Zika virus poses risks to communities in Puerto Rico and parts of the US. Community health centers are responding by screening pregnant patients, educating communities on risks and prevention, and distributing prevention kits. The National Association of Community Health Centers can help by providing educational materials, lobbying for vaccine development, and raising awareness among clinicians. Coordinated responses are needed due to the threat of local transmission and travel between high-risk areas.
Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites.
VisualBest outlines the cause and effects of Zika, the latest deadliest disease to hit the world.
Advisor Live: Zika virus disease – What you need to knowPremier Inc.
Presented as part of Premier’s AdvisorLive® series and co-sponsored by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
This webinar covers:
* Updates and late breaking information on Zika virus outbreak, lab diagnosis and travel,
* Issues for reproductive age and pregnant women, including evaluation, management, counseling, and congenital findings, and
* Implications and risks for healthcare personnel.
EXPERT PRESENTERS:
* Joanne Cono, MD, ScM, Director, Office of Science Quality, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
* Jeanne S. Sheffield, MD, Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine
* Moderator: Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, Vice President, Premier Safety Institute
This presentation summarizes what we know as of 10/27/16 about the connection between Zika virus and microcephaly, and what advice physicians could provide for their patients who are currently pregnant, or planning a pregnancy
Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites.
VisualBest outlines the cause and effects of Zika, the latest deadliest disease to hit the world.
Advisor Live: Zika virus disease – What you need to knowPremier Inc.
Presented as part of Premier’s AdvisorLive® series and co-sponsored by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
This webinar covers:
* Updates and late breaking information on Zika virus outbreak, lab diagnosis and travel,
* Issues for reproductive age and pregnant women, including evaluation, management, counseling, and congenital findings, and
* Implications and risks for healthcare personnel.
EXPERT PRESENTERS:
* Joanne Cono, MD, ScM, Director, Office of Science Quality, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
* Jeanne S. Sheffield, MD, Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Professor, Johns Hopkins Medicine
* Moderator: Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, Vice President, Premier Safety Institute
This presentation summarizes what we know as of 10/27/16 about the connection between Zika virus and microcephaly, and what advice physicians could provide for their patients who are currently pregnant, or planning a pregnancy
This lecture was prepared as a continuing medical education (CME) activity for the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS) Cebu chapter to update maternal health providers regarding the danger of Zika virus infection, particularly during pregnancy. This is a compilation of different literature materials available on the ongoing outbreaks of Zika virus infection in Latin America.
Neurological and Autoimmune Complications of Zika Virus infection - Slideset ...WAidid
The slideset by Professor Safadi analyses the case control study providing evidence for Zika virus infection causing Guillain-Barré syndrome.
In addition to Zika Virus association with Guillain-Barré syndrome, the slides show new data from endemic areas suggesting that ZIKV may be linked to other neurological outcomes.
What Insurers Can Learn From the Zika Outbreak Gen Re
In the weeks leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, a few athletes announced they would forgo the games for fear of contracting the Zika virus in Brazil. There’s a good chance athletes aren’t the only ones avoiding traveling to South America. While Zika presents with very minor symptoms that sometimes go unnoticed in adults, it can lead to microcephaly for infants born from mothers who have contracted it.
Read more here: http://www.genre.com/knowledge/blog/
Shaping the Caribbean's response to Zika, UWI’s Zika Task Force (www.uwi.edu/zika) is gathering and providing expert advice to develop a strategic, scientific approach toward tackling the Zika virus.
This is the first time in history that ZIKV has been associated with the development of adverse birth outcomes and has been linked to perinatal transmission. Little is known regarding the natural history, epidemiological transmission patterns, and major risk factors associated with ZIKV. Data on the outcomes of pregnancies in ZIKV infected women as well as specific trimesters when pregnant women are at highest risk for developing an adverse birth outcome remains sparse. This presentation discusses the epidemiological background and history of Zika Virus, preventative methods, and risk factors. In addition, the presentation discusses a research proposal to evaluate potential risk factors associated with the development of adverse birth outcomes in pregnant women with a laboratory confirmed diagnosis of ZIKV versus those Zika Virus infected pregnant women that did not develop adverse birth outcomes in three low-income regions of Northeastern Brazil.
