10 points basés sur l’expérience de terrain
La surveillance de l'épidémie de méningite dans la ceinture africaine repose sur la détection précoce des cas grâce à un système renforcé de surveillance des maladies (système IDSR) et sur des données de laboratoire
WHO Guideline. Since 2010, countries in the meningitis belt have started to introduce a new serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine conferring individual protection and herd immunity. Following the successful roll-out of this vaccine, epidemics due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA) are... disappearing, but other serogroups (e.g. NmW, NmX and NmC) still cause epidemics, albeit at a lower frequency and of a smaller size. Due to these changes, WHO organized the review of the evidence to provide recommendations for epidemic control, related to operational thresholds for investigation and response to outbreaks, the use of rapid diagnostic tests, antibiotic regimens in epidemics, and prophylaxis for household contacts of cases
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New England Journal of Medicine 2014; 370:1335-1342. Please download the pdf-file from the nejm Website!
A number of viruses have pandemic potential. The most recent global pandemic was caused by the influenza A (H1N1) strain, which was first detected in North America in 2009. The 2009 H1N1 pande...mic presented a public health emergency of uncertain scope, duration, and effect. At the request of the WHO, an international committee reviewed the experience of the pandemic, with special attention given to the function of the 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR) and the performance of the WHO. The most fundamental conclusion of the committee, which applies today, is not reassuring: “The world is ill prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency
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Guide pratique à l’usage des médecins, infirmiers, techniciens de laboratoire, auxiliaires de santé et logisticiens
in Arabic: http://www.wiredhealthresources.net/presentations/117-ab/story.html
Practical guide for doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, medical auxiliaries and logisticians
A handbook for district and health facility staff
A handbook for district and health facility staff
This ten year global plan for measles and rubella outlines the strategy that needs to be fully implemented to achieve the measles and rubella goals endorsed by the World Health Assembly. The plan sets out the: vision, goals and targets for the 2011-2020 period, recommended strategies, guiding princi...ples, priorities, costing of reaching the targets, and the challenges as well as ways to overcome them.
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Un rapport de plaidoyer de la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge
publié en partenariat avec l’Alliance mondiale pour les vaccins et l’immunisation (GAVI)
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010; 50:291–322
Les procédures opérationnelles standard (POS) pour la surveillance renforcée de la méningite en Afrique sont des guides de la Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS) conçus pour détecter précocement et répondre aux épidémies de méningite, en particulier dans la ceinture africaine de la m...éningite. Ces POS fournissent aux personnels de santé des directives sur la collecte et l'analyse des données cliniques et de laboratoire, l'identification des agents pathogènes, et la riposte aux épidémies afin de protéger la santé publique
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with special reference to prevention and control of avian influenza