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22 April 2011
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LEPTOSPIROSIS: NEW SOUTH WALES
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LEPTOSPIROSIS - AUSTRALIA (02): (NEW SOUTH WALES)
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Date: Thu 21 Apr 2011
Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) [edited]
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/21/3197611.htm>
An outbreak of a rare disease spread by mice has prompted a warning
by health authorities for local farmers to cover up. 4 cases of
leptospirosis have been confirmed in the Murrumbidgee Local Health
Network.
Public health director Tracey Oakman said the mouse borne disease has
similar symptoms to the common flu. Ms Oakman said farmers are
particularly susceptible in the mouse plague, as the infection happens
when open wounds come in contact with mouse urine. "It's really
important, if people do have cuts they can make sure they cover them,"
she said. "I know gloves are difficult for farmers, or bandages, but
try and avoid best you can coming into contact with soil and water and
mud that have urine in it."
Ms Oakman said it was not normally seen as far south in New South
Wales but mouse numbers are up this year [2011] because of all the
rain. It's important that people do go to the doctor with
leptospirosis because you can get kidney failure, jaundice, and
meningitis and bleeding on the lungs as a complication," she said.
"Many people do end up in hospital after it, so if they're unwell,
please go and see a doctor to diagnose it and a blood test will
diagnose it."
show details 08:20 (25 minutes ago)
LEPTOSPIROSIS - AUSTRALIA (02): (NEW SOUTH WALES)
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A ProMED-mail post
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ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Thu 21 Apr 2011
Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) [edited]
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/21/3197611.htm>
An outbreak of a rare disease spread by mice has prompted a warning
by health authorities for local farmers to cover up. 4 cases of
leptospirosis have been confirmed in the Murrumbidgee Local Health
Network.
Public health director Tracey Oakman said the mouse borne disease has
similar symptoms to the common flu. Ms Oakman said farmers are
particularly susceptible in the mouse plague, as the infection happens
when open wounds come in contact with mouse urine. "It's really
important, if people do have cuts they can make sure they cover them,"
she said. "I know gloves are difficult for farmers, or bandages, but
try and avoid best you can coming into contact with soil and water and
mud that have urine in it."
Ms Oakman said it was not normally seen as far south in New South
Wales but mouse numbers are up this year [2011] because of all the
rain. It's important that people do go to the doctor with
leptospirosis because you can get kidney failure, jaundice, and
meningitis and bleeding on the lungs as a complication," she said.
"Many people do end up in hospital after it, so if they're unwell,
please go and see a doctor to diagnose it and a blood test will
diagnose it."
21 April 2011
RABIES in MADRAS (CHENNAI)
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Date: Thu 21 Apr 2011
Source: The Times of India [edited]
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Rabies-kills-15-in-Chennai-corporation-in-denial/articleshow/8042206.cms>
Rabies kills 15 in Chennai, corporation in denial
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The Chennai Corporation has hidden information on a serial killer.
Rabies, which has no effective treatment, has killed 15 people in the
city in the last 4 months.
The corporation has contributed to the problem by withholding
information about rabies deaths to agencies involved in fighting the
disease. The civic body has also not reported the 12 deaths in 2010
and 13 deaths in 2009.
Experts say that if the corporation had reported the deaths, animal
birth control and vaccination programmes could have been strengthened
for stray dogs in the suburbs. "We would have strengthened awareness
campaigns that would encourage people to take the vaccines after they
are bitten by an animal. These vaccines are available free at all
government and corporation hospitals," said the director of public
health Dr RT Porkai Pandian.
The rabies deaths occurred in the government hospitals in the city
and the death certificates were issued by the corporation. But the
civic body did not report the deaths to the state health department.
As a result, Chennai city's data on rabies death showed zero for the
last few years at the national level. In 2009, Tamil Nadu recorded 3
deaths against 263 across the country and in 2010 they recorded 2
deaths against 162 nationally (source: National Health Profile 2010).
The 25 rabies deaths in the city in the last 2 years went unreported.
Chennai Corporation says that they did not inform the state health
department as the victims weren't residents of Chennai. "People who
died in 2009 and 2010 lived in the suburban areas, where there is no
good vaccination programme for stray dogs. In effect, we have had only
2 cases this year," said Deputy commissioner of health Ashish Kumar.
