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A day of immunizations and blood draws for two in our house. I think the baby did better than me. :)

Take a shot at protecting yourself and others from the flu by Province of British Columbia

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Filipino boy Gabriel age 7, of Barangay San Antonio Quezon City reacts after being shot with free MR Vaccine conducted by DOH Philippines on May 17, 2011. © by ROMMELBANGIT ref# RTB0277 by ROMMEL BANGIT

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Quezon City, Philippines May 17, 2011. A Filipino boy Gabriel age 7 of Barangay San Antonio in Quezon City Philippines receives a free vaccine shot for measles launched nationwide by the Department of Health dubbed as "Iligtas sa Tigdas ang Pinas" or Saved Philippines from Measles, a door-to-door Measles Rubella (MR) Immunization Campaign targeting 1.5 million Filipino children ages between 9 months and below 8 years old to eradicate measles such as Rubella Measles or German Measles. The campaign started April 4, 2011.

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Konnie Huq in Lucknow during the November Immunization days in Northern India..India has been engaged in a campaign to eradicate polio in India which target the high-risk area of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with polio immunization drives every 2 months. (photo Jean-Marc Giboux)

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WESTPOINT, Liberia - February 3, 2015

Vaccines resume at Star of the Sea clinic as Ebola cases subside and general health care services can return. At the height of the Ebola epidemic, most hospitals were forced to close their doors to anyone but Ebola patients, resulting in an increase of pregnant women dying from preventable causes. However, the Star of the Sea clinic, run by Catholic Relief Services with support from USAID, is now providing critical health care services including triage, delivering newborn babies, and continuing vital childhood immunizations. As the Ebola situation improves, these efforts to strengthen primary health care are providing for the needs of mothers and children.

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Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia welcomes Rotarians and thanks them for their unwavering support and partnership for polio immunization efforts in Ethiopia by UNICEF Ethiopia

The international Rotarian polio advocacy group along with the Ethiopia National PolioPlus Committee Chair and Vice Chair, visit the UNICEF offices to discuss polio eradication efforts. Following introductions, and a briefing on the polio outbreak response, the group discussed challenges and solutions for the polio programme with the Health Section immunization tem. Gillian Mellsop, Country Representative to UNICEF Ethiopia, welcomed the group and thanked them for their unwavering support and partnership for polio immunization efforts in Ethiopia and worldwide. The group visit comes as part of the larger, group visit of 28 international Rotarians to Ethiopia for polio immunization and advocacy. 6 October 2015. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Sewunet

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Quezon City, Philippines May 17, 2011. A Filipino boy Gabriel age 7 of Barangay San Antonio in Quezon City Philippines reacts after being shot with free vaccine for measles launched nationwide by the Department of Health dubbed as "Iligtas sa Tigdas ang Pinas" or Saved Philippines from Measles, a door-to-door Measles Rubella (MR) Immunization Campaign targeting 1.5 million Filipino children ages between 9 months and below 8 years old to eradicate measles such as Rubella Measles or German Measles. The campaign started April 4, 2011.

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Title: United States Naval Medical Bulletin Vol. 8, Nos. 1-4, 1914

Creator: U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

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Date: 1914

Language: eng

Table of Contents

Number 1

Preface v

Special articles:

The application of psychiatry to certain military problems, by W. A.

White, M. D 1

Schistosomiasis on the Yangtze River, with report of cases, by R. H.

Laning, assistant surgeon, United States Navy 16

A brief discussion of matters pertaining to health and sanitation,

observed on the summer practice cruise of 1913 for midshipmen of the third

class, by J. L. Neilson, surgeon, United States Navy 36

Technique of neosalvarsan administration, and a brief outline of the

treatment for syphilis used at the United States Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., by

W. Chambers, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 45

Some notes on the disposal of wastes, by A. Farenholt, surgeon, United States

Navy 47

The medical department on expeditionary duty, by R. E. Hoyt, surgeon, United

States Navy 51

A new brigade medical outfit, by T. W. Richards, surgeon, United States

Navy 62

Early diagnosis of cerebrospinal meningitis; report of 10 cases, by G.

F. Cottle, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 65

Comments on mistakes made with the Nomenclature, 1913, Abstract of patients

(Form F), and the Statistical report (Form K), by C. E. Alexander, pharmacist,

United States Navy 70

Classification of the United States Navy Nomenclature, 1913, by C. E. Alexander,

pharmacist, United States Navy 75

On the methods employed for the detection and determination of

disturbances in the sense of equilibrium of flyers. Translated by H. G. Beyer,

medical director, United States Navy, retired 87

United States Naval Medical School laboratories:

Additions to the pathological collection 107

Additions to the helminthological collection 107

Suggested devices:

A portable air sampling apparatus for use aboard ship, by E. W. Brown, passed

assistant surgeon, United States Navy 109

A new design for a sanitary pail 111

Clinical notes:

A case of paresis, with apparent remission, following neosalvarsan, by R.

F. Sheehan, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 113

Case reports from Guam, by E. O. J. Eytinge, passed assistant surgeon, United

States Navy 116

Stab wound of ascending colon; suture; recovery, by H. C. Curl,

surgeon, United States Navy 123

Perforation of a duodenal ulcer, by H. F. Strine, surgeon, United

States Navy 124

Two cases of bone surgery, by R. Spear, surgeon, United States Navy 125

Editorial comment:

Brig. Gen. George II. Torney, Surgeon General United States Army 127

Medical ethics in the Navy 127

Medical officers in civil practice 128

Progress in medical sciences:

General medicine. —Some anatomic and physiologic principles concerning

pyloric ulcer. By H. C. Curl. Low-priced clinical thermometers; a warning. By.

L. W. Johnson. The value of X-ray examinations in the

diagnosis of ulcer of the stomach and duodenum. The primary cause of

rheumatoid arthritis. Strychnine in heart failure. On the treatment of

leukaemia with benzol. By A. W. Dunbar and G. B. Crow 131

Surgery. — Surgical aspects of furuncles and carbuncles. Iodine

idiosyncrasy. By L. W. Johnson. Rectus transplantation for deficiency of

internal oblique muscle in certain cases of inguinal hernia. The technic of

nephro- pyelo- and ureterolithotomy. Recurrence of inguinal hernia. By H. C.