Zika Virus is very Dangerous & a Silent Killer which is becoming Major cause of deaths in several countries around the World. Most of the people don't know about it in developed countries & the situation is worse in under-developed countries.
As a Doctor of Pharmacy, I (Dr. Ayesha Zaheer) prepared these Slides for spreading information about this Zika Virus so people know about it & its treatment. It is also useful for Students.
I hope it will be helpful.
Thanks & Regards,
Dr, Ayesha Zaheer
Zika virus disease is a mosquito-borne viral infection that primarily occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
It is related to other pathogenic vector borne flaviviruses including dengue, West-Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses but produces a comparatively mild disease in humans
Genre: Flavivirus
Vector: Aedes mosquitoes (which usually bite during the morning and late afternoon/evening hours)
Reservoir: mosquitoes (gut, blood, saliva )
human ( blood, prostate, semen and testes )
Updated Lecture about Zika virus .
Currently I am working in Arar Central Hospital, Arar city
In Saudi Arabia
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information.
Alsultany@hotmail.com
Presentation bumpsa 2015-symposium - effect of global travel on health _ the ...Gordon Takop Nchanji
The aim of the presentation was to create awareness about the interaction between health and travel. Here, particular emphasis is on infectious diseases. Read and digest. Comments are welcomed.
This lecture was prepared as a continuing medical education (CME) activity for the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS) Cebu chapter to update maternal health providers regarding the danger of Zika virus infection, particularly during pregnancy. This is a compilation of different literature materials available on the ongoing outbreaks of Zika virus infection in Latin America.
Neurological and Autoimmune Complications of Zika Virus infection - Slideset ...WAidid
The slideset by Professor Safadi analyses the case control study providing evidence for Zika virus infection causing Guillain-Barré syndrome.
In addition to Zika Virus association with Guillain-Barré syndrome, the slides show new data from endemic areas suggesting that ZIKV may be linked to other neurological outcomes.
What Insurers Can Learn From the Zika Outbreak Gen Re
In the weeks leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, a few athletes announced they would forgo the games for fear of contracting the Zika virus in Brazil. There’s a good chance athletes aren’t the only ones avoiding traveling to South America. While Zika presents with very minor symptoms that sometimes go unnoticed in adults, it can lead to microcephaly for infants born from mothers who have contracted it.
Read more here: http://www.genre.com/knowledge/blog/
Shaping the Caribbean's response to Zika, UWI’s Zika Task Force (www.uwi.edu/zika) is gathering and providing expert advice to develop a strategic, scientific approach toward tackling the Zika virus.
This is the first time in history that ZIKV has been associated with the development of adverse birth outcomes and has been linked to perinatal transmission. Little is known regarding the natural history, epidemiological transmission patterns, and major risk factors associated with ZIKV. Data on the outcomes of pregnancies in ZIKV infected women as well as specific trimesters when pregnant women are at highest risk for developing an adverse birth outcome remains sparse. This presentation discusses the epidemiological background and history of Zika Virus, preventative methods, and risk factors. In addition, the presentation discusses a research proposal to evaluate potential risk factors associated with the development of adverse birth outcomes in pregnant women with a laboratory confirmed diagnosis of ZIKV versus those Zika Virus infected pregnant women that did not develop adverse birth outcomes in three low-income regions of Northeastern Brazil.
Zika Virus is very Dangerous & a Silent Killer which is becoming Major cause of deaths in several countries around the World. Most of the people don't know about it in developed countries & the situation is worse in under-developed countries.
As a Doctor of Pharmacy, I (Dr. Ayesha Zaheer) prepared these Slides for spreading information about this Zika Virus so people know about it & its treatment. It is also useful for Students.
I hope it will be helpful.
