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Zika virus: WHO director trusts that Olympics will be safe for visitors

Zika virus: WHO director trusts that Olympics will be safe for visitors

According to Chan, the Brazilian government is doing his part in combating the Zika virus and the Aedes aegypti mosquito. But she stressed that the population should mobilize. "Every family, every member of society, has a role to play in combating the mosquito." The WHO Director-General stressed that another important part of the government is working with WHO is the research and development area so that means of diagnosis, treatment and control of the vector can be obtained.

At the beginning of the month, WHO declared a public health emergency due to the increase in cases of Zika virus infections, identified in several countries, and a possible relation of the disease with registered signs of congenital malformation and neurological syndromes.

Knowing the situation in Brazil

The WHO leader is in the country at the invitation of the government Brazilian. Today Chan, the Minister of Health, and other representatives of the Ministry are in Recife, the state capital with the highest number of cases of microcephaly - 209 confirmed cases of malformation and 1,188 cases in research.

The expectation is that Margaret Chan, accompanied the director of the Pan American Health Organization and WHO regional director for the Americas, Carissa Etienne, meet Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira. The institution was one of the first health establishments in Pernambuco to be accredited to attend children with microcephaly.

Bulletin released yesterday (23), by the Ministry of Health, indicates that 4,107 cases reported as microcephaly are being investigated for confirmation or disposal . The data also indicate that 583 cases of microcephaly and other nervous system disorders, suggestive of congenital infection in newborns, were confirmed.


Yellow fever: SP City Hall resumes the vaccination campaign

Yellow fever: SP City Hall resumes the vaccination campaign

On Tuesday (26), the São Paulo City Council recommenced the vaccination campaign against yellow fever in the South and North. The immunization had been interrupted for the Christmas recess. The organ's expectation is to immunize 2.5 million people. The vaccine is not indicated for pregnant women, women breastfeeding children up to 6 months old and immunocompromised people, such as patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiation therapy or with corticosteroids in high doses (for example, lupus sufferers).

(Health)

Frequent fainting may report vasovagal syndrome

Frequent fainting may report vasovagal syndrome

When you got up quickly from bed and felt dizzy, weak, did you notice that the vision went dark and you were sure you were going to faint? Had to sit down, hope to improve, and then stood up again as if nothing had happened? This is because the body was not prepared to keep your blood pressure high enough that your brain gets all the oxygen it needs.

(Health)