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Australia: Salmonella cluster in Sydney prompts egg recall

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In Australia, New South Wales (NSW) Food Authority advises that ‘Eggz on the Run’ is undertaking a voluntary recall of Glendenning Farms eggs as part of an investigation into human illness. A cluster...

Papua New Guinea: First polio case reported in Port Moresby

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The Papua New Guinea National Department of Health (NDOH) reported an additional circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) case this one from the capital city of Port Moresby. This brings...

Papua New Guinea: Additional polio cases bring total to 9

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The National Department of Health of Papua New Guinea announced this week that three additional polio cases have been confirmed in Morobe, Madang and Enga provinces. The case from Morobe is a four-year-old...

Polio: Papua New Guinea reports two new cases

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The National Department of Health of Papua New Guinea reported this week on two additional polio cases (circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1–cVDPV1), bringing the total to six polio cases...

Pimples, hiccups prompt dozens of Emergency Department visits in Queensland

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Queensland Health is urging people to think before heading to an Emergency Departments (ED) for minor conditions as 32 per cent of ailments seen for can be treated by a General Practitioner (GP). Queensland...

Polio vaccination campaign in Papua New Guinea update

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An estimated 700,110 children under 5 years old will be vaccinated against polio in nine provinces of Papua New Guinea in August 2018. The National Department of Health (NDOH) is mobilizing 4,964 polio...

Lymphatic filariasis: Samoa becomes the first country to implement the new triple drug regimen

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The entire eligible population of Samoa will have been treated with the new triple drug regimen recommended by WHO for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis (LF), a disabling and disfiguring neglected...

Syphilis cases rise in Victoria

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Notifications for primary and secondary syphilis reached a record high Victoria in 2017, according to health officials. A total of 1,337 cases of infectious syphilis were notified in Victoria, compared...

Australia: 1st known Candida auris case reported in Victoria

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Officials with Victoria Health are reporting the first known case of Candida auris, or C. auris in the state. It is believed the Victorian man acquired the infection during admission to a hospital...

Anthrax: Fourth incident in cattle in Queensland since 2016

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A case of anthrax in cattle was confirmed in the Dirranbandi-St George area in early July 2018. This detection is the fourth incident in cattle in the region since 2016. Animal owners in southern Queensland...