Curl and R. A. Warner 138

Hygiene and sanitation. —Ozone: Its bactericidal, physiologic and

deodorizing action. The alleged purification of air by the ozone machine. By E.

W. Brown. The prevention of dental caries. Gun-running operations in the

Persian Gulf in 1909 and 1910. The croton bug (Ectobia germanica) as a factor

in bacterial dissemination. Fumigation of vessels for the destruction of rats.

Improved moist chamber for mosquito breeding. The necessity for international

reforms in the sanitation of crew spaces on

merchant vessels. By C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell 143

Tropical medicine. —The transmissibility of the lepra bacillus by the

bite of the bedbug. By L. W. Johnson. A note on a case of loa loa. Cases of

syphilitic pyrexia simulating tropical fevers. Verruga peruviana, oroya fever

and uta. Ankylostomiasis in Nyasaland. Experimental entamoebic dysentery. By E.

R. Stitt ... 148

Pathology, bacteriology, and animal parasitology. —The relation of the spleen

to the blood destruction and regeneration and to hemolytic jaundice: 6, The

blood picture at various periods after splenectomy. The presence of tubercle

bacilli in the feces. By A. B. Clifford and G. F. Clark 157

Chemistry and pharmacy. —Detection of bile pigments in urine. Value of the

guaiacum test for bloodstains. New reagent for the detection of traces of

blood. Estimation of urea. Estimation of uric acid in urine. By E. W. Brown and

O. G. Ruge 158

Eye, ear, nose, and throat. —Probable deleterious effect of salvarsan

on the eye. Effect of salvarsan on the eye. Fate of patients with

parenchymatous keratitis due to hereditary lues. Trachoma, prevalence of, in

the United States. The exploratory needle puncture of the maxillary antrum in

100 tuberculous individuals. Auterobic organisms associated with acute

rhinitis. Toxicity of human tonsils. By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible 160

Miscellaneous. —Yearbook of the medical association of

Frankfurt-am-Main. By R. C. Ransdell 163

Reports and letters:

Notes on the Clinical Congress of Surgeons. By G. F. Cottle, passed

assistant surgeon, United States Navy 167

Number 2

Preface v

Special articles:

Report of the fourteenth annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society,

by J. R. Phelps, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy. 171

Typhoid perforation; five operations with three recoveries, by G. G.

Holladay, assistant surgeon, Medic al Reserve Corps, United States Navy 238

A satisfactory method for easily obtaining material from syphilitic

lesions, by E. R. Stitt, medical inspector, United States Navy 242

An epidemic of measles and mumps in Guam, by C. P. Kindleberger, surgeon,

United States Navy 243

The feeble-minded from a military standpoint, by A. R. Schier, acting assistant

surgeon, United States Navy 247

The Towne-Lambert elimination treatment of drug addictions, by W. M. Kerr,

passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 258

Medical experiences in the Amazonian Tropics, by C. C. Ammerman, assistant

surgeon, Medical Reserve Corps, United States Navy 270

United States Naval Medical School laboratories:

Additions to the pathological collection 281

Additions to the helminthologieal collection 281

Suggested devices:

An easy method for obtaining blood cultures and for preparing blood

agar, by E. R. Stitt, medical inspector, and G. F. Clark, passed assistant surgeon,

United States Navy 283

Humidity regulating device on a modern battleship, by R. C. Ransdell, passed

assistant surgeon, United States Navy 284

Clinical notes:

Lateral sinus thrombosis, report of case, by G. F. Cottle, passed

assistant surgeon. United States Navy 287

Twenty-two cases of poisoning by the seeds of Jatropha curcai, by J. A.

Randall, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 290

Shellac bolus in the stomach in fatal case of poisoning by weed

alcohol, by H. F. Hull and O. J. Mink, passed assistant surgeons, United States

Navy 291

A case of pneumonia complicated by gangrenous endocarditis, by G. B. Crow,

passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 292

Progress in medical sciences:

General medicine. —On progressive paralysis in the imperial navy during

the years 1901-1911. By H. G. Beyer. An etiological study of Hodgkin's disease.

The etiology and vaccine treatment of Hodgkin's dis

ease. Coryncbacterium hodgkini in lymphatic leukemia and Hodgkin's disease.

Autointoxication and subinfection. Studies of syphilis. The treatment of the

pneumonias. Whooping cough: Etiolcgy, diagnosis, and vaccine treatment. A new

and logical treatment for alcoholism. Intraspinous injection of salvarsanized

serum in the treatment of syphilis of the nervous system, including tabes and

paresis. On the infective nature of certain cases of splenomegaly and Banti's

disease. The etiology and vaccine treatment of Hodgkin's disease. Cultural

results in Hodgkin's disease. By A. W. Dunbar and G. B. Crow 295

Surgery- Interesting cases of gunshot injury treated at Hankow during

the revolution of 1911 and 1912 in China. The fool's paradise stage in

appendicitis. By L. W. Johnson. The present status of bismuth paste treatment

of suppurative sinuses and empyema. The inguinal route operation for femoral

hernia; with supplementary note on Cooper's ligament. By R. Spear and R. A.

Warner 307

Hygiene and sanitation. — A contribution to the chemistry of

ventilation. The use of ozone in ventilation. By E. \V. Brown. Pulmonary

tuberculosis in the royal navy, with special reference to its detection and

prevention. An investigation into the keeping properties of condensed milks at

the temperature of tropical climates. By C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell 313

Tropical medicine. —Seven days fever of the Indian ports. By L. W.

Johnson. Intestinal schistosomiasis in the Sudan. Disease carriers in our army

in India. Origin and present status of the emetin treatment of amebic

dysentery. The culture of leishmania from the finger blood of a case of Indian

kala-azar. By E. R. Stitt 315

Pathology, bacteriology, and animal parasitology. —The isolation of

typhoid bacilli from feces by means of brilliant green in fluid medium. By C.

N. Fiske. An efficient and convenient stain for use in the eeneral examination

of blood films. By 0. B. Crow. A contribution to the epidemiology of

poliomyelitis. A contribution to the pathology of epidemic poliomyelitis. A

note on the etiology of epidemic

oliomyelitis. Transmutations within the streptococcus-pneumococcus

group. The etiology of acute rheumatism, articular and muscular. By A. B.

Clifford and G. F. Clark 320

Chemistry and pharmacy.— Centrifugal method for estimating albumin in

urine. Detection of albumin in urine. New indican reaction A report on the

chemistry, technology, and pharmacology of and the legislation pertaining to

methyl alcohol. By E. W. Brown and O. O. Ruge. . 325

Eye, ear, nose, and throat. —The use of local anesthesia in

exenteration of the orbit. Salvarsan in

ophthalmic practice. The effect of salvarsan on the eye. Total blindness

from the toxic action of wood alcohol, with recovery of vision under negative

galvanism. Furunculosis of the external auditory canal; the use of alcohol as a

valuable aid in treatment. Local treatment of Vincent's angina with salvarsan.

Perforated ear drum may be responsible for sudden death in water. The indications

for operating in acute mastoiditis. Turbinotomy. Why is nasal catarrh so

prevalent in the United States? By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible 330

Miscellaneous. — The organization and work of the hospital ship Re d’

Italia. ByG. B. Trible 333

Reports and letters:

Correspondence concerning the article "Some aspects of the

prophylaxis of typhoid fever by injection of killed cultures," by Surg. C.

S. Butler, United States Navy, which appeared in the Bulletin, October, 1913

339

Malaria on the U. S. S. Tacoma from February, 1913, to February, 1914.

by I. S. K. Reeves, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 344

Extracts from annual sanitary reports for 1913 345

Number 3

Preface vii

Special articles:

Economy and waste in naval hospitals, by E. M. Shipp, surgeon, and P.

J. Waldner, chief pharmacist, United States Navy 357

The new method of physical training in the United States Navy, by J. A.

Murphy, surgeon, United States Navy 368

A study of the etiology of gangosa in Guam, by C. P. Kindleberger,

surgeon, United States Navy 381

Unreliability of Wassermann tests using unheated serum, by E. R. Stitt,

medical inspector, and G. F. Clark, passed assistant surgeon, United States

Navy 410

Laboratory note on antigens, by G. F. Clark, pasted assistant surgeon,

United States Navy 411

Prevention of mouth infection, by Joseph Head, M. D., D. D. S 411

The Medical Department at general quarters and preparations for battle,

by A. Farenholt, surgeon, United States Navy 421

A bacteriological index for dirt in milk, by J. J. Kinyoun, assistant

surgeon, Medical Reserve Corps, United States Navy 435

Brief description of proposed plan of a fleet hospital ship, based upon

the type auxiliary hull, by E. M. Blackwell, surgeon, United States Navy.. 442

The diagnostic value of the cutaneous tuberculin test in recruiting, by

E. M. Brown, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy, retired 448

United States Naval Medical School laboratories:

Additions to the pathological collection 453

Suggested devices:

A sanitary mess table for hospitals, by F. M. Bogan, surgeon, United

States Navy 455

A suggested improvement of the Navy scuttle butt, by E. M. Blackwell,

surgeon, United States Navy 455

Clinical notes:

Malaria cured by neosalvarsan, by F. M. Bogan, surgeon, United States

Navy 457

A case of rupture of the bladder with fracture of the pelvis, by H. F.

Strine, surgeon, and M. E. Higgins, passed assistant surgeon, United States

Navy. 458

Clinical observations on the use of succinimid of mercury, by T. W.

Reed, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 459

Points in the post-mortem ligation of the lingual artery, by O. J.

Mink, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 462

Notes on the wounded at Vera Cruz, by H. F. Strine, surgeon, and M. E.

Higgins, passed assistant surgeon. United States Navy 464

Case reports from the Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H., by F. M.

Bogan, surgeon, United States Navy 469

Progress in medical sciences:

General medicine. —The mouth in the etiology and symptomatology of

general systemic disturbances. Statistique m£dicale de la marine, 1909. By L.

W. Johnson. Antityphoid inoculation. Vaccines from the standpoint of the

physician. The treatment of sciatica. Chronic gastric ulcer and its relation to

gastric carcinoma. The nonprotein nitrogenous constituents of the blood in

chronic vascular nephritis

(arteriosclero-iis) as influenced by the level of protein metabolism.

The influence of diet on hepatic necrosis and toxicity of chloroform. The

rational treatment of tetanus. The comparative value of cardiac remedies. By A.

W. Dunbar and G. B. Crow

Psychiatry. —Abderhalden's method. Precis de psychiatric Constitutional

immorality. Nine years' experience with manic-depressive insanity. The pupil

and its reflexes in insanity. By R. F. Sheehan.

Surgery. —On the occurrence of traumatic dislocations (luxationen) in

the Imperial German Navy during the last 20 years. By H. G. Beyer. The wounding

effects of the Turkish sharp-pointed bullet. By T. W. Richards. Intestinal

obstruction: formation and absorption of toxin. By G. B. Crow

Hygiene and sanitation. —Relation of oysters to the transmission of

infectious diseases. The proper diet in the Tropics, with some pertinent remarks

on the use of alcohol. By E. W. Brown. Report of committee

upon period of isolation and exclusion from school in cases of

communicable disease. Resultats d'une enquete relative a la morbidity venerienne

dans la division navale d'Extreme-Orient et aux moyens susceptibles de la

restreindre. Ship's hygiene in the middle of the seventeenth century- Progress in

ship's hygiene during the nineteenth century. The origin of some of the

streptococci found in milk. On the further perfecting of mosquito spraying. By

C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell

Tropical medicine. — Le transport, colloidal de medicaments dans le cholera.

By T. W. Richards. Cholera in the Turkish Army. A supposed case of yellow fever

in Jamaica. By L. W. Johnson. Note on a new geographic locality for balantidiosis.

