Ha?ti - Zika: 1 777 cases reported in the 10 departments

[Gert van der Hoek]

jan 14, 2016

[FONT=open_sans]"The Zika virus is not to go crazy. The diagnosis is for monitoring. The main thing here is to control vectors (mosquitoes).[/FONT]


[FONT=open_sans]Santo Domingo. -The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) was recorded confirmed the first case of zika in Haiti, a disease caused by the bite of a mosquito.[/FONT]

[FONT=open_sans]The director of the Department of Communicable Disease and Health Analysis of PAHO, Marcos Espinal, said there are many people who will give the zika and will not notice.

[FONT=open_sans]He explained that the main thing in this situation is to focus on prevention and education, garbage collection and water vector control.[/FONT][/FONT]

 

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Zika virus reaches Haiti

Friday, January 15, 2016

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) ? The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has confirmed the first case of the Zika Virus in Haiti.

PAHO?s Communicable Disease and Health Analysis director Marcos Espinal, who made the announcement yesterday, warned that there are many people who will contract Zika without knowing it.

But he said there was no need for alarm.

?The Zika virus isn?t a cause to go crazy. The diagnosis is for monitoring. The main thing here is to control the vectors (mosquitoes). The virus shouldn?t cause alarm among the population.?
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Espinal told a conference in the neighbouring Dominican Republic that the disease can be confusing and recommends treating the disease like dengue, ?because that one kills?.
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http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Zika-virus-reaches-Haiti_48715

 

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[h=2]Local Zika Transmission in the Americas Region[/h] Countries and territories with autochthonous transmission reported. Epidemiological Week (EW) 17 of 2015 to EW 1 of 2016
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• Brazil
• Colombia
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala

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• Haiti
• Honduras
• Martinique
• Mexico
• Panama

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• Puerto Rico
• Paraguay
• Suriname
• Venezuela

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http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_topics&view=article&id=427&Itemid=41484

 

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11 blood samples were tested, but we don't know the number of patients......

Haiti has zika

15 Jan 2016

The Haitian Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume Friday confirmed the presence in Haiti of zika virus, carried by mosquitoes, after weeks of suspicion given the increasing numbers of patients.

"Although I was personally sick, until he had no evidence that the virus zika was in my blood, I would not have been able to speak as Minister of Public Health," said Florence Duperval Guillaume at a press conference in Port-au-Prince, responding to critics accusing the authorities of laxity.

Thursday, regional reference laboratory, located in Trinidad and Tobago, confirmed that of the 11 blood samples taken from patients in Haiti, five were positive.

Zika The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes daytime. Symptoms of the disease are similar to those of Dengue and Chikungunya.
The Haitian Ministry of Health and Population said in a press release that the disease can be asymptomatic or "characterized by a mild fever, headaches, conjunctivitis, rash with itching, pain in joints and muscles , swelling of the feet and hands. "

Minister calls the general population to protect themselves but especially insisted that pregnant women take all feasible precautions, the zika "can result in the loss of the fetus or type microc?phal?e deformations of the child" has-t she explains.

Advocating "science with consciousness," Florence Duperval Guillaume wished to clarify that no fatal case of zika had been recorded worldwide.

The authorities announced that, as during the chikungunya epidemic in Haiti in 2014, fumigation operations will begin in the metropolitan area, where the first cases were identified zika.
The people are also called to clean up around their homes to cover the containers used for the storage of water and apply mosquito lotions.

Weak institutions in the poorest country in the Americas enhances the proliferation of mosquito-borne epidemics. No generalized systems of garbage collection and disposal of rainwater, the Haitian urban environment, very dense, is conducive to the proliferation of pests.

 

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Current situation of Zika in Haiti - Scientific Confirmation of the virus

- January 6, 2016, the MSPP has submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) based in Trinidad & Tobago, 11 new blood samples which 5 were positive by RT-PCR method January 14, 2016; 4 came from Delmas and 1 from Petionville 1. And so, MSPP certify the presence of the Zika in Haiti. [see press # 2 in "News"]

http://mspp.gouv.ht/newsite/
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Press Release # 2: confirmation of the Zika virus disease in Haiti (in French)

http://www.mspp.gouv.ht/site/downloads/Communique de presse No 2 Zika.pdf

 

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Haiti - Health : Zika detected in the 10 departments

30/01/2016 09:28:54

Wednesday Dr. Florence Duperval Guillaume, Minister of Public Health took stock at a press conference on the evolution of Zika virus in Haiti. According to Dr. Paul Adrien of the direction of

Epidemiology of Laboratory and of the Research (DELR), 125 cases were reported across the 10 departments of the country. West (35%) and the North (32%) have the largest number of cases, noting that these figures do not reflect reality because generally subjects with fever Zika do not refer systematically to a health center to be diagnosed and/or treated.

