Écrit par WHO | 26 Novembre 2012

22 November 2012 - The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Sudan began a 10-day mass vaccination campaign against yellow fever in Darfur on 20 November 2012, in response to the outbreak.

As of 17 November 2012, the outbreak is reported to have affected 26 localities, with a total of 459 suspected cases including 116 deaths. Two cases were confirmed by IgM ELISA test and RT-PCR by the WHO...

Écrit par WHO | 26 Novembre 2012

23 November 2012 - WHO has been notified of four additional cases, including one death, due to infection with the novel coronavirus. The additional cases have been identified as part of the enhanced surveillance in Saudi Arabia (3 cases, including 1 death) and Qatar (1 case). This brings the total of laboratory confirmed cases to 6.

Investigations are ongoing in areas of epidemiology, clinical...

Écrit par Didier Poli | 24 Novembre 2012

Any d’Avray a le plaisir d’annoncer le lancement du Prix Infirmier Any d’Avray 2013 qui récompensera un projet infirmier innovant au bénéfice des personnes atteintes de cancer. Ce prix sera remis le 23 Mars 2013, à l’occasion des 16e Rencontres Infirmières en Oncologie (RIO) de l’AFIC[1] qui se tiendront à la Maison de la Chimie à Paris.

 

Ce prix témoigne aujourd’hui...

Écrit par WHO | 19 Novembre 2012

Ebola in Uganda 17 November 2012 - The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Uganda has notified WHO of an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Luweero district in Central Uganda.

Four cases, including 3 fatal, have been reported. Samples were taken from two cases, for which laboratory confirmation of Ebola virus (species Sudan) was made by PCR and serology tests at the Uganda Virus Research...