Brief note on Toxoplasma pyroqenes. Note on certain protozoalike bodies in a

case of protracted fever with splenomegaly. The emetine and other treatment of

amebic dysentery and hepatitis, including liver abscess. A study of epidemic dysentery

in the Fiji Islands. By E. R. Stitt

Pathology, bacteriology, and animal parasitology. — The best method of staining

Treponema pallidum. By C. N. Fiske. Bacteriological methods of meat analysis.

By R. C. Ransdell. Primary tissue lesions in the heart produced by Spirochete

pallida. Ten tests by which a physician may determine when p patient is cured

of gonorrhea. Diagnostic value of percutaneous tuberculin test (Moro). Some

causes of failure of vaccine therapy. A method of increasing the accuracy and

delicacy of the Wassermann reaction: By A. B. Clifford and G. F. Clark

Chemistry and pharmacy. —Quantitative test of pancreatic function. A comparison

of various preservatives of urine. A clinical method for the rapid estimation

of the quantity of dextrose in urine. By E. W. Brown and O. G. Ruge

Eye, ear, nose, and throat. —Intraocular pressure. Strauma as an

important factor in diseases of the eye. Carbonic cauterization "in the

treatment of granular ophthalmia. Ocular and other complications of syphilis treated

by salvarsan. Some notes on hay fever. A radiographic study of the mastoid. Ear

complications during typhoid fever. Su di un caso di piccola sanguisuga

cavallina nel bronco destro e su 7 casi di grosse sanguisughe cavalline in

laringe in trachea e rino-faringe. By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible

Reports and letters:

American medico-psychological association, by R. F. Sheehan, passed assistant

surgeon, United States Navy 517

Report of 11 cases of asphyxiation from coal gas, by L. C. Whiteside,

passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 522

Extracts from annual sanitary reports for 1913 — United States Naval

Academy, Annapolis, Md., by A. M. D. McCormick, medical director, United States

Navy 523

U. S. S. Arkansas, by W. B. Grove, surgeon, United States Navy 524

Marine barracks, Camp Elliott, Canal Zone, Panama, by B. H. Dorsey, passed

assistant surgeon, United States Navy 525

U. S. S. Cincinnati, by J. B. Mears, passed assistant surgeon. United States

Navy 526

U. S. S. Florida, by M. S. Elliott, surgeon, United States Navy 527

Naval training station, Great Lakes, Ill., by J. S. Taylor, surgeon, United

States Navy 527

Naval station, Guam, by C. P. Kindleberger, surgeon, United States Navy

528

Naval Hospital, Las Animas, Colo., by G. H. Barber, medical inspector, United

States Navy 532

U. S. S. Nebraska, by E. H. H. Old, passed assistant surgeon, United States

Navy 533

U. S. S. North Dakota, by J. C. Pryor, surgeon, United States Navy. .

534

Navy yard, Olongapo, P. L, by J. S. Woodward, passed assistant surgeon,

United States Navy 536

U. S. S. San Francisco, by T. W. Reed, passed assistant surgeon, United

States Navy 537

U. S. S. Saratoga, by H. R. Hermesch, assistant surgeon, United States Navy

538

U. S. S. Scorpion, by E. P. Huff, passed assistant surgeon, United States

Navy 538

U. S. S. West Virginia, by O. J. Mink, passed assistant surgeon, United

States Navy 539

Number 4

Preface V

Special articles:

Some prevailing ideas regarding the treatment of tuberculosis, by

Passed Asst. Surg. G. B. Crow 541

The Training School for the Hospital Corps of the Navy, by Surg. F. E. McCullough

and Passed Asst. Surg. J. B. Kaufman 555

Khaki dye for white uniforms, by Passed Asst. Surg. W. E. Eaton 561

Some facts and some fancies regarding the unity of yaws and syphilis,

by Surg. C. S. Butler 561

Quinine prophylaxis of malaria, by Passed Asst. Surg. L. W. McGuire 571

The nervous system and naval warfare, translated by Surg. T. W.

Richards. 576

Measles, by Surg. G. F. Freeman 586

Smallpox and vaccination, by Passed Asst. Surg. T. W. Raison 589

Rabies; methods of diagnosis and immunization, by Passed Asst. Surg. F.

X. Koltes 597

Syphilis aboard ship, by Passed Asst. Surg. G. F. Cottle 605

Systematic recording and treatment of syphilis, by Surg. A. M.

Fauntleroy and Passed Asst. Surg. E. H. H. Old 620

Organization and station bills of the U. S. naval hospital ship Solace,

by Surg. W. M. Garton 624

United States Naval Medical School laboratories:

Additions to the pathological collection 647

Additions to the helminthological collection 647

Clinical notes:

Succinimid of mercury in pyorrhea alveolaris, by Acting Asst. Dental Surg.

P. G. White 649

A case of pityriasis rosea, by Surg. R. E. Ledbetter 651

Emetin in the treatment of amebic abscess of the liver, by Surg. H. F. Strine

and Passed Asst. Surg. L. Sheldon, jr 653

Salvarsan in a case of amebic dysentery, by Passed Asst. Surg. O. J.

Mink. . 653

Laceration of the subclavian artery and complete severing of brachial plexus,

by Surg. H. C. Curl and Passed Asst. Surg. C. B. Camerer 654

Malarial infection complicating splenectomy, by Surg. H. F. Strine 655

A case of gastric hemorrhage; operative interference impossible, by

Passed Arst. Surg. G. E. Robertson 656

Operation for strangulated hernia, by Passed Asst. Surg. W. S. Pugh 657

A case of bronchiectasis with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy,

by Passed Asst. Surg. L. C. Whiteside 658

Editorial comment:

Systematic recording and treatment of syphilis 665

Progress in medical sciences:

General medicine. —A note of three cases of enteric fever inoculated

during the incubation period. By T. W. Richards. The modern treatment of

chancroids. The treatment of burns. By W. E. Eaton. Experiments on the curative

value of the intraspinal administration of tetanus antitoxin. Hexamethylenamin.

