Northern Mariana Islands (The United States of America)
Ten homes on Saipan still still have unrepaired damage Typhoon Soudelor which ravaged the island in 2015, according to the non-profit group tasked with spearheading the recovery in the Northern Marianas.
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The following syndrome has been flagged:
• Acute Fever and Rash: French Polynesia, Tonga
Other Updates:
Meningococcal disease:
The following syndromes have been flagged:
· Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji, Northern Marianna Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Other Updates:
Meningococcal disease:
· Outbreak of meningococcal disease group C is ongoing in Fiji. The Fiji MHMS will continue to post updates on PacNet. The last update was posted on 6 April 2018 For details of previous updates please refer to: MHMS media release
Dengue:
· There are ongoing dengue serotype-2 outbreaks in Fiji, Vanuatu. The weekly number of cases (dengue serotype-2) reported is decreasing in Tonga and Samoa
The following syndromes have been flagged:
• Acute Fever and Rash: Northern Marianna Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Other Updates:
Meningococcal disease:
• Outbreak of meningococcal disease group C is ongoing in Fiji. As of 29 March 2018 of there have been 38 cases including 4 deaths since 1 January 2018. Majority of the cases are from the Central division and all cases are less than 19 years of age.
- Tropical Cyclone JELAWAT continued moving north, over the North West Pacific Ocean. On 30 March at 0.00 UTC its centre was located 800 km west of Guam island and it had maximum sustained winds of 148 km/h.
- Over the next 24 hours, it is forecast to continue moving north-northeast over open water away from land, passing north of The Mariana Islands on 1- 2 April and slightly strengthening. Heavy rain and strong winds may affect Guam and The Mariana Islands over 30 March- 3 April.
The following syndromes were flagged:
• Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), French Polynesia, Tonga, Vanuatu
• Prolonged Fever: Fiji
Other Updates:
Meningococcal disease:
• Outbreak is ongoing in Fiji. There has been a cluster identified in a boarding school in the Central Division. The cases are being treated at the tertiary hospital (Colonial War Memorial Hospital), while contacts of the cases have received appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis. Source: Ministry of Health & Medical Services and Media .
The following syndromes were flagged:
Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji, Tonga, Northern Mariana Islands
Dengue Like Illness: Vanuatu
Prolonged Fever: Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati
Other Updates:
Meningococcal disease:
The following syndromes were flagged this week:
• Acute Fever and Rash – Vanuatu, Federated State of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Northern Mariana Island
• Dengue Like Illness – Vanuatu
• Prolonged Fever – French Polynesia
Other Update:
Dengue:
The following syndromes were flagged this week:
Other Updates:
• Acute Fever and Rash – Northern Mariana Is, Tokelau, Vanuatu
• Dengue-Like Illness – Palau, FSM
• Prolonged Fever - FSM
Dengue
• As of March 1st , 2018 there have been 69 confirmed cases of Dengue in Tonga via Dengue duo Rapid diagnostic kit from 212 samples tested. Dengue serotype-2 has been identified responsible for the outbreak. Source- Tonga MOH
The following syndromes were flagged this week:
• Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji, Tonga, French Polynesia, Vanuatu, FSM
• Prolonged Fever: Vanuatu
Other Updates:
Dengue:
• Ongoing dengue situation in Vanuatu with 86 suspected cases as of 27th February, 2018. Of these cases, 25 confirmed cases by NS1 or IgM and samples and pending PCR and Serotyping at Institute Pasteur in New Caledonia (IPNC). For further details please refer to Sit Rep posted by Ms Wendy Williams, MoH Vanuatu earlier today.
The following syndromes were flagged this week.
• Acute Fever and Rash: Fiji, Northern Marianna Islands, FSM, Marshalls
• Dengue-like Illness: Vanuatu
• Prolonged Fever: Kiribati
Other Update:
Dengue:
• Vanuatu has reported increase in Dengue like illness cases. As of 16th February there were reported 6 suspected cases and 4 cases testing positive. Serotype pending further testing to Institute Pasteur in New Caledonia (IPNC). Source : Ms Wendy Williams, Vanuatu Ministry of Health
The following syndromes were flagged this week:
• Acute Fever and Rash: Northern Mariana Islands
• Dengue-like illness: Tonga
Other updates:
Dengue
• There is an ongoing dengue outbreak in the Northern division of Fiji, increasing number of cases have been reported from areas in the Western division. Dengue serotype-2 has been identified by the Institut Louis Malarde, French Polynesia. Source: Fiji Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
Executive Summary
The following syndromes have been flagged:
Acute Fever and Rash: Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands
Dengue-like illness: Tonga
Other updates
- Dengue
Tonga Ministry of Health declared an outbreak on 24 January 2018. As of 5 February, there have been 52 confirmed cases including a fatal case. The cases are currently confined to Tongatapu, the main island. Serotype results are pending. The national clean-up campaign began on 1 February 2018. Source: Tonga Ministry of Health.
The following syndrome was flagged this week:
Prolonged fever: Republic of Marshall Islands
**Other updates: **
Mumps
There is an ongoing mumps outbreak in Vanuatu. As of 30 January 2018 there have been 250 suspected cases since 7 July 2017. For further details please refer to the Situation report posted on 30 January by Ms Wendy William, Vanuatu MoH.
Maritime disaster
There were no syndromes flagged this week
Other updates:
Diarrhoea
• There is an outbreak in Kiribati. As of 22 January 2018 there have been 561 cases of diarrhoea since 7 December 2017. Majority of the cases are less than 4 years of age. There have been two hospitalised cases and no associated deaths. Six out nineteen samples testing rotavirus positive using Rapid Diagnostic Kits. There have been continuous health promotion activities in the affected areas. Source: Ministry of Health & Medical Services.
More than two years after Typhoon Soudelor struck the Northern Marianas, 46 families on Saipan still require assistance.
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Fifty years of tropical storms in Asia-Pacific
This map shows a consilidated history of tropical storm paths over the past 50 years in the Asia-Pacific region. The area of calm either side of the equator can be seen clearly, leaving Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore and Papua New Guinea largely unaffected by major storms.
The following syndromes have been flagged:
Acute Fever and Rash: Vanuatu
Diarrhoea: Kiribati
Prolonged fever: Kiribati
Other updates:
Dengue
A dengue outbreak is ongoing the Macuata subdivision, the Northern Health Division of Fiji. The dengue serotype has not been identified. Source: Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
The following syndromes have been flagged:
• Acute Fever and Rash: French Polynesia, Vanuatu
Other updates:
Dengue
• A dengue outbreak was declared on 3 January 2018 in the Macuata subdivision, the Northern Health Division of Fiji. The largest age group affected is the 20-39 years old. The dengue serotype has not been identified. Source: Ministry of Health and Medical Services and Media
