According to Paraguay’s Ministry of Health, more than 2,000 suspected cases of dengue fever, a significant increase over the average incidence, have been reported primarily from the departments of Central and Alto Parana, and the city of Asuncion so far this year. Travelers are advised to practice daytime insect precautions.
As of March 31,2013, according to the Ministry of Health in Haiti there has been 652,730 cases of cholera and 8,063 cholera related deaths since the beginning of the outbreak, in October 2010. The outbreak has been reported in all 10 departments of Haiti; the country’s capital has had 176,100 cases reported. It is important to…
Since January 2015, Ecuador’s Ministry of Health has reported 20, 800 cases of dengue fever. More than 2,370 weekly cases of dengue fever are being reported. Cases are primarily occurring in Esmeraldas, Manabí, Guayas, Los Rios and El Oro Provinces. What is Dengue Fever? Dengue fever is a viral infection spread through the bite of…
OFFICIAL WARNING: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada advises against non-essential travel to Egypt due to the unpredictable security situation, high levels of criminal activity and the threat of terrorist attacks. Civil unrest and demonstrations have occurred in many parts of Egypt since January 23, 2011, and some have turned violent. Although the security situation…
According to WHO, 4 confirmed cases of wild poliovirus have been reported in the remote Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region near the Pakistan border since July 2011. The last indigenous case of polio in China was reported in 1994. One clinical case often represents hundreds of asymptomatic infections in the population. One adult booster…
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa an international public health emergency. The current outbreak began in Guinea in March and has spread to Sierra Leone, and Liberia. There have been probable and suspected cases reported in Lagos, Nigeria related to the outbreak in neighboring countries. This is the largest…
Since October 2013, International Health authorities have confirmed over 300,000 suspected and confirmed cases of locally acquired chikungunya fever in the Carribean. Chikungunya is a mosquito borne illness transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. Most of the affected areas continue to report cases. The outbreak has not yet peaked in Haiti, Dominica…