Hexamethylenamin as an internal

antiseptic in other fluids of the body than urine. Lumbar puncture as a special

procedure for controlling headache in the course of infectious diseases.

Cardiospasm. Acromion auscultation; a new and delicate test in the early

diagnosis of incipient pulmonary tuberculosis.

Diabetes mellitus and its differentiation from alimentary glycosuria.

The complement fixation test in typhoid fever; its comparison with the

agglutination test and blood culture method. By C. B. Crow.. 671

Mental and nervous diseases. —A voice sign in chorea. By G. B. Crow.

Wassermann reaction and its application to neurology. Epilepsy: a theory of

causation founded upon the clinical manifestations and the therapeutic and

pathological data. Salvarsanized serum (Swift-Ellis treatment) in syphilitic diseases

of the central nervous system. Mental manifestations in tumors of the brain.

Some of the broader issues of the psycho-analytic n movement. Mental disease

and defect in United States troops. By R. Sheehan 6S1

Surgery. — Infiltration anesthesia. War surgery. Tenoplasty; tendon transplantation;

tendon substitution; neuroplasty. Carcinoma of the male breast. Visceral

pleureotomy for chronic empyema. By A. M. Fauntleroy and E. H. H. Old 6S8

Hygiene and sanitation. — Further experiences with the Berkefold filter

in the purifying of lead-contaminated water. By T. W. Richards. Experiments in

the destruction of fly larvae in horse manure. By A. B. Clifford. Investigation

relative to the life cycle, brooding, and tome practical moans of reducing the

multiplication of flies in camp. By W. E. Eaton, Humidity and heat stroke;

further observations on an analysis of

50 cases. By C. N. Fiske 693

Tropical medicine. — The treatment of aneylostoma anemia. Latent dysentery

or dysentery carriers. Naphthalone for the destruction of mosquitoes. Emetin in

amebic dysentery. By E. R. Stitt 704

Pathology, bacteriology, and animal parasitology. —Meningitis by

injection of pyogenic microbes in the peripheral nerves. The growth of pathogenic

intestinal bacteria in bread. Present status of the complement fixation test in

the diagnosis of gonorrheal infections. Practical application of the luetin

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 30 April 2020 by The United Nations Children's Fund

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South Sudan, 2020: “To keep children healthy, parents must bring them to the health centres for vaccinations. That is how we prevent infections,” says Lucy, holding her boy Amin. The world has made such tremendous progress that, in 2018, 86% of the world’s children received the vaccines they need to grow up healthy. But unacceptable gaps remain. Here in South Sudan, just 44% of children receive the recommended vaccines. That leaves communities at serious risk of outbreaks and, as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, an outbreak anywhere is a threat to countries everywhere. We are only as safe as the most vulnerable communities. So as we celebrate progress for children like Amin, we must also commit to reaching those who have been left behind.

To learn more: UNICEF's Agenda for Action

Solita Melus by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

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ROBIN, HAITI - DECEMBER 16, 2014

Solita Melus (33) holds her baby, Orelus Kerlens Melus after he receives immunizations and is weighed by Ketcia Orilius (37), a community health worker in Haiti. Three months old, Orelus weighs in at 5 kilos, a weight that Ketcia will track on her tablet. Provided by USAID, these tablets are magnifying the work of Ketcia and other health workers in Haiti, allowing them to easily and efficiently store and track the health information and status of their patients. She will also use the tablet to record the vaccinations that she gives to Orelus, including diphtheria, TB, polio and meningitis. Ketcia became a community health worker after being nominated by her community. The training provided by USAID has empowered her to improve the health of women and children in her area and prepare kids for healthier, stronger futures. Solita, Orelus’ mom, could not be more appreciative. Referring to Ketcia, she says, “She is a very good person. She is gentle with the baby and takes good care of the baby.”

David Rochkind, USAID

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Immunization at the Hope Health and Dental Fair by kinzielaramie

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Vaccination by Centre For Science and Environment

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Photographer - Surya Sen

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My vaccination card for India, China, and Tibet by Xeni Jardin

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I got a buncha shots. And I ate some typhoid. [urp]. This was only one of multiple pages now stamped full, in the little yellow book they gave me. See this post on [xeni.net/trek] for story.

Extended Program of Immunization (EPI), Bangladesh by Mohammad Moniruzzaman

Since 1987, the Extended Program on Immunization in Bangladesh has saved the lives of more than 3.5 million children . It has led to the eradication of poliomyelitis and the elimination of neonatal tetanus, and has possibly made the biggest contribution towards Bangladesh's achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 well ahead of schedule. At least 95% of the 157 million people living in this country have access to vaccines - this in a country where only around 60% of the population has access to the power grid, that sees annual floods, and that has a challenging road transport system and high levels of corruption. This has made Bangladesh's vaccine delivery system a role model for delivering effective interventions in resource-poor settings. This successful story cannot be pinned down on any one crucial factor, but it is rather a result of the development of an effective system involving collaboration between multiple dedicated blocks of society – from front line workers to politicians to journalists.

2017_01_16_La Fossette Clinic_0157 by The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)

At a maternal and child clinic at La Fossette, one of the largest in Cap-Haitian, patients arrive for regular check-ups as well as vaccinations.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

Swiss Immunization Station by Kecko

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Indeed they inoculate with syringes, but they are filled with alcoholic beverage. Of course, this vaccine is for oral use. A creative counterweight to scare tactics. Platin pub in Altstätten, Switzerland, Dec 5, 2009.

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Dr. Luwei Pearson, Chief of Health at UNICEF Ethiopia, immunizes a child against polio-Arsi Zone, Oromia Region by UNICEF Ethiopia

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Dr. Luwei Pearson, Chief of Health at UNICEF Ethiopia immunizes a child against polio during the launching ceremonies for African Vaccination Week in Assela, Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. 21 April 2013. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Pearson

Immunizations, West Point Liberia by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

WESTPOINT, Liberia - February 3, 2015

Vaccines resume at Star of the Sea clinic as Ebola cases subside and general health care services can return. At the height of the Ebola epidemic, most hospitals were forced to close their doors to anyone but Ebola patients, resulting in an increase of pregnant women dying from preventable causes. However, the Star of the Sea clinic, run by Catholic Relief Services with support from USAID, is now providing critical health care services including triage, delivering newborn babies, and continuing vital childhood immunizations. As the Ebola situation improves, these efforts to strengthen primary health care are providing for the needs of mothers and children.

