Health Protection Scotland - E Weekly ReportCopyright (C) Health Protection ScotlandHealth Protection Scotlandhttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54926Further to Current note 47/1907 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54871), The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in France has informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of an a15 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54931A recently published report from the World Health Organization (WHO) provides an evaluation of challenges presented by interactions between environment, agriculture and infectious diseases of public h15 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54867Healthcare workers, patients and campaigners across the world have been focussing on hand hygiene in healthcare as part of the WHO's Save Lives: Clean Your Hands campaign. Health Protection Scotland 09 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54871On 7 May, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported that, in the preceding five days, 13 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection had been reported by the09 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54872The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported (7 May 2013) that it had been notified by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, China of an additional two laboratory-confirmed cases of 09 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54790Further to Current note 47/1704 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54741), an investigation into an outbreak of cases of hepatitis A in tourists to Egypt from several EU/EEA countries01 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54791Rift Valley fever is a highly contagious disease that affects animals and humans, potentially leading to death. It is transmitted through mosquitoes and contact with blood or tissues of infected anima01 May 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54742World Malaria Day, on Thursday 25 April, presents an opportunity to reflect on the successes so far as well as the remaining challenges in the global fight against this deadly disease. Malaria is an 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54743The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has launched a suite of new resources to support front line health care workers and public health professionals working on routine vaccina24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54658Enquiries to the Travel and International Health (T&IH) team at Health Protection Scotland (HPS) from excursion organisers and head teachers seeking guidance, have indicated that there is often a 17 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54585As of 7 April 2013, the Chinese health authorities had notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of an additional three laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus. T10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54506The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published an epidemiological update on 22 February 2013, since which time four new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection h04 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54507The current issue of the World Epidemiological Record describes the epidemiology of the 32 laboratory-confirmed human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus that were reported04 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54464The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe have jointly launched the fifth report on surveillance and monitoring o27 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54466For the first time since the beginning of the global dracunculiasis eradication campaign, the World Health Organization received no report of dracunculiasis transmission for an entire month. Although 27 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54379On 14 March, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Public Health Protection Unit (PHPU) confirmed the death of a injecting drug user who had tested positive for anthrax. This is considered to be an isolated 20 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54383World TB Day (http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/), falling on 24 March each year, is designed to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world, causin20 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54387While the overall level of health across the WHO European Region has clearly improved, European health statistics show inequities within and between countries, according to the European health report 20 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54324Further to Current note 46/4501 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=53172), on 8 March, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported an additional fatal case of anthrax in Suffolk, Engl13 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMThttp://sciehdev01/hpswebsite/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=54325Released on 5 March, the new Annual Epidemiological Report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) provides a comprehensive review of more than 50 communicable diseases curr13 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT