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Bolivia: Rabies vaccination campaign in Cochabamba and Beni departments

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The Minister of Health, Rodolfo Rocabado, said that everything is ready to develop the Vaccination Campaign against rabies this August 25 and 26 in the departments of Cochabamba and Beni. “This...

Venezuela measles outbreak: 3,500 lab-confirmed cases in 2018

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UN health officials reported this week that the measles outbreak in Venezuela  is ongoing with measles cases reported in all states and the Capital District. Since the summer of 2017 with the confirmation...

Brazil: Two Chagas disease outbreaks reported in Pará state

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Health officials in Brazil are reporting two Chagas disease outbreaks in the northern state of Pará. According to a G1 Globo.com report (computer translated), two acute outbreaks of Chagas disease...

American Heart Association Scientific Statement: Chagas disease has spread outside of Latin America

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Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic heart disease in about one third of those infected. Over the past 40 years, Chagas disease has spread...

Brazil’s imported measles situation grows, USNS Comfort headed to Colombia to provide relief

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In a follow-up on the imported measles situation in Brazil, the Ministry of Health reported this week that the 910 cases of measles have been confirmed in Amazonas, 5,630 remain under investigation. In...

Barbados reports syphilis increase in pregnant women

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Barbados health officials are reporting an increase in syphilis in pregnant women in recent years. The health ministry is now seeing an abnormally high rate of syphilis in pregnant women and, by extension,...

Paraguay: Chagas vector transmission interrupted in the home

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Paraguay has succeeded in interrupting the vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in the home, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. This was verified last week by a group of international independent...

Mexico prepares for increase in influenza

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Mexican authorities announced this week that they are prepared for an increase in AH1N1 influenza cases this 2018-2019 winter season. This includes a strategic reserve of some 327,000 antiviral drugs...

Brazil to begin measles, polio vaccination campaign Monday

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In a follow-up on the measles outbreak in Brazil, the Ministry of Health reports the number of measles cases in the outbreaks in Amazonas and Roraima states now stand at 742 and 280, respectively as...

Argentina: Health experts agree on actions to intensify the surveillance of measles

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In a follow-up on the measles situation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the members of the committee of experts on measles, convened by the Ministry of Health of the Nation (computer translated), agreed on...