About the risks of transmission of Zika virus from mother to child during pregnancy with microcephaly threat to the fetus, Dr. Adrien indicated that no cases had been reported in pregnant women. It recommends that pregnant women use the collective and individual preventive measures (sleep under mosquito nets and use mosquito repellent creams to avoid being bitten by an infected mosquito).
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Good news, the National Public Health Laboratory (LNSP) now has the technical capacity to confirm cases of Zika fever in Haiti. So, the specimens will no longer be sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to be diagnosed.
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http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16467-haiti-health-zika-detected-in-the-10-departments.html

 

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Haiti-Health: Zika fever, a threat to pregnant women, warns the MSPP

Friday, February 5, 2016

P-au-P Feb 05. 2016 [AlterPresse] --- The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) calls women in Haiti to avoid pregnancy for not giving birth to children with deformities.

As a precaution, a woman should avoid getting pregnant in the current situation, because the infection is growing exponentially, warns Dr. Reynold Grand-Pierre, Director of Family Health at MSPP, in statements to the online agency AlterPresse.

"If a woman is already pregnant, it would be better that she uses nets or other products that can repel mosquitoes."
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125 people, suffering from Zika fever, were detected in January 2016, through the ten (10) departments of the country.

The West with 35% of cases and the North with 32% count the largest number of the reported cases.
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http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article19639

 

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Week: 42th 2015-4 th 2016
DIRECTION EPIDEMIOLOGY LABORATORY AND RESEARCH (DELR) MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND POPULATION (MSPP)

SUMMARY Zika in Haiti ?

Between the 42nd epidemiological week 2015 and the 4th week 2016

-329 suspected cases of Zika were reported in Haiti. ?

Stratification of suspected Zika by department -

100 (30.40%) in the West, 70 (21.28%) in the North, 59 (17.93%) in Artibonite, 47 (14.29%) in the Center, 15 (4.56%) in Les Nippes, 11 (3.34%) in the South East, 11 (3.34%) in the South, 6 (1.82%) in the North East, 6 (1.82%) in Grand Anse 6 (1.82%) and 4 (1.22%) in the North West. ?

Week 4th, 204 -
Predominance of cases in three departments: - West 56 cases (27.45%), Artibonite: 53 (25.98%) and the Center: 32 (15.69%).
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http://www.mspp.gouv.ht/site/downloads/Evolution%20epidemie%20du%20ZIKA%20en%20Haiti%20au%203%20fev%202016.pdf

 

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016 9:41

Zika is gaining ground in Haiti

More than 800 cases of Zika fever have already been reported in the country. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Public Health.

According to Dr. Florence Duperval Guillaume, the MSPP has already begun fumigation campaign planned as part of the fight against the disease.

The MSPP holder invite once again the population to follow the preventive measures.
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http://www.metropolehaiti.com/metropole/full_une_fr.php?id=28153

 

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Monday, March 07, 2016Last Update: 10:09 AM PT
U.S. Gulf Coast not Ready for Zika, Tropical Disease Expert Warns

By CAMERON LANGFORD
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Hotez predicted that Haiti, where the virus just made landfall, will be hit hard by Zika because of its lack of a public health system.

"We have 264,000 pregnant women at any given time in Haiti, a high percentage of whom, maybe half or more, are going to get Zika. We could be looking at tens of thousands of [microcephaly] cases in Haiti and a human catastrophe of epic proportions," he said.
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http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/...dy-for-zika-tropical-disease-expert-warns.htm

 

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iciHa?ti - Health: Since the appearance of Zika, 1777 reported cases

03/27/2016 8:08:27

iciHa?ti - Health: Since the appearance of Zika, 1777 cases reported Dr. Paul Adrien, Epidemiology Director, Laboratory and

Research of the Ministry of Public Health announced that on the whole territory in March 16 last, 1,777 cases of Zika fever were reported by health facilities since the appearance of the first confirmed case in Haiti in the West Department.

Department of the West: 735 infected people (41.36%);
North Department: 332 cases (18.68%);
Artibonite Department: 233 (13, 11%);
Central Department: 171 (9.70%);
Nippes Department: 83 cases (4.67%);
Department Southeast: 69 cases (3.88%);
Department South, 45 cases (2.53%);
Department Northeast: 42 cases (2.36);
Department of Grande-Anse 39 cases (2.19%);
Department Northwest 28 cases (1.22%).

http://www.icihaiti.com/article-1699...-recenses.html