Thanks & Regards,
Dr, Ayesha Zaheer
Zika virus disease is a mosquito-borne viral infection that primarily occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
It is related to other pathogenic vector borne flaviviruses including dengue, West-Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses but produces a comparatively mild disease in humans
Genre: Flavivirus
Vector: Aedes mosquitoes (which usually bite during the morning and late afternoon/evening hours)
Reservoir: mosquitoes (gut, blood, saliva )
human ( blood, prostate, semen and testes )
Updated Lecture about Zika virus .
Currently I am working in Arar Central Hospital, Arar city
In Saudi Arabia
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information.
Alsultany@hotmail.com
Presentation bumpsa 2015-symposium - effect of global travel on health _ the ...Gordon Takop Nchanji
The aim of the presentation was to create awareness about the interaction between health and travel. Here, particular emphasis is on infectious diseases. Read and digest. Comments are welcomed.
Weather, Climate Change, and Impacts on Minnesota Agriculture presented at the 2013 Agri-Growth Council Annual Meeting by Dr. Mark Seeley, Climatologist and Meteorologist for the University of Minnesota - Extention.
Elaborating the concepts of health determinants and disease prevention to the 3-year medical students by introducing an emerging field of Travel Medicine.
Approach to Fever in the Returning TravelerFarooq Khan
Quick diagnostic approach to return travelers presenting to the ED with fever.
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Shaping the Caribbean's response to Zika, UWI’s Zika Task Force (www.uwi.edu/zika) is gathering and providing expert advice to develop a strategic, scientific approach for tackling the Zika virus.
Tuberculosis Infection Control Symposia, presented at Hôpital Sacré Coeur in Milot, Haiti, 2011.
CRUDEM’s Education Committee (a subcommittee of the Board of Directors) sponsors one-week medical symposia on specific medical topics, i.e. diabetes, infectious disease. The classes are held at Hôpital Sacré Coeur and doctors and nurses come from all over Haiti to attend.
In this webinar, Dr. Brian C. Castrucci President and Chief Executive Officer of the de Beaumont Foundation, presented new polling about vaccine confidence and Dr. Ayne Amjad, Commissioner and State Health Officer for West Virginia, and Dr. Costello, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at West Virginia University School of Medicine, presented insights from their research and successful vaccine outreach campaign to rural communities in West Virginia. Dr. Lauren Smith, Chief Health Equity and Strategy Officer for CDC Foundation, moderated the conversation and an audience Q&A with Drs. Amjad and Costello.
COVID 19 Team-Based Approaches to Patient PopulationsCHC Connecticut
As presented as part of The Path Forward on Jan 28, 2021:
Stable housing and health outcomes are inextricably linked. When a patient loses housing – or is in jeopardy of losing housing– health outcomes suffer. COVID has led us to a moment of crisis. Thirty million to 40 million people in the United States face eviction. People of color are disproportionately impacted. Addressing housing as a social determinant of health is critical to achieving health equity. This webinar brings together experts from housing, healthcare and the intersection of both to share innovative short- and long-term solutions you can implement in your community.
This interactive webinar is part of the world tour series designed by the World Health Organization's Patients for Patient Safety (PFPS) Global Network and hosted by Patients for Patient Safety Canada, the patient-led program of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, a WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety and Patient Engagement.
world health day theme presentation
theme: vectro borne diseases
slogan : small bite; big threat..
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Address by president Cyril Ramaphosa on South Africa’s response to the corona...SABC News
It is exactly 10 weeks since we declared a national state of disaster in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Since then, we have implemented severe and unprecedented measures – including a nation-wide lockdown – to contain the spread of the virus.
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2. History of Zika
• Zika was originally isolated in 1947 in Uganda by scientists who were
doing a routine surveillance of yellow fever
• In 1952 the first human cases were detected in Uganda and the
United Republic ofTanzania
• From its’ discovery to 2007, there were very few confirmed cases of
the disease but an initial epidemic occurred in 2007 in Micronesia.
• The current outbreak, which has been named a “public health
emergency of international concern” by the World Health
Organization began in May 2015 in Brazil and has since spread to 22
other countries in North and South America.