Photo by Neil Brandvold, USAID

Immunizations, West Point Liberia by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

WESTPOINT, Liberia - February 3, 2015

Vaccines resume at Star of the Sea clinic as Ebola cases subside and general health care services can return. At the height of the Ebola epidemic, most hospitals were forced to close their doors to anyone but Ebola patients, resulting in an increase of pregnant women dying from preventable causes. However, the Star of the Sea clinic, run by Catholic Relief Services with support from USAID, is now providing critical health care services including triage, delivering newborn babies, and continuing vital childhood immunizations. As the Ebola situation improves, these efforts to strengthen primary health care are providing for the needs of mothers and children.

Photo by Neil Brandvold, USAID

Kenya February 2016 by The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)

Photo Credit: Allan Gichigi/MCSP

Children being immunized at the Kangeta Hospital, Igembe, Meru, Kenya 2016.

Polio immunization campaign banner, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia by UNICEF Ethiopia

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From 3-6 October 2013 Ethiopian Federal Minister of Health conducts Polio National Immunization Days in all the regions of the country for children 0-5 years of age with the oral polio vaccine. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Sewunet

flu shot by itsv

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got my flu immunization shot today. the nurse let me have two lollipops.

Take a shot at protecting yourself and others from the flu by Province of British Columbia

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All British Columbians are encouraged to get immunized and reduce the chance of getting the flu and passing it on to others.The influenza vaccine will be available throughout the province by early November at public health clinics, physicians’ offices, travel clinics and pharmacies.

Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016HLTH0075-002094

Extended Program of Immunization (EPI), Bangladesh by Mohammad Moniruzzaman

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Since 1987, the Extended Program on Immunization in Bangladesh has saved the lives of more than 3.5 million children . It has led to the eradication of poliomyelitis and the elimination of neonatal tetanus, and has possibly made the biggest contribution towards Bangladesh's achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4 well ahead of schedule. At least 95% of the 157 million people living in this country have access to vaccines - this in a country where only around 60% of the population has access to the power grid, that sees annual floods, and that has a challenging road transport system and high levels of corruption. This has made Bangladesh's vaccine delivery system a role model for delivering effective interventions in resource-poor settings. This successful story cannot be pinned down on any one crucial factor, but it is rather a result of the development of an effective system involving collaboration between multiple dedicated blocks of society – from front line workers to politicians to journalists.

Take a shot at protecting yourself and others from the flu by Province of British Columbia

All British Columbians are encouraged to get immunized and reduce the chance of getting the flu and passing it on to others.The influenza vaccine will be available throughout the province by early November at public health clinics, physicians’ offices, travel clinics and pharmacies.

Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016HLTH0075-002094

COVID-19 Update by Province of British Columbia

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Premier John Horgan, Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC's provincial health officer, and Dr. Penny Ballem, executive lead of the BC immunization rollout, make an announcement about the next steps in BC's COVID-19 Immunization Plan on January 22, 2021.

Dist-Puri, Odisha, INDIA..Measles vaccine bottels arranged for a photograph at district Programme Management Unit, NRHM in Puri. Immunization is one of the most cost effective public health interventions, preventing around 2 million child deaths each yea by Unicef India

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Dist-Puri, Odisha, INDIA..Measles vaccine bottels arranged for a photograph at district Programme Management Unit, NRHM in Puri. Immunization is one of the most cost effective public health interventions, preventing around 2 million child deaths each year worldwide, and IndiaÕs Immunization Program is the largest in world with respect to the quantity of vaccines used and the number of beneficiaries. Here, Routine Immunization (RI) saves the lives of 400,000 children annually. In OdishaÕs 30 districts and 314 blocks, it is not easy for health workers to reach a population of 4.1 crore. With 30% of the areas difficult to reach, 22% tribal population, 48% people in the BPL category and 17% schedule cast population, Odisha has been one of the most challenges states for them in terms of geography and demography. Despite these odds, during 2013-14, the state provided immunization services at a cost of Rs 30 crore to 8,54,619 children between 0-1 years and 9,40,081 pregnant women to prevent seven diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, measles and Hepatitis B. In addition, vitamin A is also administered to children. The current level of full immunization coverage is 62.3% for children (AHS 2011-12), officials say. Since 2009, the program has manifested itself in the Teeka Express, where participation of civil society, NGOs, porters, rickshaw drivers and volunteers strengthen the vaccine delivery logistics. This system has been implemented in 280 out of the 314 blocks of the state, and has reduced vaccine shortage, improved vaccine quality, improved timeliness of reporting, ensured regularization of immunization in hard to reach areas and improved immunization waste management. Odisha governmentÕs RI program has been supported by UNICEF and has positively impacted vaccine logistics management. Training imparted by UNICEF has strengthened the Cold Chain improvement plans and ensured improved coverage of hard to reach areas. .

