American Samoa

About 3000 people in American Samoa have had their crops damaged by Cyclone Gita in February according to the territory's agriculture director.

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DENGUE 2

Epidémie en cours ou circulation active aux Samoa Américaines, Kiribati, Tonga, Nouvelle-Calédonie et Réunion

FIEVRE JAUNE

Circulation active au Brésil

OREILLONS

Circulation à Hawaii, en Nouvelle-Zélande et au Vanuatu

ROUGEOLE

Circulation en France

Produced by the American Samoa Department of Health Surveillance Office.

Data collected with the assistance of LBJ Hospital's MIS Team and the territory's health care providers. Please contact the Surveillance Office through e-mail (surveillance@doh.as ) or phone (684-699-4606).

The following syndromes have been flagged this week:

• Acute Fever and Rash: Palau, FSM, Kiribati, Vanuatu, American Samoa

• Diarrhoea: Tokelau

Other Updates:

Polio

Autres informations utiles (cas importés/personnes ayant séjourné dans un ou plusieurs États et Territoires insulaires océaniens) :

• Un (1) cas importé de dengue de type 2 a été signalé par l’Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) de Nouvelle-Zélande pour la période allant du 1er au 7 septembre 2018. Il s’agit d’une personne ayant séjourné aux Îles Salomon.

Autres relevés :

Polio

East Africa worst hit by internal displacement in first half of 2018

Geneva, 12 September 2018 - Latest figures from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) reveal that millions of people across the world have become displaced inside their own country since January. Worldwide, there were 5.2 million new internal displacements associated with conflict and violence in the first half of 2018, based on the analysis of data from the 10 worst-affected countries.

Additional information of relevance (e.g. imported cases with travel history to Pacific Island countries and territories):  

- One (1) imported case of **dengue 2** with travel history to **Solomon Islands Islands** was reported by New Zealand ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd) for the period 01/09/18 to 07/09/2018. 

Other updates **since the last map was sent on PacNet on 3 September 2018** 

Polio 

The Pacific Humanitarian Team (PHT) is a network of humanitarian organizations that work together to assist the Pacific island countries prepare for and respond to disasters. During disasters, the PHT provides support to governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and communities in delivering a fast, effective and appropriate disaster response. Outside of disasters, the PHT works with the Pacific governments and partners to ensure that the necessary arrangements are in place to enable effective international support to nationally-led disaster response.

The following syndromes have been flagged this week:

• Acute Fever and Rash: CNMI, Fiji,Tonga

Other Updates:

Leptospirosis

• Wallis and Futuna confirms 13 cases in since January 2018. For further details please refer to Patrick Lambruschini's PacNet post on 5 September 2018.

Dengue

Produced by the American Samoa Department of Health Surveillance Office.

Data collected with the assistance of LBJ Hospital's MIS Team and the territory's health care providers. Please contact the Surveillance Office through e-mail (surveillance@doh.as ) or phone (684-699-4606).

Autres informations utiles (cas importés/personnes ayant séjourné dans un ou plusieurs États et Territoires insulaires océaniens) :

• Six (6) cas importés de dengue (sérotype DEN-2 : 4 cas, sérotype DEN-4: 1 cas et sérotype inconnu: 1 cas) ont été signalés par les services sanitaires du Queensland (données relatives aux maladies à déclaration obligatoire) au cours de la période du 1er janvier 2018 au 26 août 2018 (informations disponibles en ligne). Il s’agit de personnes ayant séjourné aux Fidji.

Autres relevés :

DENGUE 2

Epidémie en cours ou circulation active aux Samoa Américaines, Kiribati, Tonga, Nouvelle-Calédonie et Réunion

FIEVRE JAUNE

Circulation active au Brésil

OREILLONS

Circulation à Hawaii, en Nouvelle-Zélande et au Vanuatu

ROUGEOLE

Recrudescence en France

Additional information of relevance (e.g. imported cases with travel history to Pacific Island countries and territories):

The following syndromes have been flagged this week: 

• Acute Fever and Rash:  French Polynesia
  
• Prolonged Fever: Fiji 

Other Updates:

Dengue

• Ongoing dengue serotype-2 outbreak in **American Samoa**. As of 25 August, 2018 there have been 1,085 confirmed cases since 1 November 2016;. The outbreak appears to be slowing down. For further details please refer to Aifili Tufa's PacNet post on 28 August 2018.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) has issued a Tsunami Threat for the following coasts, stating:

• TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF FIJI... NEW CALEDONIA... AND VANUATU.

Faits marquants intervenus depuis la diffusion de la carte précédente sur PacNet, le 20 août 2018 :

Polynésie française : L’épidémie de grippe A a été déclarée éteinte. L’alerte ne figure plus sur la carte. – Source: Bulletin de surveillance sanitaire en Polynésie Française - Semaines 31 et 32 2018, posté sur PacNet le 21 août 2018.

Produced by the American Samoa Department of Health Surveillance Office.

Data collected with the assistance of LBJ Hospital's MIS Team and the territory's health care providers. Please contact the Surveillance Office through e-mail (surveillance@doh.as ) or phone (684-699-4606).

Activities & General Updates

• Am. Samoa have not seen any ZIKV PCR positive cases since June 2016. From Aug 19 – Aug25, Hawaii State Lab (HSL) released results for 3 samples tested via ZIKA IgM MAC ELISA, 1 was tested positive. Positive serology tests (IgM) for Zika was discussed and has been agreed to monitor PCR positive results.

• Am. Samoa continue to see a decline in the ratio of samples that test positive for Dengue Virus infection. For Epi Weeks 34, HSL release results for 14 samples tested via RT-PCR, with 2 positive cases.

Activities & General Updates

• Am. Samoa have not seen any ZIKV PCR positive cases since June 2016. From Aug 1 – Aug, Hawaii State Lab released results for 81 samples tested via ZIKA IgM MAC ELISA, 13 were tested positive. Positive serology tests (IgM) for Zika was discussed and has been agreed to monitor PCR positive results.

• Am. Samoa continue to see a decline in the ratio of samples that test positive for Dengue Virus infection.

For Epi Weeks 30 to 32, there was an average of 3 positive Dengue cases per week.