The United Kingdom (UK) has informed the World Health Organisation (WHO) of another confirmed case of infection with the novel coronavirus (NCoV). The patient is a UK resident and a relative  of the case  announced on 11 February 2013. The latest confirmed case does not have any recent travel history outside the UK and is currently hospitalized in an intensive care unit. It is understood that this patient  has pre-existing medical conditions that may have increased susceptibility to respiratory infections. Continue reading Novel coronavirus infection update in the UK →

The Ministry of Health of Chad is launching an emergency mass-vaccination campaign against yellow fever from 22 February 2013, following laboratory confirmation of two cases in the country in December 2012. The two cases from Goz Beida and Guereda districts, were laboratory confirmation by a WHO regional reference laboratory for yellow fever, Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal.  They were identified through the national surveillance programme for yellow fever, following intensive surveillance which was triggered in response to the outbreak of yellow fever in neighbouring Sudan’s Darfur region.  The intensive surveillance in Chad also reported 139 suspected cases and 9 deaths. Continue reading Mass-vaccination campaign against yellow fever in Chad →

We all seem to have stressfull lives nowadays, but there is an answer. Take a lesson from the following story, it may change your life. A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?” Continue reading Dealing with Stress – it may change your life →