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Village Ð Alikia, Block-Chandanpur CHS, Dist-Puri, Odisha, INDIA..Namita Barol along with her child Lovely Barol, two months child, waiting to be immunized after Purnachandra Sabata, 44, an autorickshaw driver, delivered cold chain boxes of vaccines to by Unicef India

Village Ð Alikia, Block-Chandanpur CHS, Dist-Puri, Odisha, INDIA..Namita Barol along with her child Lovely Barol, two months child, waiting to be immunized after Purnachandra Sabata, 44, an autorickshaw driver, delivered cold chain boxes of vaccines to Anganwadi centre. Every Wednesday, Purnachandra Saba, delivers boxes of vaccines to anganwadi centres.Immunization is one of the most cost effective public health interventions, preventing around 2 million child deaths each year worldwide, and IndiaÕs Immunization Program is the largest in world with respect to the quantity of vaccines used and the number of beneficiaries. Here, Routine Immunization (RI) saves the lives of 400,000 children annually. In OdishaÕs 30 districts and 314 blocks, it is not easy for health workers to reach a population of 4.1 crore. With 30% of the areas difficult to reach, 22% tribal population, 48% people in the BPL category and 17% schedule cast population, Odisha has been one of the most challenges states for them in terms of geography and demography. Despite these odds, during 2013-14, the state provided immunization services at a cost of Rs 30 crore to 8,54,619 children between 0-1 years and 9,40,081 pregnant women to prevent seven diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, measles and Hepatitis B. In addition, vitamin A is also administered to children. The current level of full immunization coverage is 62.3% for children (AHS 2011-12), officials say. Since 2009, the program has manifested itself in the Teeka Express, where participation of civil society, NGOs, porters, rickshaw drivers and volunteers strengthen the vaccine delivery logistics. This system has been implemented in 280 out of the 314 blocks of the state, and has reduced vaccine shortage, improved vaccine quality, improved timeliness of reporting, ensured regularization of immunization in hard to reach areas and improved immunization waste management. .

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Polio vaccination kit by UNICEF Ethiopia

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2017_01_16_La Fossette Clinic A_0044 by The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)

At a maternal and child clinic at La Fossette, one of the largest in Cap-Haitian, patients arrive for regular check-ups as well as vaccinations. Pictured is a grandmother holding her grandchild.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

Immunizations, West Point Liberia by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

WESTPOINT, Liberia - February 3, 2015

Vaccines resume at Star of the Sea clinic as Ebola cases subside and general health care services can return. At the height of the Ebola epidemic, most hospitals were forced to close their doors to anyone but Ebola patients, resulting in an increase of pregnant women dying from preventable causes. However, the Star of the Sea clinic, run by Catholic Relief Services with support from USAID, is now providing critical health care services including triage, delivering newborn babies, and continuing vital childhood immunizations. As the Ebola situation improves, these efforts to strengthen primary health care are providing for the needs of mothers and children.

Photo by Neil Brandvold, USAID

A six-month old child receives polio vaccination at home during the National Polio Immunization Campaign by UNICEF Ethiopia

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Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health will conduct National Polio Immunization Days in all regions of the country (3-6 October, 2013). ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Sewunet

Vaccination campaign in Liberia by UNMEER

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This week, the Pipeline Community Health Center in Monrovia, Liberia, is working to resume routine immunizations that have been put on hold due to the Ebola epidemic. The effort is part of a nationwide campaign led by Liberia's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), and supported by UNICEF, known as the periodic intensification of routine immunization, or PIRI, which aims to rapidly reduce the number of children not immunized against measles. In Liberia, government data shows that monthly measles immunization coverage against target dropped from 71% in May 2014 to 55% in October 2014.

As cases of Ebola are falling in Liberia, health workers are encouraging parents to bring in their children in order to catch up on the mixed vaccinations. Dr. Rebecca Varney, the officer in charge of the Pipeline Community Health Center, said that some children coming in are 22 months old but have not completed their vaccinations.

Varney also noted the risk of unimmunized children spreading measles to other children in school, as well as the importance of vaccinations as schools prepare to reopen. "Children would come down with measles and the parents would not notice, and would send them to school…and it would pass on to other children." At this time if we can vaccinate the children to prevent them from getting measles, it will be so much better for our school system and other children will not get infected.

Monrovia, Liberia, on 2 February 2015

Photo: UNMEER/Aalok Kanani

Measles vaccination campaign by UNICEF Ethiopia

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UNICEF supports a nationwide measles vaccination campaign to protect 15.5 million children from life-threatening diseases. The launch of regional vaccination campaign in Haik town, Amhara region, Ethiopia 27 December 2022. In addition, integrating in the campaign, a range of other lifesaving services. These include COVID-19 jabs and catch-up immunizations for under-vaccinated children, screening for acute malnutrition, vitamin A drops and deworming against intestinal parasites. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2022/Mulugeta Ayene

MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity Vietnam by USAID MOMENTUM

Administrative staff assists people to fill out information and consent forms for COVID-19 vaccination.

Photo credit: Dung Tham Chi/MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity

Immunizations, West Point Liberia by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

WESTPOINT, Liberia - February 3, 2015

Vaccines resume at Star of the Sea clinic as Ebola cases subside and general health care services can return. At the height of the Ebola epidemic, most hospitals were forced to close their doors to anyone but Ebola patients, resulting in an increase of pregnant women dying from preventable causes. However, the Star of the Sea clinic, run by Catholic Relief Services with support from USAID, is now providing critical health care services including triage, delivering newborn babies, and continuing vital childhood immunizations. As the Ebola situation improves, these efforts to strengthen primary health care are providing for the needs of mothers and children.

Photo by Neil Brandvold, USAID

Immunizations, West Point Liberia by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

WESTPOINT, Liberia - February 3, 2015

Vaccines resume at Star of the Sea clinic as Ebola cases subside and general health care services can return. At the height of the Ebola epidemic, most hospitals were forced to close their doors to anyone but Ebola patients, resulting in an increase of pregnant women dying from preventable causes. However, the Star of the Sea clinic, run by Catholic Relief Services with support from USAID, is now providing critical health care services including triage, delivering newborn babies, and continuing vital childhood immunizations. As the Ebola situation improves, these efforts to strengthen primary health care are providing for the needs of mothers and children.

Photo by Neil Brandvold, USAID

Awoyaya, Lagos by Common Language Project

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Local mothers attend a health community forum on immunization and exclusive breastfeeding held by the Nigerian-based NGO, C.H.I.E.F (www.chiefngo.org). C.H.I.E.F's forums demystify medical practices like immunization, which some Awoyaya residents believed caused diseases. (Photo by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom)

Vacinação contra influenza no norte do Brasil by Pan American Health Organization PAHO

Vacunación contra la influenza en el norte de Brasil.

