's capacity in disaster management so that they can become training centers for other countries," he said in a release Acep to AFP, Tuesday (19/1/2010).
In addition to meeting with Chan, Minister also met with Minister of India and Brunei Darussalam to strengthen the bilateral health cooperation. Endang was also selected as one of the Vice Chairman of the WHO Executive Board along with South Korea, Oman and Paraguay.
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Tuesday, 19/01/2010 15:29 WIB
Geneva - World Health Organization (WHO) to support Indonesia's plan to build the WHO collaboration center for influenza research. Indonesia is expected to have a capacity for risk assessment for potential pandemic such as bird flu and swine flu.
This cooperation center will be named the WHO Influenza Collaborating Center. WHO Director General Margaret Chan insists the WHO will provide assistance to Indonesia to realize such cooperation center.
"I support the Indonesian initiative to establish the WHO Influenza Collaborating Center in Indonesia," Chan said in a meeting with Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih on the sidelines of the meeting of Executive Board-126 WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday (18/1/2010) yesterday .
According to the First Secretary of the Permanent Representative of Indonesia in Geneva Acep Somantri, WHO also supported the construction of the WHO Collaborating Center for disaster management in Indonesia. We have disaster management center was built in 9 regions in Indonesia.
"Director General of WHO praises Indonesia's capacity in disaster management so that they can become training centers for other countries," he said in a release Acep to AFP, Tuesday (19/1/2010).
In addition to meeting with Chan, Minister also met with Minister of India and Brunei Darussalam to strengthen the bilateral health cooperation. Endang was also selected as one of the Vice Chairman of the WHO Executive Board along with South Korea, Oman and Paraguay.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
Egypt: Total Swine Flu Deaths 228
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 21:25
The Ministry of Health, on Monday evening, the death of 4 cases of disease, swine flu, bringing the total number of bird flu deaths in Egypt so far 228 cases.
The official statement of the Ministry of Health that four of the dead with the virus of Egyptian nationality, and they are female, aged 41 years of Assiut, and a woman aged 27 from Eastern Province, {?} and a third-old girl from the Governorate of Alexandria in addition to the old man 59 years of the Eastern Province.
The Ministry of Health, on Monday evening, the death of 4 cases of disease, swine flu, bringing the total number of bird flu deaths in Egypt so far 228 cases.
The official statement of the Ministry of Health that four of the dead with the virus of Egyptian nationality, and they are female, aged 41 years of Assiut, and a woman aged 27 from Eastern Province, {?} and a third-old girl from the Governorate of Alexandria in addition to the old man 59 years of the Eastern Province.
Egypt: Swine Flu Update
15135 Total injuries swine flu so far
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 19:10
The Ministry of Health that the total number of cases of infection "that 1 H-1" world-renowned swine flu was about 15135 cases since the disease appeared in Egypt until now.
The statement of the Ministry that the number of confirmed cases of infected stands at 8887 on the situation and a total of 14719 cured of their disease status and are currently under treatment in hospitals of 192 and the total number of deaths since the disease appeared in Egypt and so far 224 cases.
The statement pointed out that the position of the disease is epidemic in schools and universities indicates that there are about 5409 confirmed cases in schools and about 839 confirmed cases, universities and the beginning of the school year so far.
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 19:10
The Ministry of Health that the total number of cases of infection "that 1 H-1" world-renowned swine flu was about 15135 cases since the disease appeared in Egypt until now.
The statement of the Ministry that the number of confirmed cases of infected stands at 8887 on the situation and a total of 14719 cured of their disease status and are currently under treatment in hospitals of 192 and the total number of deaths since the disease appeared in Egypt and so far 224 cases.
The statement pointed out that the position of the disease is epidemic in schools and universities indicates that there are about 5409 confirmed cases in schools and about 839 confirmed cases, universities and the beginning of the school year so far.
Egypt: Due to lack of demand for Health defer import 2 million doses of flu vaccine
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 16:57
Ministry of Health notified the company of Glasgow GlaxoSmithKline English stop importing 2 million doses of vaccine for swine flu virus, with a total of 5 million doses have contracted with the beginning of the ministry the company's production of the vaccine.
Attributed d. Hatem the Minister of Health the reason behind the postponement of import of 2 million doses of vaccine against swine influenza virus and to settle instead only 3 million doses of vaccine were imported from Glasgow GlaxoSmithKline English while measuring the response of groups targeted by vaccination him.
The Health Ministry identified the target groups of vaccination in the coming period workers vital sectors particularly those dealing with people, such as men's passports and traffic and transportation, and e-conductors as well as owners of patients with chronic diseases such as kidney, heart, liver, blood vessels, tumors, asthma, obesity, disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, blood diseases and HIV .
Dr. Abdel-Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health that the rest of the doses will be imported by the contractor to complete only 3 million doses of vaccine against the disease of swine influenza A manufacturer which has been contracted to supply the vaccine and the postponement of import of 2 million doses, while measuring the response of those groups for vaccination.
Ministry of Health notified the company of Glasgow GlaxoSmithKline English stop importing 2 million doses of vaccine for swine flu virus, with a total of 5 million doses have contracted with the beginning of the ministry the company's production of the vaccine.
Attributed d. Hatem the Minister of Health the reason behind the postponement of import of 2 million doses of vaccine against swine influenza virus and to settle instead only 3 million doses of vaccine were imported from Glasgow GlaxoSmithKline English while measuring the response of groups targeted by vaccination him.