But health care professionals find the corporation's defense "lame
and irresponsible." They say that the corporation's action is wrong in
terms of procedure and medical practice.
"It's alarming that Chennai has so many cases," said Porkai Pandian.
"If they register a rabies death in the city, no matter where the
victim belongs to, it's a death the civic body should own up," he
said. Rabies, a viral disease that is transmitted to humans from
animals, leads to death in all cases. It spreads when the infected
saliva enters the body through a bite.
Stray dogs affected with rabies in one area can quickly spread the
virus to other animals, experts say. "The virus has no borders," they
say, and add that a dog with rabies in Alandur can spread the
infection to those in neighbouring Guindy.
Non-governmental agencies (NGOs) involved in the animal birth control
programme say that though Chennai started its rabies prevention
programme much ahead of many other cities, it has a long way to go.
The city has outsourced the stray dog animal birth control and
vaccination programme to 3 NGOs. The dogs are sterilised and the
anti-rabies injection is given. But this vaccine is valid only for a
year and there is no guarantee of follow-up vaccinations. The last
stray dog census was done in 2003.
<http://www.promedmail.org/>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Thu 21 Apr 2011
Source: The Times of India [edited]
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Rabies-kills-15-in-Chennai-corporation-in-denial/articleshow/8042206.cms>
Rabies kills 15 in Chennai, corporation in denial
-------------------------------------------------
The Chennai Corporation has hidden information on a serial killer.
Rabies, which has no effective treatment, has killed 15 people in the
city in the last 4 months.
The corporation has contributed to the problem by withholding
information about rabies deaths to agencies involved in fighting the
disease. The civic body has also not reported the 12 deaths in 2010
and 13 deaths in 2009.
Experts say that if the corporation had reported the deaths, animal
birth control and vaccination programmes could have been strengthened
for stray dogs in the suburbs. "We would have strengthened awareness
campaigns that would encourage people to take the vaccines after they
are bitten by an animal. These vaccines are available free at all
government and corporation hospitals," said the director of public
health Dr RT Porkai Pandian.
The rabies deaths occurred in the government hospitals in the city
and the death certificates were issued by the corporation. But the
civic body did not report the deaths to the state health department.
As a result, Chennai city's data on rabies death showed zero for the
last few years at the national level. In 2009, Tamil Nadu recorded 3
deaths against 263 across the country and in 2010 they recorded 2
deaths against 162 nationally (source: National Health Profile 2010).
The 25 rabies deaths in the city in the last 2 years went unreported.
Chennai Corporation says that they did not inform the state health
department as the victims weren't residents of Chennai. "People who
died in 2009 and 2010 lived in the suburban areas, where there is no
good vaccination programme for stray dogs. In effect, we have had only
2 cases this year," said Deputy commissioner of health Ashish Kumar.
But health care professionals find the corporation's defense "lame
and irresponsible." They say that the corporation's action is wrong in
terms of procedure and medical practice.
"It's alarming that Chennai has so many cases," said Porkai Pandian.
"If they register a rabies death in the city, no matter where the
victim belongs to, it's a death the civic body should own up," he
said. Rabies, a viral disease that is transmitted to humans from
animals, leads to death in all cases. It spreads when the infected
saliva enters the body through a bite.
Stray dogs affected with rabies in one area can quickly spread the
virus to other animals, experts say. "The virus has no borders," they
say, and add that a dog with rabies in Alandur can spread the
infection to those in neighbouring Guindy.
Non-governmental agencies (NGOs) involved in the animal birth control
programme say that though Chennai started its rabies prevention
programme much ahead of many other cities, it has a long way to go.
The city has outsourced the stray dog animal birth control and
vaccination programme to 3 NGOs. The dogs are sterilised and the
anti-rabies injection is given. But this vaccine is valid only for a
year and there is no guarantee of follow-up vaccinations. The last
stray dog census was done in 2003.
