Colombia - Dengue 2013

[Ronan Kelly]

Two dengue deaths in Valle del Cauca
This afternoon was declared an epidemiological alert in Valle del Cauca, after the death of a little five years and a man of 66 years due to Dengue
CARACOL | JANUARY 31, 2013


According to a report by the Ministry of Health of the department, until the third week of January is reported to the system of public health surveillance, 413 cases of dengue , of which 176 cases were reported as positive and as severe dengue.
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http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/...el-valle-del-cauca/20130131/nota/1834326.aspx

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Colombia Dengue 2013

Colombia Dengue 2013

More than 6,000 Cases of Dengue Fever in Colombia

Bogota, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) Colombian authorities are on alert today as an outbreak of dengue fever has been registered in several departments countrywide, amounting to more than 1,600 cases registered since January 2013.

The Red Cross issued a statement published by the Colombian press agency Colprensa, informing that departments with the largest number of reported cases are Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Santander, North Santander and Cesar.
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So far the outbreak has left two dead in the country.

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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Colombia Dengue 2013

Re: Colombia Dengue 2013

machine translated;

In 2013, 43 people have died from dengue
NATIONAL1:52 pm
By: RCN La Radio

Francisco Moreno, director of Health of the Colombian Red Cross, said that although the country is still no spread of dengue alert in seven departments more than 40 people died from dengue.

" To date identified dengue cases are 1.670, within which we have many serious cases.'ve also recorded the deaths of 43 people as a result of this disease , "said Moreno. According to the Director of Health of the humanitarian organization , " the departments with problems more cases of dengue have are Huila, Meta, Valle del Cauca, La Guajira and Santanders . " In a week health brigades Colombian Red Cross initiated prevention and vaccination campaigns in thirteen departments Pacific and Caribbean coast.






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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Colombia - Dengue 2013

Jul 9, 2013
Dengue caused 82 deaths in Colombia so far this year
posted by Marcus Sales


Colombia?s ministry of health has stated that in 2013 to date, 82 people have died of dengue in the country.

Approximately 60,000 cases of the hemorrhagic fever have been identified in 56 of a little more than 1,000 municipalities.

Jose Fernando Valderrama, a spokesmen for the Health Ministry, stated that Cali was the city worst affected, representing 27% of cases nationwide.
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http://colombiareports.com/dengue-has-caused-82-deaths-in-colombia-this-year/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Colombia - Dengue 2013

August 2, 2013 - 12:02 am
Ponedera girl dies severe dengue

The girl Mar?a del Carmen Reyes Gutierrez, age seven, and Ponedera native, died Wednesday after fighting 29 days with a clinical picture of severe dengue.

According to David Pelaez, health secretary of the department of the Atlantic, dengue caused him to lower "bilateral neural stroke, that is, their lungs filled with water."
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http://www.elheraldo.co/local/muere-nina-de-ponedera-por-dengue-grave-119503

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Colombia - Dengue 2013

google translated;

August 16, 2013 - 8:29 a.m.

In Santa Marta died of severe dengue girl

A 4 year old girl died in Santa Marta because of severe dengue. The boy died 15 days ago in the Caribbean Sea clinic, but only until the middle of this week certified the cause of death after the National Institute of Health and confirmation.
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http://www.elheraldo.co/region/magdalena/en-santa-marta-murio-nina-por-dengue-grave-121161

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Colombia - Dengue 2013

Two children are killed in less than 24 hours would cause dengue
Jessica Ponce Aguirre
Cartagena
October 19, 2013 10:27 a.m.


Karol's death Doria Arnedo gives a lot to think about ways in which health institutions and the same EPS District are trying the "epidemic" of dengue fever that affects the city.