The Health Ministry identified the target groups of vaccination in the coming period workers vital sectors particularly those dealing with people, such as men's passports and traffic and transportation, and e-conductors as well as owners of patients with chronic diseases such as kidney, heart, liver, blood vessels, tumors, asthma, obesity, disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, blood diseases and HIV .
Dr. Abdel-Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health that the rest of the doses will be imported by the contractor to complete only 3 million doses of vaccine against the disease of swine influenza A manufacturer which has been contracted to supply the vaccine and the postponement of import of 2 million doses, while measuring the response of those groups for vaccination.
Nidom - Vaccine Seeds for H5N1 and H1N1 Produced in Indonesia
By: Office of Communications and Information Prov. Java
Monday, January 18, 2010
University of Airlangga (Airlangga University) Surabaya find a cure for bird flu virus (H5N1) and swine flu (H1N1). Vaccines of the two viruses were produced in the country, namely in the Laboratory of Bio-Safety Level 3 Avian Influenza Research Center (BSL3 AIRC)
Chairman of the AIRC Laboratory, Dr. CA Nidhom drh MS, confirmed on Monday (18 / 1), said the vaccine is now being continuously be mass produced. Maybe not all people know that the laboratory is the first in Southeast Asia. (Dra)
-snip-
With a fund of Rp 120 billion, stood at the AIRC an area of 230 square meters. Location lies between the Tropical Disease Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Airlangga Kampus C (Airlangga University), Surabaya. "Until now we still continue to monitor vaccines are being produced in this laboratory, made the seed (seed) vaccine for the H5N1 and H1N1" said Nidhom
He explained, the launch of this vaccine seeds have been made Vice President Boediono at Airlangga Kampus C Rectorate Muyorejo, around November 2009 and then. We have the seed already sent to PT Bio Farma is served mass produce it. Nidhom said, it is now is still monitoring (monitoring) to maintain the possibility of change.
"But until now we have made seed still be able to cover these viruses. As the most upstream, this lab is always ready to update the seed if there is a change in swine influenza virus or bird flu, "said faculty member Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) Unair.
Nidhom explained, making H1N1 vaccine was first performed. Therefore, for the H5N1 vaccine, it could have to wait for delivery of the virus from the Ministry of Health RI.
In addition, currently the second seed was completed. The establishment of this laboratory became one of the evidence concern in dealing with Indonesia bird flu. Owned equipment is not kidding. All the equipment was imported directly from Japan and made of stainless steel. Even the installation of equipment made by the technicians from Japan. "Tools are not our own pair because the system is very complicated and complex. So should be done by experts, "said Nidhom.
According to him, researchers are not allowed in the lab for a full day. They were given a maximum of three hours to conduct research in the laboratory. Therefore, the whole room was given a negative air pressure. This pressure serves to keep the virus in the virus in the laboratory so as not to spread out. If you are in the negative-pressure room for more than three hours, researchers may feel sleepy even fainted from lack of oxygen.
"Lab space is really dirty. His name research, could have been an accident and spilled the virus. To keep the virus was still at home and not spread out, we provide a negative air pressure, "he said.
Negative pressure provided vary, depending on the type of room. To the locker room, the pressure was only minus 20 degrees in atmospheric pressure (PSI). The corridor was raised to minus 30 degrees PSI.
Meanwhile, the biggest pressure in the laboratory animals, human viruses, and laboratory animal viruses, ie, minus 40 degrees PSI. "Cage and the virus lab greatest pressure because the place is the dirtiest air," he said.
In addition, the air is made to flow to where the pressure is lowest. From the locker room, the air flows into the hallway before they spread to each room.
In this room, the air and then filtered before it is released to the atmosphere. "So the lab is completely not harm the environment because anything that comes out of here already past the screening process to clean," continued Nidhom.
In addition, researchers also should not be carelessly carrying goods out of the lab because it was feared the virus. As a precaution, the data obtained is sent through a computer network or fax.
This is an attempt to anticipate Avoid getting a virus that came out of the laboratory.
For the purposes of this vaccine manufacturing project disburse government funds around Rp1, 3 trillion. This has been revealed Endang Rahayu Minister of Health inaugurated the launch of Setyaningsih as vaccine seed some time ago. The funds are allocated for a period of four years. Each year will produce about 20 million doses, or one-tenth of the population is Indonesia.
Report by the Director-General to the Executive Board at its 126th session - Geneva, Switzerland, 18 January 2010
Dr Margaret Chan - Director-General
Mister Chairman, members of the Executive Board, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you, all around this table, for honouring the memory of our colleague, Dr Ali, Somalia’s minister of health. This tragedy touches us in yet another way. The bombing occurred during a graduation ceremony at a medical school in Mogadishu. Six years of medical training vanished together with several of those lost lives. WHO has been supporting that medical school, and we will continue to do so.
I know you will join me in expressing our deep condolences to the people of Haiti and our gratitude to the many who are rushing to provide assistance. The loss of life cannot be reliably estimated at present, but is at least 50,000 and rising. Already, this disaster ranks among the most devastating and logistically challenging in recent history. We are seeing the difficulties that arise when disaster strikes an already disastrous public health situation.
Many of the problems we try to prevent after a disaster were already present in Haiti. These include diseases associated with poor water and sanitation systems, low immunization coverage and widespread malnutrition, outbreaks of infectious diseases, a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, and erratic delivery of medicines and care.