19 April 2011
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NEW BMJ JOURNAL: PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care - Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Bill Noble
Competing interests >>
Macmillan Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
http://spcare.bmj.com/site/about/bill.noble@sheffield.ac.uk
Associate Editors
Myra Bluebond-Langner
Louis Dundas Centre for Children's Palliative Care
London, UK
bluebond@ucl.ac.uk
Eduardo Bruera
U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Center
Texas, USA
ebruera@mdanderson.org
Merryn Gott
School of Nursing, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
m.gott@auckland.ac.nz
Irene Higginson
Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London
London, UK
irene.higginson@kcl.ac.uk
Matthew Hotopf
King's College London
London, UK
matthew.hotopf@kcl.ac.uk
Christine Ingleton
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
c.ingleton@sheffield.ac.uk
Pål Klepstad
St Olav University Hospital
Trondheim, Norway
pal.klepstad@ntnu.no
Geoff Mitchell
MBBS Program Ipswich
Queensland, Australia
g.mitchell@uq.edu.au
Louis Dundas Centre for Children's Palliative Care
London, UK
bluebond@ucl.ac.uk
Eduardo Bruera
U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Center
Texas, USA
ebruera@mdanderson.org
Merryn Gott
School of Nursing, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
m.gott@auckland.ac.nz
Irene Higginson
Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London
London, UK
irene.higginson@kcl.ac.uk
Matthew Hotopf
King's College London
London, UK
matthew.hotopf@kcl.ac.uk
Christine Ingleton
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
c.ingleton@sheffield.ac.uk
Pål Klepstad
St Olav University Hospital
Trondheim, Norway
pal.klepstad@ntnu.no
Geoff Mitchell
MBBS Program Ipswich
Queensland, Australia
g.mitchell@uq.edu.au
Editorial Advisory Board
Sir Al Aynsley-Green
Former Children's Commissioner for England
Professor Emeritus of Child Health
University College London
London, UK
Sam Ahmedzai
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
Finella Craig
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
London, UK
David Currow
Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia
Gustavo de Simone
Universidad del Salvador
Buenos Aries, Argentina
Yvonne Engels
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Robin Fainsinger
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Marie Fallon
Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre (CRUK)
Edinburgh, UK
Paul Glare
Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA
Xavier Gómez-Batiste
WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Palliative Care Programmes/The Qualy Catalan End of Life Observatory
Barcelona, Spain
Stein Kaasa
University Hospital of Trondheim Palliative Medicine Unit
Trondheim, Norway
Jane Maher
Macmillan Centre for Cancer Support
London, UK
Diane Meier
Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
New York, USA
Marcia Meldrum
UCLA Pain Study Group
Los Angeles, USA
Dan Munday
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK
Scott Murray
Primary Palliative Care Research Group
Edinburgh, UK
Josep Porta Sales
Catalonian Institute of Oncology (L'Hospitalet-Barcelona)
Barcelona, Spain
Jane Seymour
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
Kris Vissers
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Declan Walsh
Harry Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Ohio, USA
Andrew Wilcock
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
Former Children's Commissioner for England
Professor Emeritus of Child Health
University College London
London, UK
Sam Ahmedzai
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
Finella Craig
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
London, UK
David Currow
Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia
Gustavo de Simone
Universidad del Salvador
Buenos Aries, Argentina
Yvonne Engels
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Robin Fainsinger
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Marie Fallon
Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre (CRUK)
Edinburgh, UK
Paul Glare
Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, USA
Xavier Gómez-Batiste
WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Palliative Care Programmes/The Qualy Catalan End of Life Observatory
Barcelona, Spain
Stein Kaasa
University Hospital of Trondheim Palliative Medicine Unit
Trondheim, Norway
Jane Maher
Macmillan Centre for Cancer Support
London, UK
Diane Meier
Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
New York, USA
Marcia Meldrum
UCLA Pain Study Group
Los Angeles, USA
Dan Munday
University of Warwick
Coventry, UK
Scott Murray
Primary Palliative Care Research Group
Edinburgh, UK
Josep Porta Sales
Catalonian Institute of Oncology (L'Hospitalet-Barcelona)
Barcelona, Spain
Jane Seymour
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
Kris Vissers
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Declan Walsh
Harry Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Ohio, USA
Andrew Wilcock
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK
17 April 2011
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QUEBEC CITY: CONFERENCE ISSTDR 10-13 July,2011
The 19th International Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR), 10-13 July 2011, Quebec, Canada
WHO, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will co-organize a symposium on the role of rapid syphilis testing in congenital syphilis elimination efforts. In addition, LSHTM will host a symposium on STI rapid diagnostics and it there will be many other individual oral and poster presentations on the topic of congenital syphilis.
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