According to people close to the child under 8 years who died yesterday, a victim of severe dengue in Pilar UCI Foundation, before the minor had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and spent several days going to and from ill health since the that led their parents.
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Although hospital reports indicate that so far four children have died from dengue in Cartagena, the director of the DAD, Martha Rodriguez, was emphatic in saying that "none of these deaths have been confirmed."
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699 cases of dengue have been reported to DAD in so far this year. In the last two weeks, the UCI Foundation Pilar has served 59 new cases.
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http://www.eluniversal.com.co/carta...enos-de-24-horas-dengue-seria-la-causa-138964

DREF operation n? MDRCO010
GLIDE n? EP-2013-000127-COL
Update n?1 ? 8 October 2013 (via ifrc.org and ReliefWeb)
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Colombia Dengue MDRCO010.pdf

The situation
A total of 1,171 cases of dengue were reported for the
epidemiological week 35 in 2013. From these cases, 24 correspond
to severe dengue and 1,147 to regular dengue. The national
endemic channel 35 EW is in hyper-epidemic situation due to
intense and persistent transmission of the disease in the country in
recent years.
As shown in the map, the departments with the highest proportions
of incidence are Casanare, Meta, Putumayo, Tolima, Vichada,
Cundinamarca, Santander, Arauca and Norte de Santander.
For this epidemiological week, 102 municipalities have reported an
increase of the number of cases, with 91 deaths confirmed through
laboratory analysis (out of 236 probable cases). The confirmed
deaths were in Valle del Cauca (16), Tolima (14), Santander (7),
Cesar (6), Meta (6), England (5), Norte de Santander (5), Atlantic
(5), Bolivar (3), Cordoba (3), Putumayo (3), Barranquilla (2),
Casanare (2), Huila (2), Magdalena (2), Sucre (2), Arauca, Quindio,
Vaupes, Vichada, Boyac?, Caquet?, Caldas and La Guajira with
one case each.
Since the epidemiological week 27, when the DREF was requested,
the epidemiological situation remains similar, with a total number of
cases well above the usual number and a high number of cases and deaths in the departments that have
been selected.

// EW 27 // EW 35
Dengue cases // 1,171 // 1,546
Dengue // 29 // 24
Confirmed deaths // 71 // 91
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Colombia - Dengue 2013

Fear in Fredonia death of another girl for alleged dengue
EL UNIVERSAL
CARTAGENA


Vanesa Cabarcas Laura Vargas, only 8 years old, would be the fifth victim of dengue, a disease that in recent months has spread in Cartagena.

The small, would have been sent from the Polyclinic Hospital Infantil Olaya until Napoleon Franco Pareja, or Children's House, respiratory arrest came in yesterday afternoon and died in the evening hours.

Laura, lived in Fredonia with his parents who told her when she came to CAP Olaya she just had a "viral" and returned home, according to his father Antonio Cabarcas.
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http://www.eluniversal.com.co/suces...uerte-de-otra-nina-por-presunto-dengue-139264

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Colombia - Dengue 2013

Another child from dengue in Cartagena
Colprensa | Cartagena | Posted on October 27, 2013

Relatives and acquaintances of a child who died in the early hours of Sunday at the Casa del Ni?o say the less have died after being bitten by a mosquito transmitting dengue.

According to the child's family residing in the Poz?n, the child presented all the symptoms that occurs in this disease and are almost certain that the disease was the cause of his death . La Casa del Ni?o confirmed the death of the child, however note that we can not speak of death from dengue , since it requires a set of tests to confirm the assumption of the family
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http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoCo...a/muere_otro_nino_por_dengue_en_cartagena.asp

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Colombia - Dengue 2013

Dengue Epidemic: van 110,036 cases
In the 90's reports had 30,000 annually on average. During the last decade the ratio rose to 50,000. Valle, Santander, Norte de Santander, Meta and Tolima face the brunt.
By Pablo Correa

Dengue Epidemic: van 110,036 cases

The last major epidemic of dengue occurred Colombia faced three years ago. In 2010 the number of people infected with the virus transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, was 157,000 cases. In so far this year, the events reported by the National Public Health Surveillance and add 110,036, placing the country in the category of epidemic.
"Four months ago, reports the deputy health minister, Fernando Ruiz, began to detect the sudden increase in the country." After an analysis of the situation, it was established that more than half were concentrated in 56 municipalities. Most of them in the departments of Valle del Cauca, Santander, Norte de Santander, Meta and Tolima.
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http://www.elespectador.com/noticia...ia-de-dengue-van-110036-casos-articulo-459141