The almost unbelievable damage to infrastructure extends to hospitals and health centres. The WHO premises were damaged, but we are operational. A WHO/PAHO team of specialists is on the ground and is spearheading the health response to the earthquake.
The first priorities are to assess the nature and magnitude of emergency health needs, to treat the injured, to recover bodies, and to set up surveillance for infectious diseases. Offers of help continue to pour in. But aid must closely match urgent health needs and be tightly coordinated This is part of WHO’s job. We have every reason to be concerned about the health of survivors.
Making hospitals safe during emergencies was the theme for last year’s World Health Day. One point is obvious. When infrastructures are already weak, the vulnerability of populations to disasters is vastly increased.
This strong link between weak infrastructures and capacities and the vulnerability of populations applies to many other areas of public health.
Ladies and gentlemen,
We are at the start of the second decade of the 21st century. And we are just five years away from 2015. A report on progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals is on your agenda.
Several other reports describe activities that are contributing to achievement of the Goals or point to specific challenges that need to be addressed. As these reports show, progress in individual countries tends to be greatest in the better-off populations. We are still not doing enough to improve life for the most vulnerable and the poorest of the poor.
At the international level, the picture is mixed, and the African region must continue to be a focus of particular concern. But there are many bright and motivating examples of success everywhere.
Some of these examples come from big-picture trends. Towards the end of last year, WHO and other agencies issued substantial reports on trends for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, vaccines and immunization, and the health of children.
You will be familiar with the positive trends in all these areas. The progress is sometimes fragile, threatened by factors ranging from drug resistance to uncertain funding for the future. But the trends are definitely positive. While optimism about the malaria situation must be cautious, this is the first time, in decades, that we are getting some good news. This, too, is progress.
We can all be proud that the drive to reach international health commitments has never faltered, even at a time of multiple global crises on multiple fronts.
Apart from these big-picture trends, reports prepared for this session cover many specific indicators of progress. Vitamin A supplementation has been implemented as a life-saving measure in 66 of 68 countries with a high burden of child deaths. Since 2000, measles deaths have dropped by 78%. As the report on this item concludes: measles eradication is achievable. If we want to do this, we can.
By 2007, 98% of reported tuberculosis cases were being diagnosed and treated in DOTS programmes. WHO Child Growth Standards have been adopted by more than 100 countries. This, in turn, has led to increased investment in programmes to reduce undernutrition, but also to tackle the growing problem of childhood obesity. As I have said on many occasions, what gets measured gets done.
Ten years into this new century, we are seeing signs that aid for health development can bring solid results. Equally important, in the drive to reach a limited number of time-bound health goals, fundamental problems are being uncovered, and solutions are being found that benefit public health across the board.
We are making progress, as the reports before you show. We need to keep on setting our sights higher, aiming to do more, for more and more people.
Ladies and gentlemen,
For me, the best health news of the previous decade is the fact that the long overdue influenza pandemic has been so moderate in its impact. Had the pandemic taken another course, the agenda for this session would have looked very different. Had the virus mutated to a more virulent form, we would not be talking about forging ahead. We would be standing still or dealing with serious setbacks.
We have been fortunate since the very emergence of the new H1N1 virus, and have remained fortunate up to now. The virus initially spread in countries with good surveillance systems. The honesty and speed of early reporting set the standard for the international response.
The virus did not mutate to a more virulent form. Resistance to oseltamivir did not become widespread. The vaccine proved safe and a close match with circulating virus. Things could have gone wrong in any of these areas.
We were fortunate in other ways. This is the first pandemic to occur since the revolution in communications and information technologies. For the first time in history, the international community could watch a pandemic unfold, and chart its evolution, in real time.
The amount of data that have been collected since April of last year, and the number of research reports and studies that have been published, have been remarkable. This quick collection of information has allowed WHO to issue treatment guidelines, track the epidemiology, and keep a close watch for mutations, including those that confer resistance to antiviral drugs.
When the history of this pandemic is written, I believe that the speed of actions taken by governments to protect their populations will earn the highest marks. Though the burden on emergency rooms and intensive care units has been heavy, nearly all health systems have coped well. Let me pay tribute to all the health care workers who have worked tirelessly to care for patients.
The early standard of rapid and transparent reporting was upheld, and the sharing of information, diagnostic support, test kits, and viruses has been commendably generous. To date, well over 23,000 viruses and other specimens have been submitted to WHO network laboratories for analysis.
During any public health emergency, health officials must make urgent, often far-reaching decisions in an atmosphere of considerable scientific uncertainty. Given our duty to safeguard public health, the tendency of officials facing such a situation is nearly always to err on the side of caution. I believe we would all rather see a moderate pandemic with ample supplies of vaccine than a severe pandemic with inadequate supplies of vaccine.
In some countries in the northern hemisphere with good surveillance systems, the pandemic appears to be easing. The worst may be over. But it would be unwise for anyone to reach firm conclusions before April, when the normal influenza season usually ends. There is still quite a lot of winter left.
In addition, we cannot predict what will happen between now and later in the year, when the southern hemisphere enters its influenza season and the virus becomes more transmissible.
Data for most parts of Africa are sparse. We are concerned that some countries in the western part of the continent remain susceptible to intense waves of transmission. We do not know for sure, but we are keeping a careful watch.
Population susceptibility to infection by a new virus drives the dynamics of an influenza pandemic. This is the critical question. Are there enough susceptible people left to sustain further waves of community-wide transmission? At present, we simply do not have enough data to answer this question with certainty. Studies are, however, under way.
