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Taiwan reports 1st Japanese encephalitis case, imported Zika cases of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Japanese encephalitis The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today of the first confirmed case of Japanese encephalitis this year in the country. The...

Maldives warns of six diseases, illnesses spreading rapidly

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Maldives Health Protection Agency (HPA) tweeted last month a list of six infectious diseases/illnesses that are “spreading rapidly right now” and telling the  public...

Sri Lanka and Maldives eliminate measles and rubella

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that Maldives and Sri Lanka were verified having eliminated rubella, making them the first two countries in WHO...

Maldives reports most dengue cases in two years

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The island chain in the Indian Ocean, Maldives, is reporting more dengue fever cases this year than has been seen in a couple of years. Through this week, health officials in...

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis eliminated in Maldives

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The World Health Organization announced today that Maldives has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. Maldives is the second country in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve this...

Maldives dengue cases up 200 percent in 2019

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The Health Protection Agency, Ministry of Health, Maldives is reporting a 200 percent increase in dengue fever cases thus far in 2019 compared to the same period last year. Official data shows 1,912...

Measles eliminated in Bhutan and Maldives

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Bhutan and Maldives have eliminated measles, a highly infectious disease that is a major childhood killer globally. The two countries have become the first in WHO South-East Asia Region to be verified...

Zika: CDC issues travel notices for Angola, Solomon Islands, others

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Local transmission of Zika virus in four countries has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issue advisories for travelers to Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives and Solomon Islands. Local...

Zika in Asia: CDC says pregnant women should postpone travel to 11 countries

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted today Zika virus-related special travel considerations for 11 Southeastern Asian countries. CDC now recommends that pregnant women should consider...

Sri Lanka, Maldives eliminate lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis

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In a significant progress against neglected tropical diseases in WHO South-East Asia Region, Maldives and Sri Lanka have eliminated lymphatic filariasis, a disease that was crippling people for decades,...