Typhoid News
Restaurant owners told to focus on cleanliness in preparing food to prevent typhoid
- State Local Government, Housing and Health committee chairman advised restaurant owners to focus on cleanliness in preparing food for their customers to prevent typhoid in Kota Baru, Malaysia, as there has been a slight increase in typhoid cases.
- A total of 1,498 premises have been inspected by officers from the health department in a series of operations between July and last month. 13 premises were ordered to close while 1,245 others were compounded for various offences.
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Superbugs: New strain of ‘highly’ drug resistant typhoid detected
- Highly drug resistant strains of typhoid fever have been discovered in Bangladesh, raising concerns that antibiotics could be rendered an ineffective treatment for the disease within just a few years.
Typhoid, hepatitis, measles still haunting child population
- Almost all public sector healthcare facilities along with private clinics and hospitals in Rawalpindi, Pakistan are still receiving a significant number of child patients with typhoid, hepatitis, and diarrhoea along with few cases of measles though the weather conditions have changed and winter is about to set in.
- Hospitals are receiving nearly 150 child patients with typhoid per week on average.
Typhoid breaks out at Mukanda camp in Livingstone
- Over 30 Luvale circumcision initiates known as Tundanji from Livingstone’s Natebe area have been quarantined at Ngwenya health centre over suspected outbreak of typhoid. And Livingstone District Director of Health Dr Tino Malisebo says the situation is under control and that investigations into what may have led to the disease outbreak in the camp have been instituted.
Two New Typhoid Vaccines Show Efficacy in Reducing Rates of Stool Shedding
- Shedding of Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi in the stool or urine can lead to contamination of food or water supplies, but vaccination with Vi-polysaccharide or Vi-tetanus-toxoid conjugate vaccine successfully reduced stool shedding of S Typhi and is likely to reduce future transmission of disease.
Typhoid Fever Cases Increasing Among U.S. Kids, but Risk Still Low
- Typhoid fever remains rare in the United States, but cases are increasing. Gaps in vaccinations and emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains reinforce the need for careful attention to the disease, especially among children, according to a presentation at IDWeek 2018, in San Francisco.
- These findings come in the form of a first report of a CDC study conducted to review the epidemiology and burden of typhoid fever in U.S children, and the implications of new typhoid vaccines.
After dengue, it is typhoid and jaundice outbreak in Ahmedabad
- Apart from dengue, typhoid and jaundice has been on the increase in the city.
- In the past one week there were 65 new cases of typhoid, 58 cases of jaundice and another 50 cases of dengue has been reported in the city.
Typhoid cases soar in Woraiyur
- Typhoid cases have soared in Woraiyur in the past one month.
- According to officials from the department, more than 40 cases of typhoid have been reported from Woraiyur since September.
Manipur: Typhoid cases on the rise in Moreh town bordering Myanmar
- Fears of a possible outbreak of typhoid gripped Manipur’s Moreh town in Tengnoupal district bordering Myanmar after 25 confirmed cases were reported in various hospitals.
Government Embarks On Intensive Cholera And Typhoid Vaccine In Harare
- The Ministry of Health and Child Care will today embark on a weeklong vaccination programme against cholera which has claimed 49 lives in Harare and affected more than 10 000 Zimbabweans.
- According to the Ministry, the vaccination, which will also cover typhoid, will run from Wednesday this week to Wednesday next week in Harare.
Typhoid Outbreak In Parts Of Navosa, Naitasiri
- The Ministry of Health and Medical Services advises that there are typhoid fever outbreaks occurring in the villages of Nabaitavo, Waisasavua and Uluiravo settlement in Naitasiri.
- In the Naitasiri villages there have been 14 confirmed and seven suspected cases from August 1, 2018, to date. In Navosa, there have been four confirmed and one suspected case from September 5 to date.
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Lim Health Dept monitoring Zimbabwe’s typhoid outbreak
- “The department has activated outbreak response teams in all districts as well as at all our ports of entry including Musina, Beitbridge and Musina Hospital. We have also increased surveillance of diarrhea-like diseases at all public health facilities,” spokesperson for the Department of Health Neil Shikwambana said.
Typhoid patients on the rise
- The number of patients suffering from a high fever, muscle cramps and joint pains have been on the rise since the start of this fiscal year, according to Bhusan Mishra, medical superintendent of the district hospital.
- “We receive 20 to 25 patients of typhoid on a daily basis,” said Dipak Ojha, in charge of the Mauwanagardaha health post.
CDC confirms first cluster of imported typhoid cases this year
- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday confirmed the first cluster of imported typhoid fever cases this year and urged the public to pay attention to food sanitation when traveling to areas where typhoid is endemic
- The patients, a new immigrant mother and her eldest son, were on a family visit to Indonesia from Aug. 6-19, from Taiwan
Cholera-typhoid outbreak claims at least 18 in Zimbabwe capital: official
- At least 18 people have died over the past week in the Zimbabwe capital Harare and scores fallen ill after a cholera and typhoid outbreak in some areas
- Local authorities are battling to provide potable water and sanitation facilities in the city
Typhoid fears mount
- Residents of Gweru worry that a new typhoid outbreak is around the corner as the city has gone for two days without potable water
Jaundice, typhoid cases almost double: AMC report
- According to the health report published by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, there were 435 cases of typhoid this year compared to 238 cases last year.
Municipality steps up fight against typhoid
- City officials are conducting training exercises in Gweru to build health worker capacity to deal with suspected cases of typhoid.