We can estimate how much immunity has been conferred through vaccination. But knowing how much natural immunity has been acquired through infection is more difficult, especially given the very mild nature of illness in the vast majority of patients. Some infections produced no symptoms, and quick surveys of influenza-like illness will not capture these infections.
In short: I believe that what most countries are doing, that is, urging their populations to get vaccinated, is the prudent public health approach. Each country has to assess its own epidemiological situation and the needs and concerns of its citizens. For developing countries concerned about their lack of access to pandemic vaccines, WHO is ramping up its donation programme.
This pandemic has also been the first major test of the revised International Health Regulations. They have given the world an orderly, rules-based way to respond, and this has been an asset. With few exceptions, social and economic disruptions have been far less significant than feared. Another strength of the International Health Regulations is its system of checks and balances. They ensure that no one, myself included, has unfettered power.
Although the virus has not yet delivered any devastating surprises, we have seen some surprises on other fronts. We anticipated problems in producing enough vaccine fast enough, and this did indeed happen. But we did not anticipate that people would decide not to be vaccinated.
I mentioned the revolution in communications and information technologies. In today’s world, people can draw on a vast range of information sources.
People make their own decisions about what information to trust, and base their actions on those decisions.
The days when health officials could issue advice, based on the very best medical and scientific data, and expect populations to comply, may be fading. It may no longer be sufficient to say that a vaccine is safe, or testing complied with all regulatory standards, or a risk is real.
In my view, this is a new communications challenge that we may need to address. As the items on your agenda show, persuading people to adopt healthy behaviours is one of the biggest challenges in public health.
In terms of managing public perceptions, part of the problem arises from the big difference between what was expected, after watching the highly lethal H5N1 virus for so long, and what fortunately happened. An event similar to the 1918 pandemic was feared, when what actually happened is probably closer to the 1957 or 1968 pandemics.
Let me introduce a word of caution. Reliable estimates of the number of deaths and the mortality rate during the current pandemic will not be possible until one to two years after the pandemic has ended.
Let me reassure you on a final point. This has been the most closely watched and carefully scrutinized pandemic in history. We will have a wealth of new knowledge as a result. It is natural that every decision or action that shaped the response will likewise be closely and carefully scrutinized.
WHO can withstand this scrutiny.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I began this report with several examples of progress. Let us turn to some of the problems you will be addressing during this session. Despite the diversity of topics, the problems, the main obstacles to further progress, are remarkably the same.
The funding to sustain progress is precarious, and even more so for scaling up. The shortage of doctors, nurses, and other personnel needed to do the job is measured in the millions.
Countries lack fundamental laboratory capacity. Unsafe practices in hospitals abound, contributing, among other things, to the spread of viral hepatitis. Blood supplies are likewise often unsafe, of poor quality, or inadequate.
Countries lack critical support from regulatory and enforcement bodies. Countries lack reliable systems for data collection and information management. This is the absolute foundation for setting national priorities and monitoring progress.
Health services in the public sector are plagued by stockouts, poor working conditions, and staff shortages. In the private sector, the price of generic medicines is, on average, more than 600% higher than their international reference price. This is not a pretty picture, but this is the reality. This is what insufficient capacity means, also in costs.
Delivering interventions, like vaccines, medicines, condoms, bednets, and vitamins, clearly brings mortality down, sometimes very quickly. But this is not enough, and your reports make this point convincingly.
We face a dilemma. The Millennium Development Goals are results-oriented and time-limited, and have unquestionably spearheaded much progress. Donors are impatient, but capacity building takes time.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Last week, I convened an informal consultation of experts to look at the future of financing for WHO. Participants considered funding needs together with a very frank assessment of WHO’s unique roles and functions, and its comparative advantages in today’s crowded landscape of public health.
We are beginning to get a better grip on what countries expect from WHO, what WHO does well, some things that only WHO can do, and some things that are best left to others. This, in turn, could guide future financing decisions.
A report of the meeting will be circulated to all Member States and made publicly available for a web-based consultation. We anticipate that a paper reflecting the results of this consultation will be submitted to the Board within a year.
Global governance of public health was part of the discussions during that meeting. Many items on your agenda address transnational threats or deal with problems that are best managed at the international level.
This is true for public health, innovation, and intellectual property, and for the code of practice for the international recruitment of health personnel. This is true for the item on noncommunicable diseases, which includes recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children. This is a world where an estimated 44 million pre-school children are overweight or obese. We have to take action.
This is true for the harmful use of alcohol. The report documents a wide and alarming range of harms, and also gives you a range of policy options and intervention measures, including at the regulatory level.
With the industrialization of food production and the globalization of its marketing, efforts to ensure food safety likewise take on an international dimension.
I know very well that you have come to the table with a diversity of views on these issues. Finding an agreed way forward is not easy. There are some strong economic dimensions as well as strong public health concerns, and many competing interests.
But WHO, I believe, is the right forum for these discussions and the right agency to take your decisions forward. Rest assured of full support from the Secretariat in these and all other deliberations.
Thank you.
Mister Chairman, members of the Executive Board, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you, all around this table, for honouring the memory of our colleague, Dr Ali, Somalia’s minister of health. This tragedy touches us in yet another way. The bombing occurred during a graduation ceremony at a medical school in Mogadishu. Six years of medical training vanished together with several of those lost lives. WHO has been supporting that medical school, and we will continue to do so.
