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Latest pandemic (H1N1) 2009
(as of 14 November 2009)

Total number of cases 28,751
Total number of deaths 188

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World Diabetes Day 2009
14 November

 

The campaign slogan for 2009 is "Understand Diabetes and Take Control".

The World Diabetes Day theme for the period 2009-2013 is “Diabetes Education and Prevention”.

Prevalence of Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Diabetes mellitus is highly prevalent among both sexes in Member States of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Its prevalence ranges from between 3.5% and 30.0% and is highest among member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at a rate of 11.5% to 30.0%

Many countries in the Region are now reporting the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus at an increasingly young age. This is due to increasingly sedentary lifestyles, higher life expectancy and obesity, High blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases are also on the rise.

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Health requirements and recommendations for entry visas for Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umra, 1430 H (2009)

The Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia has recently issued a set of health requirements and recommendations for entry visas for Saudi Arabia for the Hajj and Umra season, 1430 H (2009), with special focus on reducing the transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza among pilgrims. These health requirements and recommendations call for those population groups who are considered to be at high risk for complications from influenza to refrain voluntarily from this year’s Hajj. The requirements issued by the Kingdom also request the health authorities in pilgrims’ countries of origin to educate and advise pilgrims on basic public health measures (personal hygiene measures, cough etiquette, use of antiseptic hand gel, etc.) to be followed during Hajj and Umra to prevent the spread of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 during the upcoming Hajj season.

Weekly Epidemiological Monitor, volume 2, issue 46, 15 November 2009

International consultation: Infectious disease prevention and control at Umra and Hajj (2009)



 

Community-based initiatives self-monitoring tool
100-point checklist

 

The 100-point checklist is a self-monitoring tool to assess the extent to which the characteristics of an effective CBI-implementing site are in place. Members of local and village development committees, cluster representatives and health volunteers can use the checklist by ticking off items on the list to give their programme-implementing site a score out of 100 and to identify gaps or shortcomings. The checklist covers: community organization and mobilization; intersectoral collaboration, partnership and advocacy; the community-based information system; levels of water, sanitation, food safety and air pollution; health development initiatives; emergency preparedness and response activities; education and literacy; skills development, vocational training and capacity building; and micro-credit activities.


It is suggested that stakeholders in the programme use this tool periodically to
monitor and record the status of their programme and use the information in
formulating plans to improve programme deficiencies.


Full text : Arabic (pdf, 3.2 MB) - English (pdf, 3.1 MB)

 

 


 

World AIDS Campaign 2009

1 December


Universal Access and Human Rights 
"إتاحة الصحة للجميع تجسيد لحقوق الإنسان"
Accès universel et droits humains

World AIDS Day is being celebrated this year under the theme of “Universal Access and Human Rights,” with affirmative slogans based on the theme, “I am”: I am accepted, I am getting treatment, I am safe.

This year’s theme and slogans promote HIV and AIDS awareness through translating human rights ideals into understandable, practical and proactive terms. 

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The work of WHO in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Annual Report of the Regional Director, 1 January - 31 December 2008Latest Regional Director's Report 2008
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Road traffic crashes, burns, drowning, poisoning and falls lead to the death of hundreds of thousands of children Launch of the Arabic version of the World Report on Child Injury Prevention
Cairo, 8 November 2009
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Recently published

 
   

Poliomyelitis eradication in the Eastern Mediterranean Region:progress report 2007-2008 Poliomyelitis eradication in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: progress report 2007-2008

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, volume 87, September 2009Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Volume 87, November 2009
Arabic - English

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, volume 15, number 4, July-August 2009Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Volume 15 No. 5 
September-October, 2009

 

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