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pdf 7 November 2010: Cholera – situation in Haiti – Update  Published Popular

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Epidemiological Alerts As of EW 44, and at the national level, a total of 544 deaths have been recorded, 57% of which have occurred at the health services level, and 43% at the community level. The daily case fatality rates observed in health services at the national level have ranged from 2.2% to 6.0% (3.8% average). Alternatively, in the department of Artibonite, this rate has ranged from 1.2% to 6.8% (3.5% average). The impact of efforts undertaken to improve case management and access to health services on recorded case fatality rates is being analyzed.

pdf 8 March 2010: Dengue – outbreaks situation in the Americas - Update  Published Popular

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Epidemiological AlertsUp to the date of this report, the countries of the Region reported a total of 146,006 cases of dengue, out of which 2,706 were severe dengue. A total of 79 deaths have been reported, with a Regional fatality rate of 2.9%. Specific sections of the report are devoted to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, and Puerto Rico, including data and/or maps as well as indications of severity, serotypes in circulation, affected areas, and measures taken. The report also includes official recommendations for dengue prevention and control.

pdf 8 September 2010: Dengue – situation in the Americas – Update  Published Popular

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Epidemiological AlertsDurante todo el primer semestre del año, la situación epidemiológica del dengue ha presentado un comportamiento inestable, con intensos brotes de dengue en varios países de la región. Las condiciones climatológicas se han mantenido favorables para la proliferación del mosquito Aedes aegypti su agente transmisor y se han visto ciertas alteraciones inusuales en su estacionalidad, afectando desde inicio del año a países centroamericanos e islas del Caribe en periodos considerados inusuales.