I know you will join me in expressing our deep condolences to the people of Haiti and our gratitude to the many who are rushing to provide assistance. The loss of life cannot be reliably estimated at present, but is at least 50,000 and rising. Already, this disaster ranks among the most devastating and logistically challenging in recent history. We are seeing the difficulties that arise when disaster strikes an already disastrous public health situation.
Many of the problems we try to prevent after a disaster were already present in Haiti. These include diseases associated with poor water and sanitation systems, low immunization coverage and widespread malnutrition, outbreaks of infectious diseases, a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, and erratic delivery of medicines and care.
The almost unbelievable damage to infrastructure extends to hospitals and health centres. The WHO premises were damaged, but we are operational. A WHO/PAHO team of specialists is on the ground and is spearheading the health response to the earthquake.
The first priorities are to assess the nature and magnitude of emergency health needs, to treat the injured, to recover bodies, and to set up surveillance for infectious diseases. Offers of help continue to pour in. But aid must closely match urgent health needs and be tightly coordinated This is part of WHO’s job. We have every reason to be concerned about the health of survivors.
Making hospitals safe during emergencies was the theme for last year’s World Health Day. One point is obvious. When infrastructures are already weak, the vulnerability of populations to disasters is vastly increased.
This strong link between weak infrastructures and capacities and the vulnerability of populations applies to many other areas of public health.
Ladies and gentlemen,
We are at the start of the second decade of the 21st century. And we are just five years away from 2015. A report on progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals is on your agenda.
Several other reports describe activities that are contributing to achievement of the Goals or point to specific challenges that need to be addressed. As these reports show, progress in individual countries tends to be greatest in the better-off populations. We are still not doing enough to improve life for the most vulnerable and the poorest of the poor.
At the international level, the picture is mixed, and the African region must continue to be a focus of particular concern. But there are many bright and motivating examples of success everywhere.
Some of these examples come from big-picture trends. Towards the end of last year, WHO and other agencies issued substantial reports on trends for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, vaccines and immunization, and the health of children.
You will be familiar with the positive trends in all these areas. The progress is sometimes fragile, threatened by factors ranging from drug resistance to uncertain funding for the future. But the trends are definitely positive. While optimism about the malaria situation must be cautious, this is the first time, in decades, that we are getting some good news. This, too, is progress.
We can all be proud that the drive to reach international health commitments has never faltered, even at a time of multiple global crises on multiple fronts.
Apart from these big-picture trends, reports prepared for this session cover many specific indicators of progress. Vitamin A supplementation has been implemented as a life-saving measure in 66 of 68 countries with a high burden of child deaths. Since 2000, measles deaths have dropped by 78%. As the report on this item concludes: measles eradication is achievable. If we want to do this, we can.
By 2007, 98% of reported tuberculosis cases were being diagnosed and treated in DOTS programmes. WHO Child Growth Standards have been adopted by more than 100 countries. This, in turn, has led to increased investment in programmes to reduce undernutrition, but also to tackle the growing problem of childhood obesity. As I have said on many occasions, what gets measured gets done.
Ten years into this new century, we are seeing signs that aid for health development can bring solid results. Equally important, in the drive to reach a limited number of time-bound health goals, fundamental problems are being uncovered, and solutions are being found that benefit public health across the board.
We are making progress, as the reports before you show. We need to keep on setting our sights higher, aiming to do more, for more and more people.
Ladies and gentlemen,
For me, the best health news of the previous decade is the fact that the long overdue influenza pandemic has been so moderate in its impact. Had the pandemic taken another course, the agenda for this session would have looked very different. Had the virus mutated to a more virulent form, we would not be talking about forging ahead. We would be standing still or dealing with serious setbacks.
We have been fortunate since the very emergence of the new H1N1 virus, and have remained fortunate up to now. The virus initially spread in countries with good surveillance systems. The honesty and speed of early reporting set the standard for the international response.
The virus did not mutate to a more virulent form. Resistance to oseltamivir did not become widespread. The vaccine proved safe and a close match with circulating virus. Things could have gone wrong in any of these areas.
We were fortunate in other ways. This is the first pandemic to occur since the revolution in communications and information technologies. For the first time in history, the international community could watch a pandemic unfold, and chart its evolution, in real time.
The amount of data that have been collected since April of last year, and the number of research reports and studies that have been published, have been remarkable. This quick collection of information has allowed WHO to issue treatment guidelines, track the epidemiology, and keep a close watch for mutations, including those that confer resistance to antiviral drugs.
When the history of this pandemic is written, I believe that the speed of actions taken by governments to protect their populations will earn the highest marks. Though the burden on emergency rooms and intensive care units has been heavy, nearly all health systems have coped well. Let me pay tribute to all the health care workers who have worked tirelessly to care for patients.
The early standard of rapid and transparent reporting was upheld, and the sharing of information, diagnostic support, test kits, and viruses has been commendably generous. To date, well over 23,000 viruses and other specimens have been submitted to WHO network laboratories for analysis.
During any public health emergency, health officials must make urgent, often far-reaching decisions in an atmosphere of considerable scientific uncertainty. Given our duty to safeguard public health, the tendency of officials facing such a situation is nearly always to err on the side of caution. I believe we would all rather see a moderate pandemic with ample supplies of vaccine than a severe pandemic with inadequate supplies of vaccine.
In some countries in the northern hemisphere with good surveillance systems, the pandemic appears to be easing. The worst may be over. But it would be unwise for anyone to reach firm conclusions before April, when the normal influenza season usually ends. There is still quite a lot of winter left.
In addition, we cannot predict what will happen between now and later in the year, when the southern hemisphere enters its influenza season and the virus becomes more transmissible.
Data for most parts of Africa are sparse. We are concerned that some countries in the western part of the continent remain susceptible to intense waves of transmission. We do not know for sure, but we are keeping a careful watch.
Population susceptibility to infection by a new virus drives the dynamics of an influenza pandemic. This is the critical question. Are there enough susceptible people left to sustain further waves of community-wide transmission? At present, we simply do not have enough data to answer this question with certainty. Studies are, however, under way.
We can estimate how much immunity has been conferred through vaccination. But knowing how much natural immunity has been acquired through infection is more difficult, especially given the very mild nature of illness in the vast majority of patients. Some infections produced no symptoms, and quick surveys of influenza-like illness will not capture these infections.
In short: I believe that what most countries are doing, that is, urging their populations to get vaccinated, is the prudent public health approach. Each country has to assess its own epidemiological situation and the needs and concerns of its citizens. For developing countries concerned about their lack of access to pandemic vaccines, WHO is ramping up its donation programme.
This pandemic has also been the first major test of the revised International Health Regulations. They have given the world an orderly, rules-based way to respond, and this has been an asset. With few exceptions, social and economic disruptions have been far less significant than feared. Another strength of the International Health Regulations is its system of checks and balances. They ensure that no one, myself included, has unfettered power.
Although the virus has not yet delivered any devastating surprises, we have seen some surprises on other fronts. We anticipated problems in producing enough vaccine fast enough, and this did indeed happen. But we did not anticipate that people would decide not to be vaccinated.
I mentioned the revolution in communications and information technologies. In today’s world, people can draw on a vast range of information sources.
People make their own decisions about what information to trust, and base their actions on those decisions.
The days when health officials could issue advice, based on the very best medical and scientific data, and expect populations to comply, may be fading. It may no longer be sufficient to say that a vaccine is safe, or testing complied with all regulatory standards, or a risk is real.
In my view, this is a new communications challenge that we may need to address. As the items on your agenda show, persuading people to adopt healthy behaviours is one of the biggest challenges in public health.
In terms of managing public perceptions, part of the problem arises from the big difference between what was expected, after watching the highly lethal H5N1 virus for so long, and what fortunately happened. An event similar to the 1918 pandemic was feared, when what actually happened is probably closer to the 1957 or 1968 pandemics.
Let me introduce a word of caution. Reliable estimates of the number of deaths and the mortality rate during the current pandemic will not be possible until one to two years after the pandemic has ended.
Let me reassure you on a final point. This has been the most closely watched and carefully scrutinized pandemic in history. We will have a wealth of new knowledge as a result. It is natural that every decision or action that shaped the response will likewise be closely and carefully scrutinized.
WHO can withstand this scrutiny.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I began this report with several examples of progress. Let us turn to some of the problems you will be addressing during this session. Despite the diversity of topics, the problems, the main obstacles to further progress, are remarkably the same.
The funding to sustain progress is precarious, and even more so for scaling up. The shortage of doctors, nurses, and other personnel needed to do the job is measured in the millions.
Countries lack fundamental laboratory capacity. Unsafe practices in hospitals abound, contributing, among other things, to the spread of viral hepatitis. Blood supplies are likewise often unsafe, of poor quality, or inadequate.
Countries lack critical support from regulatory and enforcement bodies. Countries lack reliable systems for data collection and information management. This is the absolute foundation for setting national priorities and monitoring progress.
Health services in the public sector are plagued by stockouts, poor working conditions, and staff shortages. In the private sector, the price of generic medicines is, on average, more than 600% higher than their international reference price. This is not a pretty picture, but this is the reality. This is what insufficient capacity means, also in costs.
Delivering interventions, like vaccines, medicines, condoms, bednets, and vitamins, clearly brings mortality down, sometimes very quickly. But this is not enough, and your reports make this point convincingly.
We face a dilemma. The Millennium Development Goals are results-oriented and time-limited, and have unquestionably spearheaded much progress. Donors are impatient, but capacity building takes time.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Last week, I convened an informal consultation of experts to look at the future of financing for WHO. Participants considered funding needs together with a very frank assessment of WHO’s unique roles and functions, and its comparative advantages in today’s crowded landscape of public health.
We are beginning to get a better grip on what countries expect from WHO, what WHO does well, some things that only WHO can do, and some things that are best left to others. This, in turn, could guide future financing decisions.
A report of the meeting will be circulated to all Member States and made publicly available for a web-based consultation. We anticipate that a paper reflecting the results of this consultation will be submitted to the Board within a year.
Global governance of public health was part of the discussions during that meeting. Many items on your agenda address transnational threats or deal with problems that are best managed at the international level.
This is true for public health, innovation, and intellectual property, and for the code of practice for the international recruitment of health personnel. This is true for the item on noncommunicable diseases, which includes recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children. This is a world where an estimated 44 million pre-school children are overweight or obese. We have to take action.
This is true for the harmful use of alcohol. The report documents a wide and alarming range of harms, and also gives you a range of policy options and intervention measures, including at the regulatory level.
With the industrialization of food production and the globalization of its marketing, efforts to ensure food safety likewise take on an international dimension.
I know very well that you have come to the table with a diversity of views on these issues. Finding an agreed way forward is not easy. There are some strong economic dimensions as well as strong public health concerns, and many competing interests.
