Background On 21st September 2021, a total of 33 suspected dengue-fever cases were reported by District health Office from previously non-endemic area. FELTP team with entomologist was...

Background Pathogens such as E.Coli, Salmonella, and Shigella mainly cause food poisoning, and the duration of symptoms may vary from hours to days. On September 27, 2021, after a larg...

Background Congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) may cause mental retardation and Phenylketonuria (PKU) may lead to brain damage or even death unless therapy is initiated within two weeks of...

Background Zambia has been scaling COVID-19 vaccinations since April 2021. Of the initial targeted number, just 26% of persons have been vaccinated with at least one dose of Covid-19 v...

Background The Republic of Palau is a Pacific Island nation of approximately 17,500 people; 98% of the eligible population were fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and 31% were up to date (o...

Background Campylobacter is the most common cause of bacterial diarrhea in the world; resistance to macrolides and fluoroquinolones limits treatment options. The Foodborne Diseases Act...

Background: Severe dengue is one of the leading causes of serious illness and death in India due to high endemicity. India formulated its mid-term plan for prevention and control of de...

Background: Scrub typhus (ST), a rickettsial disease, is an under reported and fatal illness accounting for 23% of all febrile illnesses. Sixteen Indian states reported ST outbreaks un...

Background: India started Point of Entry (PoE) surveillance at Mumbai International Airport from January 18, 2020, by screening passengers returning from COVID-19 affected countries us...

Background: Egypt launched Event-based Surveillance (EBS) as a main component of Early Warning And Rapid Response System (EWAR) since Nov 2015. Egypt adopted the one health approach fo...

Background: The emergence of Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a great challenge for TB control program in Yemen where estimated 2.3% of new TB cases and 18% of previously ...

Background: In 2016, Cameroon recruited Psychosocial Agents (PSA) to improve follow-up and retention-in-care of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART). PSA...

Background: In early May 2020, an outbreak of unknown etiology was reported among male prisoners in a public state jail, Brazil. Initial diagnostic hypotheses included leptospirosis, e...

Background: Vaccination is a cornerstone in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Finland started vaccination against COVID-19 in December 2020. To better understand the impact of t...

Background: Outbreaks of COVID-19 have been reported in many occupational settings. By June 2020 Kazakhstan suspended two-third of the oilfield workforce after 2,661 cases of COVID-19 ...

Background: Congo Crimean hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne zoonotic infection that is enzootic in Sindh Province, Pakistan. Each year, it leads to many outbreaks and sporadic c...

Background: A better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from children and adolescents is crucial for informing public health mitigation strategies. Methods: We conducted a retros...

Background: The onset of the second Covid-19 wave in December 2020 in Zambia coincided with detection of the B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant as the predominant strain among sequenced specim...

Background: The characteristics of chronic dialysis (CD) patients may imply that the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection could be greater than in the general population. However, informatio...

Background: Shortening the time to viral suppression after HIV diagnosis reduces morbidity and transmission. Current treatment indicators do not include the more relevant health outcom...

Background: On 1 April 2020, the Victorian authorities were notified of a confirmed COVID-19 case linked to a psychiatric healthcare facility. We conducted an investigation to support ...

Background: Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) is a febrile hemorrhagic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, transmitted by the Amblyomma sculptum tick. Between...

Background: COVID-19 is an emerging, deadly viral zoonosis caused by SARS-CoV-2. In March 2020, Cameroon was one of the most affected countries in Africa, with a case fatality rate of ...

Background: Pediatric bacterial meningitis (PBM) is a preventable cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. For Cameroon in 1999, the most common causes of PBM percentage-wise were S...