3. What is Zika?
• A mosquito borne virus
• Can be transmitted sexually or by infected mosquitos
• Symptoms include; mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis, muscle/joint pain,
headache
• In adults, the symptoms are mild and last for 2-7 days
• Guillain Barre
• In babies, PROVEN link to microcephaly
• Also can result in miscarriages & still births
• Can also cause absent or poorly developed brain structures, defects of the
eye, hearing deficits, and impaired growth
4. Are Americans at risk?
• Residents ofTexas, Florida, Puerto Rico and Hawaii
predicted to be at highest risk of
transmission by mosquito
• Pregnant woman= highly vulnerable
• Blood supply
• Patients who live in poor housing conditions, lack window screens, and
have family members/travel back forth to Mexico/Central America,
work in jobs that put them at risk for mosquito infestation
5. Estimated range maps show CDC’s best estimate of the potential range of Aedes aegypti
and Aedes albopictus in the United States.Where mosquitoes are or have been
previously found.
6. Puerto Rico
• “America’s ZikaVirus Epicenter”
• Perfect storm! Infested mosquitos abundant in Puerto Rico, warm/tropical
climate, less than ideal infrastructure, and mass amounts of standing water
• Estimated that 1 million of the 3.55 million inhabitants of PR will get Zika in
the next year.Already Puerto Rico already has 448 cases of Zika
• US citizens can travel freely between mainland US and the island
• Public health system= verge of collapse
• Huge debt
• Degraded quality of life
• ½ of citizens below poverty line
• Cuts to health services! brain drain
7. What is being done in Puerto Rico?
• HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell
• $5 billion to 20 CHCs
• HHS distributed nearly 13,000 Zika prevention kits on the island.
• CDC sprayed to control mosquitoes at the homes of 100 pregnant
women and more than 400 additional residences are scheduled to get
treatment
8. CDC Recommendations
• Preparation, if vector is present/possible in the state! Senior rep to
coordinate response, secure surveillance, review programs/plans,
communication campaign
• Mosquito season! follow up on suspected cases, increase communication
to public & rep, counsel people whose sexual partners are affected,
encourage reporting
• Confirmed local transmission! state incident management structure,
CDC field team, issue press release, intensify surveillance, rapid insecticide
resistance study, communications towards pregnant population, and notify
local blood collection agencies
• Widespread Local Transmission by Mosquitos! incident manager
provide regular updates, intensify outreach, intensify/expand vector control
options, intervention plans for high risk populations
• Local Transmission by Mosquitos in Multiple Countries! further
expansion of regional/state wide response
9. What are policymakers doing?
• Adding ZikaVirus to the FDA Priority ReviewVoucher
Program Act
• Obama administration
11. Health Centers
• Legacy Community Health Center; Houston,Texas
• One of the nations largest FQHC
• Offering screening for pregnant patients
• Increased patient communications; individual letters & radio ad
• Client Newark Community Health Center; Newark, New Jersey
• Growing population of Latin Americans
• Asking pregnant patients about travel history
• Held educational briefing partnering withThe New Jersey Department of
Health
• Community Health Centers of Sarasota County; Florida
• Set up a Zika information hotline
• Community Health Centers in NewYork City
• Travel advisory posters
• Free insect repellent to pregnant women
12. What else can CHCs & FQHCs be doing?
• Increased screening in at risk areas (Florida, Puerto Rico,Texas but also large
cities that people travel in and out of! DC)
• Community education
• Birth control options
• Risks/information about Zika
• On the ground work with rural populations (especially in Puerto Rico)
• Increase access to birth control
• Distribute “Zika Prevention Kits” to at risk populations
• A bed net
• Insect repellent
• Standing water treatment tabs
• Condom
13. What NACHC can do
• Provide educational materials for health centers across the country,
especially those in high risk areas (Texas, Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico)
• Lobby for voucher program to increase incentive for vaccine creation
• Increase awareness among clinical workers on signs of the disease