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The latest health news and alerts from around the world

• Complex Humanitarian Disaster in Syria

  28 March 2013

  The current humanitarian situation in Syria is extremely serious. The country is facing numerous challenges:• Heavy fighting across the country, including several neighbourhoods in the capital, Damascus.• Significant concerns that the fighting …

• Travelling with Medications

  21 March 2013

  There is enormous variation in restrictions on the importation of medicines in different countries. Incorrect or the lack of proper documentation authorising you to carry medicines to other countries may constitute a criminal offence. Always seek adv…

• Flooding in Bolivia

  19 March 2013

  Heavy rain has caused significant damage in 67 municipalities in 8 out of the 9 departments in Bolivia. Over 107,000 people (21.500 families) are affected and 24 have been killed by the floods. Bolivia’s rainy season occurs from January to March each…

• Aid Worker Burnout

  13 March 2013

  Aid workers working in the field face a higher risk of burnout than their desk bound counterparts due to an increased number of stress-related factors. Claire Davies, Medical Team Manager at InterHealth explains the risks and the subsequent causes of…

• New Information & Guidance Sheet

  12 March 2013

  We have just published a new information and guidance resource for HR, Field and Security Managers. Our new information sheet is aimed at those with responsibilities towards field personnel working remotely from good medical care who may be at increa…

• Yellow fever outbreak in Chad

  08 March 2013

  An emergency mass vaccination campaign against yellow fever has been recently launched in Chad following laboratory confirmation of 2 yellow fever cases in Goz Beida and Guereda districts. These cases were confirmed in December 2012 following increas…

• Rise in dengue fever cases in Brazil

  04 March 2013

  Dengue fever is endemic in Brazil, however, Brazilian health authorities have reported a steep rise in confirmed cases of dengue fever since the beginning of 2013. Official figures show that in the first seven weeks of 2013 there have been more than …

• Madagascar: Tropical cyclone Haruna

  01 March 2013

  The island of Madagascar was hit by tropical cyclone Haruna on February 22nd 2013. It made landfall on the south-west coast of Madagascar as a category 2 cyclone after causing intense rainfall on the west coast of the island for several days while it…