Foto: Karina Zambrana - OPAS/OMS

2017_01_18_Clean Care_0128 by The Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP)

A clinic in Marmalade, Haiti has adopted the Clean Care standards. They have a team of people who take shifts cleaning the clinic.

Photo Credit: Karen Kasmauski/MCSP and Jhpiego

Kira being immunized by Sesamoo11

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Jan 5, 2021 COVID-19 update 34161 by Alberta Newsroom

Update 167: COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta (Jan. 5, 4:45 p.m.)

Alberta’s COVID-19 immunization program is well underway. Albertans should continue to protect others by continuing to follow restrictions and reducing the spread of COVID-19.

Latest updates :

Over the last 24 hours, 843 new cases were identified.

There are 919 people in hospital due to COVID-19, including 140 in intensive care.

There are 13,411 active cases in the province.

To date, 91,799 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19.

In the last 24 hours, there were 26 additional COVID-related deaths reported: three on Dec. 27, three on Dec. 28, two on Dec. 29, two on Dec. 30, one on Dec. 31, one on Jan. 1, two on Jan. 2, four on Jan. 3, and eight on Jan. 4.

The testing positivity rate was 8.2 per cent.

To date, there was an increase of 10,301 tests (2,857,374 total) for a total of 1,671,264 people tested.

All zones across the province have cases:

Calgary Zone: 4,545 active cases and 35,757 recovered

South Zone: 257 active cases and 4,799 recovered

Edmonton Zone: 5,794 active cases and 39,241 recovered

North Zone: 1,311 active cases and 6,201 recovered

Central Zone: 1,431 active cases and 5,663 recovered

73 active cases and 138 recovered cases in zones to be confirmed

Additional information, including case totals, is online.

R values from Dec. 28 to Jan. 3 (confidence interval):

Alberta provincewide: 0.99 (0.97-1.01)

Edmonton Zone: 0.92 (0.89-0.95)

Calgary Zone: 1.02 (0.99-1.06)

Rest of Alberta: 1.06 (1.01-1.10)

There are currently 1,236 active and 6,075 recovered cases at long-term care facilities and supportive/home living sites.

To date, 784 of the 1,168 reported deaths (67 per cent) have been in long-term care facilities or supportive/home living sites.

COVID-19 immunization program

Vaccines are being administered across the province. As of Jan. 4, 26,269 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alberta.

Alberta’s phased approach to vaccination focuses first on priority health-care workers and those who are at highest risk of severe outcomes. Eligibility will continue to expand as more vaccine arrives in the province and more doses are administered to those most at risk.

A comprehensive outreach program is reaching communities with high levels of COVID-19 spread in Edmonton and Calgary.

Upon referral by Alberta Health Services (AHS), people in these areas who test positive for COVID-19 are eligible for a free-of-charge hotel room stay of 14 days, complete with culturally appropriate food and temporary financial aid in the amount of $625, once they have completed their self-isolation.

In December, more than 290 Albertans accessed hotel rooms in order to isolate safely.

In response to increasing case numbers, enhanced public measures prohibiting social gatherings, requiring masking and restricting businesses and services continue to be in effect.

All indoor and outdoor social gatherings – public and private – are still prohibited.

All existing guidance and legal orders remain in place.

All travellers who have arrived from the United Kingdom and South Africa since Dec. 7 should immediately get a COVID-19 test, whether they have symptoms or not.

Travellers will be contacted directly by Alberta Health Services to book a test.

Also, travellers from the United Kingdom or South Africa who are participating in the border pilot must immediately quarantine, whether they’ve had a negative test or not. All returning travellers currently in quarantine must remain in quarantine for the full 14 days.

Rapid point-of-care testing has begun at long-term care and designated supportive living facilities in the Edmonton Zone using dedicated mobile testing centres.

Remote and rural hospitals in Alberta will receive rapid tests in late December and early January.

Rapid testing has already been expanded to homeless shelters and centres in Calgary and Edmonton.

The government has granted certain Alberta peace officers and community peace officers temporary authority to enforce public health orders.

Not following mandatory restrictions will result in fines of $1,000 per ticketed offence and up to $100,000 through the courts.

All Albertans are encouraged to download the secure ABTraceTogether app, which is integrated with provincial contact tracing. The federal app is not a contact tracing app.

Secure contact tracing is an effective tool to stop the spread by notifying people who were exposed to a confirmed case so they can isolate and be tested.

As of Jan. 5, 295,575 Albertans were using the ABTraceTogether app, 66 per cent on iOS and 34 per cent on Android. On average, 22 new users were registering every hour.

Secure contact tracing is a cornerstone of Alberta’s Relaunch Strategy.

Parents and guardians can access the COVID-19 test results for children under the age of 18 through MyHealth Records (MHR) as soon as they are ready.

As of Jan. 4, 494,545 Albertans have MHR accounts.

All Albertans, especially seniors and those at risk, are encouraged to get immunized against influenza.

More than 1,450,368 Albertans have received their flu shot.

Confidential supports are available. The Mental Health Help Line at 1-877-303-2642 and the Addiction Help Line at 1-866-332-2322 operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Resources are also available online.

The Kids Help Phone is available 24-7 and offers professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people by texting CONNECT to 686868.

Online resources provide advice on handling stressful situations and ways to talk with children.

A 24-hour Family Violence Information Line at 310-1818 provides anonymous help in more than 170 languages.

Alberta’s One Line for Sexual Violence is available at 1-866-403-8000, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

People fleeing family violence can call local police or the nearest RCMP detachment to apply for an Emergency Protection Order, or follow the steps in the Emergency Protection Orders Telephone Applications (COVID-19).

Information sheets and other resources on family violence prevention are at alberta.ca/COVID19.

Alberta’s government is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by protecting lives and livelihoods with precise measures to bend the curve, sustain small businesses and protect Alberta’s health-care system.(photography by Paul Taillon/Office of the Premier)

MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity DRC by USAID MOMENTUM

A MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity-supported outreach team at work in the Camp Kokolo/Saint Barbara Parish in Kinshasa, DRC.

Photo credit: Leon Katshinta/PATH

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