But WHO, I believe, is the right forum for these discussions and the right agency to take your decisions forward. Rest assured of full support from the Secretariat in these and all other deliberations.
Thank you.
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Indonesia: Aceh: Dead chickens who have not Help Replaced
January 18, 2010, 08:41
Dead chickens who have not Help Replaced
Aceh Utara
LHOKSUKON - Substitute thousands of chickens Husbandry Agency assistance to Aceh, North Aceh who died suddenly due to bird flu in mid-November 2009 until now not been distributed. In addition, thousands of citizens who participate chickens died as the effects of bird flu cases were also not replaced losses related party.
As is known, as many as three thousand tails of four thousand rations of chickens in the eight districts assistance in North Aceh, mid-November 2009 has died from bird flu. In effect, thousands of chickens dead people too. Eight districts included Simpang Keuramat, Matang Kuli, Baktiya and Muara Batu, Cot Girek, Langkahan, Syamtalira Aron, and Seunuddon.
A number of aid recipients to Porch chicken complained about it because until now they have not received the new replacement chickens chickens had died, including their own chickens. As happened in Matang Kuli. Puskeswan Matangkuli According to the head, drh Warta, the number of chickens at the time assistance to the village of Pante Pirak of 500 tails, received only two days, immediately died from bird flu, which obliged to be replaced, because according to the quarantine agreement for seven day. Another effect is, over five hundred residents of chickens also died. "People are always asking us, when aid channeled back chicken including chicken compensation of citizens," Warta said the Porch, yesterday.
Head of Animal Health livestock and North Aceh, Rizal, admitted today that help thousands of chickens died of bird flu has not been changed. In fact, according to Rizal, it was repeatedly reported it to the province. Hinga But now there is no certainty whether the chicken's aid will be replaced or not. "We also have reported about the thousands of citizens who participate chickens died of chickens supplied the help of North Sumatra were suffering from bird flu," he explained.
Dead chickens who have not Help Replaced
Aceh Utara
LHOKSUKON - Substitute thousands of chickens Husbandry Agency assistance to Aceh, North Aceh who died suddenly due to bird flu in mid-November 2009 until now not been distributed. In addition, thousands of citizens who participate chickens died as the effects of bird flu cases were also not replaced losses related party.
As is known, as many as three thousand tails of four thousand rations of chickens in the eight districts assistance in North Aceh, mid-November 2009 has died from bird flu. In effect, thousands of chickens dead people too. Eight districts included Simpang Keuramat, Matang Kuli, Baktiya and Muara Batu, Cot Girek, Langkahan, Syamtalira Aron, and Seunuddon.
A number of aid recipients to Porch chicken complained about it because until now they have not received the new replacement chickens chickens had died, including their own chickens. As happened in Matang Kuli. Puskeswan Matangkuli According to the head, drh Warta, the number of chickens at the time assistance to the village of Pante Pirak of 500 tails, received only two days, immediately died from bird flu, which obliged to be replaced, because according to the quarantine agreement for seven day. Another effect is, over five hundred residents of chickens also died. "People are always asking us, when aid channeled back chicken including chicken compensation of citizens," Warta said the Porch, yesterday.
Head of Animal Health livestock and North Aceh, Rizal, admitted today that help thousands of chickens died of bird flu has not been changed. In fact, according to Rizal, it was repeatedly reported it to the province. Hinga But now there is no certainty whether the chicken's aid will be replaced or not. "We also have reported about the thousands of citizens who participate chickens died of chickens supplied the help of North Sumatra were suffering from bird flu," he explained.
Indonesia: FIND DRUG UNAIR H5N1 AND H1N1
By: Office of Communications and Information Prov. Java
Monday, January 18, 2010
University of Airlangga (Airlangga University) Surabaya find a cure for bird flu virus (H5N1) and swine flu (H1N1). Vaccines of the two viruses were produced in the country, namely in the Laboratory of Bio-Safety Level 3 Avian Influenza Research Center (BSL3 AIRC)
Chairman of the AIRC Laboratory, Dr. CA Nidhom drh MS, confirmed on Monday (18 / 1), said the vaccine is now being continuously be mass produced. Maybe not all people know that the laboratory is the first in Southeast Asia. (Dra)
-snip-
With a fund of Rp 120 billion, stood at the AIRC an area of 230 square meters. Location lies between the Tropical Disease Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Airlangga Kampus C (Airlangga University), Surabaya. "Until now we still continue to monitor vaccines are being produced in this laboratory, made the seed (seed) vaccine for the H5N1 and H1N1" said Nidhom
He explained, the launch of this vaccine seeds have been made Vice President Boediono at Airlangga Kampus C Rectorate Muyorejo, around November 2009 and then. We have the seed already sent to PT Bio Farma is served mass produce it. Nidhom said, it is now is still monitoring (monitoring) to maintain the possibility of change.
"But until now we have made seed still be able to cover these viruses. As the most upstream, this lab is always ready to update the seed if there is a change in swine influenza virus or bird flu, "said faculty member Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) Unair.
Nidhom explained, making H1N1 vaccine was first performed. Therefore, for the H5N1 vaccine, it could have to wait for delivery of the virus from the Ministry of Health RI.
In addition, currently the second seed was completed. The establishment of this laboratory became one of the evidence concern in dealing with Indonesia bird flu. Owned equipment is not kidding. All the equipment was imported directly from Japan and made of stainless steel. Even the installation of equipment made by the technicians from Japan. "Tools are not our own pair because the system is very complicated and complex. So should be done by experts, "said Nidhom.
