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Bookmark or Share- Pan American Health Organization Response to the - PAHOmicrocephaly, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, the PAHO Director, formally activated the Zika Incident Management System (IMS) on 8 December 2015 in order to make the best possible use of the expertise of PAHO staff (in addition to headquarters staff, PAHO country and regional experts were deployed to headquarters to support the efforts).
- Epidemiological Alert Oropouche in the Region of the Americas ... - PAHOIn previous epidemiological updates, circulation of Oropouche virus (OROV) has been reported in several countries in the Region of the Americas. In this epidemiological alert the identification of possible cases of vertical transmission of OROV in Brazil, which are under investigation, are being reported.
- Zika Testimonials - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health OrganizationI graduated 30 years ago and until September 2015, I had only treated three cases of children with microcephaly. Currently, I am attending around 25 cases. The children I treated before, who are now around 12 years old, do swimming and study in schools. But these children today, because of Zika, are coming in with more severe problems.
- Born with congenital defects: stories of children, parents and ... - PAHOMontevideo, Uruguay, 2 March 2020 (CLAP-PAHO) - Every year, around 8 million newborns are born worldwide with a severe congenital defect, and about 3 million will die before the age of 5 years. In Latin America, birth defects account for up to 21% of the deaths of children under 5 years and one out of five babies dies from birth defects during the first 28 days of life.
- Oropouche: Cases of mother-to-child transmission under ... - PAHOCulicoides paraensis (smaller one in the photo) and Culex quinquefasciatus (larger one in the photo). To control Oropouche, PAHO calls on countries to implement vector prevention and control actions, including strengthening entomological surveillance, reducing populations of mosquito and other transmitting insects, and educating the population, especially pregnant women, about personal ...
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