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Source: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/02/news-scan-feb-24-2014
News Scan for Feb 24, 2014
H5N1 in Vietnam, India; Cholera vaccination in South Sudan
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); Cholera
H5N1 leads to 20,000 poultry deaths in Vietnam
Seven outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu among village flocks in seven separate provinces in northern and southern Vietnam have led to almost 20,000 new poultry deaths, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reported on Feb 22.
Flock sizes ranged from 657 to 12,941 birds, and the onset of the outbreaks varied from Feb 16 to Feb 20. The virus killed anywhere from 250 to 5,705 birds in the flocks, and in each case the remainder were culled to prevent disease spread.
All told, 10,356 poultry died from H5N1, while 9,606 additional birds were culled, for 19,962 poultry deaths.
H5N1 outbreaks have hit at least 18 Vietnamese provinces this year, affecting tens of thousands of poultry.
Feb 22 OIE Vietnam report
In related news, officials in India reported H5N1 in two dead house crows in the eastern coastal province of Odisha, according to a separate OIE report.
The birds were found in Bileipada in the Kendujhar district of Odisha, the report said. Officials have disinfected the area in which the crows were found. India's most recent H5N1 detection was in November 2013, according to the OIE.
Feb 21 OIE India report
WHO aims to vaccinate 140,000 in South Sudan against cholera
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with the South Sudan government to provide vaccines against cholera for nearly 140,000 people living in temporary camps in the country, the agency said in a Feb 22 news release.
The vaccines are from an emergency stockpile managed by the WHO and other international organizations, the first time the stockpile will be activated since it was established last year by the WHO.
"Although currently there is not a cholera outbreak, people displaced by the recent conflict and living in the camps are at risk due to poor sanitary conditions and overcrowding," the WHO said in the release.
Beginning Feb 22, 94,000 people are slated to be vaccinated in the Minkaman camp, Awerial County, followed by 43,000 in camps based in Juba. All the people will eventually receive two doses of the vaccine, the WHO said.
Feb 22 WHO news release
News Scan for Feb 24, 2014
H5N1 in Vietnam, India; Cholera vaccination in South Sudan
Filed Under:
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu); Cholera
H5N1 leads to 20,000 poultry deaths in Vietnam
Seven outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu among village flocks in seven separate provinces in northern and southern Vietnam have led to almost 20,000 new poultry deaths, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reported on Feb 22.
Flock sizes ranged from 657 to 12,941 birds, and the onset of the outbreaks varied from Feb 16 to Feb 20. The virus killed anywhere from 250 to 5,705 birds in the flocks, and in each case the remainder were culled to prevent disease spread.
All told, 10,356 poultry died from H5N1, while 9,606 additional birds were culled, for 19,962 poultry deaths.
H5N1 outbreaks have hit at least 18 Vietnamese provinces this year, affecting tens of thousands of poultry.
Feb 22 OIE Vietnam report
In related news, officials in India reported H5N1 in two dead house crows in the eastern coastal province of Odisha, according to a separate OIE report.
The birds were found in Bileipada in the Kendujhar district of Odisha, the report said. Officials have disinfected the area in which the crows were found. India's most recent H5N1 detection was in November 2013, according to the OIE.
Feb 21 OIE India report
WHO aims to vaccinate 140,000 in South Sudan against cholera
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with the South Sudan government to provide vaccines against cholera for nearly 140,000 people living in temporary camps in the country, the agency said in a Feb 22 news release.
The vaccines are from an emergency stockpile managed by the WHO and other international organizations, the first time the stockpile will be activated since it was established last year by the WHO.
"Although currently there is not a cholera outbreak, people displaced by the recent conflict and living in the camps are at risk due to poor sanitary conditions and overcrowding," the WHO said in the release.
Beginning Feb 22, 94,000 people are slated to be vaccinated in the Minkaman camp, Awerial County, followed by 43,000 in camps based in Juba. All the people will eventually receive two doses of the vaccine, the WHO said.
Feb 22 WHO news release