According to him, researchers are not allowed in the lab for a full day. They were given a maximum of three hours to conduct research in the laboratory. Therefore, the whole room was given a negative air pressure. This pressure serves to keep the virus in the virus in the laboratory so as not to spread out. If you are in the negative-pressure room for more than three hours, researchers may feel sleepy even fainted from lack of oxygen.
"Lab space is really dirty. His name research, could have been an accident and spilled the virus. To keep the virus was still at home and not spread out, we provide a negative air pressure, "he said.
Negative pressure provided vary, depending on the type of room. To the locker room, the pressure was only minus 20 degrees in atmospheric pressure (PSI). The corridor was raised to minus 30 degrees PSI.
Meanwhile, the biggest pressure in the laboratory animals, human viruses, and laboratory animal viruses, ie, minus 40 degrees PSI. "Cage and the virus lab greatest pressure because the place is the dirtiest air," he said.
In addition, the air is made to flow to where the pressure is lowest. From the locker room, the air flows into the hallway before they spread to each room.
In this room, the air and then filtered before it is released to the atmosphere. "So the lab is completely not harm the environment because anything that comes out of here already past the screening process to clean," continued Nidhom.
In addition, researchers also should not be carelessly carrying goods out of the lab because it was feared the virus. As a precaution, the data obtained is sent through a computer network or fax.
This is an attempt to anticipate Avoid getting a virus that came out of the laboratory.
For the purposes of this vaccine manufacturing project disburse government funds around Rp1, 3 trillion. This has been revealed Endang Rahayu Minister of Health inaugurated the launch of Setyaningsih as vaccine seed some time ago. The funds are allocated for a period of four years. Each year will produce about 20 million doses, or one-tenth of the population is Indonesia.
Monday, January 18, 2010
University of Airlangga (Airlangga University) Surabaya find a cure for bird flu virus (H5N1) and swine flu (H1N1). Vaccines of the two viruses were produced in the country, namely in the Laboratory of Bio-Safety Level 3 Avian Influenza Research Center (BSL3 AIRC)
Chairman of the AIRC Laboratory, Dr. CA Nidhom drh MS, confirmed on Monday (18 / 1), said the vaccine is now being continuously be mass produced. Maybe not all people know that the laboratory is the first in Southeast Asia. (Dra)
-snip-
With a fund of Rp 120 billion, stood at the AIRC an area of 230 square meters. Location lies between the Tropical Disease Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Airlangga Kampus C (Airlangga University), Surabaya. "Until now we still continue to monitor vaccines are being produced in this laboratory, made the seed (seed) vaccine for the H5N1 and H1N1" said Nidhom
He explained, the launch of this vaccine seeds have been made Vice President Boediono at Airlangga Kampus C Rectorate Muyorejo, around November 2009 and then. We have the seed already sent to PT Bio Farma is served mass produce it. Nidhom said, it is now is still monitoring (monitoring) to maintain the possibility of change.
"But until now we have made seed still be able to cover these viruses. As the most upstream, this lab is always ready to update the seed if there is a change in swine influenza virus or bird flu, "said faculty member Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) Unair.
Nidhom explained, making H1N1 vaccine was first performed. Therefore, for the H5N1 vaccine, it could have to wait for delivery of the virus from the Ministry of Health RI.
In addition, currently the second seed was completed. The establishment of this laboratory became one of the evidence concern in dealing with Indonesia bird flu. Owned equipment is not kidding. All the equipment was imported directly from Japan and made of stainless steel. Even the installation of equipment made by the technicians from Japan. "Tools are not our own pair because the system is very complicated and complex. So should be done by experts, "said Nidhom.
According to him, researchers are not allowed in the lab for a full day. They were given a maximum of three hours to conduct research in the laboratory. Therefore, the whole room was given a negative air pressure. This pressure serves to keep the virus in the virus in the laboratory so as not to spread out. If you are in the negative-pressure room for more than three hours, researchers may feel sleepy even fainted from lack of oxygen.
"Lab space is really dirty. His name research, could have been an accident and spilled the virus. To keep the virus was still at home and not spread out, we provide a negative air pressure, "he said.
Negative pressure provided vary, depending on the type of room. To the locker room, the pressure was only minus 20 degrees in atmospheric pressure (PSI). The corridor was raised to minus 30 degrees PSI.
Meanwhile, the biggest pressure in the laboratory animals, human viruses, and laboratory animal viruses, ie, minus 40 degrees PSI. "Cage and the virus lab greatest pressure because the place is the dirtiest air," he said.
In addition, the air is made to flow to where the pressure is lowest. From the locker room, the air flows into the hallway before they spread to each room.
In this room, the air and then filtered before it is released to the atmosphere. "So the lab is completely not harm the environment because anything that comes out of here already past the screening process to clean," continued Nidhom.
In addition, researchers also should not be carelessly carrying goods out of the lab because it was feared the virus. As a precaution, the data obtained is sent through a computer network or fax.
This is an attempt to anticipate Avoid getting a virus that came out of the laboratory.
For the purposes of this vaccine manufacturing project disburse government funds around Rp1, 3 trillion. This has been revealed Endang Rahayu Minister of Health inaugurated the launch of Setyaningsih as vaccine seed some time ago. The funds are allocated for a period of four years. Each year will produce about 20 million doses, or one-tenth of the population is Indonesia.
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