lunes, 25 de abril de 2016

CDC Around the World: Today is World Malaria Day

CDC Around the World: Today is World Malaria Day



CDC Around the World

Spotlighted Topic of the Week: World Malaria Day
CDC Zika Updates
In the News
On the Calendar
Malaria worker conducts RDT on child
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
April 25 is World Malaria Day. January 12, 2016 - Haiti – A Malaria Field Agent conducts a malaria rapid test on a small boy in the community of Dilaire, in northeast Haiti. CDC supports the eight agents working in this region of the country and hopes to repeat the model elsewhere in Haiti as part of the Malaria Zero project, which seeks to eliminate malaria from the island of Hispaniola by 2020. View full-sized photo


blog of the week



Blog of the Week
THE "RIDE" TO ELIMINATING MALARIA IN HAITI 
The town of Dame Marie on the southwestern tip of Haiti, is 225 miles from the country’s teeming, chaotic capital Port-au-Prince. But getting there by car—on a good day—can easily take eight hard-fought, kidney-bashing, hairpin-turning hours. That may seem like a random or irrelevant fact until you understand this: Dame Marie is a malaria hotspot and time matters since my job at CDC is to work with the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic to eliminate malaria by 2020…Read blog




Infographic of the Week
WORLD MALARIA DAY: END MALARIA FOR GOOD
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infographic







video

Video of the Week
WHO: GLOBAL MALARIA PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN 2016
Over the past 15 years, there has been a dramatic decline in the global burden of malaria. Since 2000, nearly 60 countries have reduced their malaria cases by 75% or more, and the rate of new cases has decreased by 37% globally. But our journey is far from over. In 2015 alone, more than 400,000 people died of malaria, and there were 214 million new cases of the disease worldwide…Watch video




story

Story of the Week
"I HAVE A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO JUST CAME BACK FROM UGANDA AND I THINK HE'S DYING..."
By the time Brett Becker was a sophomore in high school, he was already a seasoned traveler to Uganda, having visited multiple times to help build a community center for special-needs children. But when he Brett returned home from Uganda in the summer of 2014, he complained of fatigue…Read story


CDC Zika Updates



Latest Outbreak Info

Zika outbreak map

More resources on the CDC Zika website »

On January 22, 2016, CDC activated its Incident Management System and, working through the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), centralized its response to the outbreaks of Zika occurring in the Americas and increased reports of birth defects and Guillain-Barré syndrome in areas affected by Zika. On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because of clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in some areas affected by Zika. On February 8, 2016, CDC elevated its response efforts to a Level 1 activation, the highest response level at the agency.
CDC is working with international public health partners and with state and local health departments to
  • Alert healthcare providers and the public about Zika.
  • Post travel notices and other travel-related guidance.
  • Provide state health laboratories with diagnostic tests.
  • Monitor and report cases of Zika, which will helps improve our understanding of how and where Zika is spreading.




In the News



The Unrelenting Specter of Drug-Resistant Malaria

Medium: The Development SetMarch 29, 2016
CDC Media Statement on World TB Day 2016 

Huffington PostMarch 24, 2016






On the Calendar

April 24-30: World Immunization Week
April 25: World Malaria Day
May 3: World Asthma Day
May 10: World Lupus Day
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 15: International Day of Families 
May 17: World Hypertension Day
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