Giuseppe
Emeritus
Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 2009 - African Regional Office, WHO - Update: July 27, 2009 (edited)
Current situation in the AFRO Region - Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 2009 in the African Region: Update 19
As of July 27, 2009, 10H00 GMT, 12 countries have officially reported 185 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including zero death.
The breakdown of confirmed cases by country is given in the table below.
[Country - Cumulative total: Cases - Deaths / Newly confirmed since July 24: Cases - Deaths]
WHO African Region situation updates - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
All countries in the region have activated their national emergency preparedness and contingency response plans
A crisis management team has been put in place by the Regional Director at the regional office (Brazzaville) and the sub regional levels (Intercountry Support teams in Harare, Zimbabwe, Gabon and Burkina Faso)) to work closely with countries to boost their disease surveillance to ensure that any suspected case of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 is detected early.
Stockpiles of relevant medicines have been dispatched to all countries in the region as well as mapping laboratory and human resources capability at country and regional levels to enable WHO to support Member States to respond rapidly to any suspected outbreaks.
Our advice is to the public is not to panic but to take necessary preventive measures such as hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette in households, the community, health care facilities as well as in other settings where people gather.
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<cite cite="http://www.afro.who.int/ddc/influenzaa/index.html">Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 2009</cite>As of July 27, 2009, 10H00 GMT, 12 countries have officially reported 185 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including zero death.
The breakdown of confirmed cases by country is given in the table below.
[Country - Cumulative total: Cases - Deaths / Newly confirmed since July 24: Cases - Deaths]
- Algeria 14 - 0 / 0 - 0
- Botswana 2 - 0 / 0 - 0
- Cape Verde 6 - 0 / 2 - 0
- C?te d?Ivoire 2 - 0 / 0 - 0
- Ethiopia 4 - 0 / 0 - 0
- Kenya 22 - 0 / 0 - 0
- Mauritius 2 - 0 / 0 - 0
- Namibia 4 - 0 / 1 - 0
- Seychelles 2 - 0 / 0 - 0
- South Africa 119 - 0 / 0 - 0
- Tanzania 1 - 0 / 0 - 0
- Uganda 7 - 0 / 0 - 0
- TOTAL 185 - 0 / 3 - 0
WHO African Region situation updates - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
All countries in the region have activated their national emergency preparedness and contingency response plans
A crisis management team has been put in place by the Regional Director at the regional office (Brazzaville) and the sub regional levels (Intercountry Support teams in Harare, Zimbabwe, Gabon and Burkina Faso)) to work closely with countries to boost their disease surveillance to ensure that any suspected case of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 is detected early.
Stockpiles of relevant medicines have been dispatched to all countries in the region as well as mapping laboratory and human resources capability at country and regional levels to enable WHO to support Member States to respond rapidly to any suspected outbreaks.
Our advice is to the public is not to panic but to take necessary preventive measures such as hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette in households, the community, health care facilities as well as in other settings where people gather.
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