Kiribati
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The following syndrome has been flagged this week:
Acute Fever and Rash: Samoa
Diarrhoea: Cook Islands
There are no new updates this week.
The following syndrome has been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia
- Prolonged fever: Tonga
Other Updates:
Invasive Meningococcal Disease
The following syndrome has been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: French Polynesia, Samoa.
Other Updates:
Invasive Meningococcal Disease
High risk countries and potential impacts on food security and agriculture
In view of the potential impact of the 2018/19 El Niño on food security and agriculture, high risk countries in Southern Africa, Horn of Africa, Asia and the Pacific and Latin America should be prioritized for further monitoring, analysis and early action.
The following syndrome has been flagged this week:
Acute Fever and Rash: Federal States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Solomon Island, Vanuatu, and Samoa.
Prolonged Fever: Federated States of Micronesia
Other Update:
Meningococcal Disease
The following syndrome has been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: Federal States of Micronesia, French Polynesia
Other Update:
Invasive Meningococcal Disease
The following syndrome has been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: American Samoa, French Polynesia
Other Update:
Polio
- PNG: Southern Highlands has reported the country's 19th polio case since June 2018 and 3 cases are pending confirmation. The case a 1-year-old male did not receive the polio emergency vaccination. Source: PROMED
Dengue
Highlights/updates since the last map was sent on PacNet on 29 October 2018
The DEN-2 outbreak in New Caledonia has been declared over. – Source: Bulletin Épidémiologique and personal communication with country officials, Direction des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales de Nouvelle-Calédonie, 5 November 2018. – The alert has been removed from the map.
31 October 2018, Bangkok - In a unique partnership, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is connecting experts on coastal and river management from Deltares, a Dutch knowledge institute, with vulnerable nations in the Pacific and Africa as they develop new proposals for climate finance and build ecosystems-based climate change adaptation plans.
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
Acute Fever and Rash: Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), French Polynesia
Prolonged fever: FSM
Other Update:
Polio
Training for development practitioners in Kiribati has been completed this week focusing on boosting monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity to support the country’s work in climate change and disaster risk management.
The need to accelerate climate change adaptation and improve multi-hazard early warning systems to increase resilience to extreme weather took centre-stage at WMO’s Regional Association for Asia and the Pacific (RAV), hosted by Tonga from 15-17 October.
Pacific countries presented the status of progress in the development of their early warning systems as part of a three-year project entitled “Strengthening Hydro-meteorological and Early Warning Services in the Pacific”.
Representatives from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu provided updates at a session in Tonga on progress and priorities.
Warmer temperatures and increased rainfall can pose threats to our livelihoods and health by impacting the quality of water we drink, the food we consume, and the weather we experience.
But there are also vector-borne diseases (carried by mosquitoes and other insects), and water-borne bacteria and viruses, that become prevalent during periods of high and low rainfall, which pose great health risks to local populations. For example, increased risks of contracting dengue fever, chikungunya, malaria, and other diseases.
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
• Acute Fever and Rash: Samoa
• Influenza-like illness: Northern Marianna Islands
Other Update:
Invasive Meningococcal Disease
Faits marquants intervenus depuis la diffusion de la carte précédente sur PacNet, le 1 octobre 2018 :
Tonga : L’épidémie de dengue de type 2 a été déclarée éteinte.. ‒ Source: communication personnelle avec les autorités sanitaires le 8 octobre 2018. ‒ L’alerte ne figure plus sur la carte.
The following syndromes have been flagged this week:
- Acute Fever and Rash: Northern Mariana Is, Samoa
- Dengue-like illness: French Polynesia, Palau
Other Updates:
Polio
Autres informations utiles (cas importés/personnes ayant séjourné dans un ou plusieurs États et Territoires insulaires océaniens) :
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
