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Panama Dengue 2013-14

Ronan Kelly

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
MoH confirms first death of the year due to dengue

WRITING PRENSA.COM
internet@prensa.com

A man aged 60, residing in the Centennial neighborhood of Las Margaritas Chepo, became the first fatality this year because of dengue.

This was announced by the Ministry of Health (MoH) through a press release issued this Tuesday, December 10th, well after it informed the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies.

It was explained that the patient was seen on 27 November at the Regional Hospital of Chepo and later transferred to St. Thomas Hospital with a diagnosis of dengue with warning signs.
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http://www.prensa.com/uhora/locales/minsa-confirma-muerte-por-dengue/241071
 
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December 12, 2013 | 12:08:07

Panama | EFE
Confirm second death from dengue in Panama

The Ministry of Health of Panama alerted the public to adopt preventive measures against the disease
By elnuevodiario.com.ni | Balloon

The Government of Panama today upheld the second death this year from dengue hemorrhagic fever, registered in the eastern outskirts of the capital, and alerted the public to adopt preventive measures.

Spokesmen of the Ministry of Health of Panama, MoH, indicated to reporters Wednesday the death of a person was confirmed, unnamed and unspecified date, who lived in the San Miguelito District, one of the places with highest mosquito infestation "Aedes aegypti" which transmits the disease.

Local television said the victim is a male adult.
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Official data indicate that so far this year there have been 1,964 confirmed cases of dengue, sicker than 856 in 2012.
http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/internacionales/304819-confirman-segunda-muerte-dengue-panama
 
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Source: http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php/show/articles/16529:panama-continues-fighting-dengue

Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Panama Continues Fighting Dengue

...According to the latest official figures from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) until last week 405 148 cases of dengue fever, 22 507 of severe dengue and 139 deaths in Central America, two of these in Panama, were reported.

The Ministry of Health admitted that to date, the bloodsucking mosquito transmitted disease to 2276 people, of which 6 received a diagnosis of severe including the deceased. Panama has declared a state of alert in order to confront mosquito, but the figure of two million reported by Diaz falls short of the projection made by the former director of the Health Region San Miguelito, Algis Torres, who believes that national campaign requires 11 million. (Prensa Latina)
 
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2,906 reported cases of dengue

Some 2,906 cases of dengue fever have been reported across the country and revealed the former director of the Regional Health Authority of San Miguelito, Algis Torres.

Torres said there are 7 cases with signs of alarm and 7 with severe signs of dengue patients whose hospital stay.
So it makes it a call for people to eliminate mosquito breeding and keep their surroundings clean.
Stressing that the sectors most index of infestation mosquito Aedes aegypti are Panama Metro, Oeste Panama, Bocas del Toro and San Miguelito.

http://laopinionpanama.com/nacional/se-han-reportado-2-mil-906-casos-de-dengue/
 
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Two deaths and 3,035 cases of dengue in Panama in 2013, according to Government

EFE | DECEMBER 26, 2013 06.25PM
At least two deaths and 3,035 confirmed cases of dengue have been recorded this year in Panama, the latter figure almost four times higher than that reported in 2012, the health minister, Javier Diaz said today.

The official called to cooperate in the work of eradication of Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the disease.

Diaz told reporters that to date are hospitalized with severe dengue thirteen people, including a baby who is in critical condition.
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http://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/muertos-casos-dengue-Panama-Gobierno_0_655734962.html
 
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Source: http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=1402842&CategoryId=23558

December 30,2013
Authorities Declare Dengue Epidemic in Panama

PANAMA CITY ? Panamanian health authorities declared Monday the existence of a dengue fever epidemic in the Central American country, where the infection has taken the lives of two people and has affected more than 3,100 in 2013.

?We?re having a dengue epidemic,? Health Minister Javier Diaz told reporters, adding that there were 3,124 cases of the illness, nine of them of the potentially fatal hemorrhagic strain...
 
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google translated;

MoH confirms third death from dengue
EDITORIAL STAR ONLINE

02/01/2014 - 9:14:00 AM - The Minister of Health, Javier Diaz confirmed that a child of 8 who came last December 27, 2013 the Emergency Room Health Center San Isidro , died at cause of dengue and not by self-medication as had been reported before.

This death brings to three the number of deaths due to dengue. On December 30, 2013 , the MoH decree "epidemic of dengue nationwide " then than 3, 124 cases were registered .

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http://www.laestrella.com.pa/online...ma-ministerio-de-salud-javier-diaz-191228.asp
 
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google translated;

Authorities report fourth death from dengue in Panama during 2013
lainformacion.com
Friday, 03/01/14 - 21:56

Panama, Jan 3 -. Panama health authorities reported today that a 70-year-old died last December 25 hemorrhagic dengue, bringing to four victims of the disease in 2013.The National Director of Health of Panama Ministry of Health (MoH), Carlos Galvez, told reporters Friday that the new death was registered in the District of San Miguelito, on the outskirts of the capital.Galvez said the old man's death was recorded on 25 December and was "so far" it was confirmed that "actually" was DHF.He added that so far exist about 3,307 confirmed dengue cases nationwide.
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http://noticias.lainformacion.com/p...n-panama-durante-2013_CIgPQCUIEgmbtkzejWdCD7/
 
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google translated;

MoH confirms first death of the year for dengue case

AMINTA BUSTAMANTE
OF PRENSA.COM
aminta.bustamante @ prensa.com SUBJECTS:
Dengue MoH (Ministry of Health)

05/01/2014 - The secretary general of the Ministry of Health (MoH), F?lix Bonilla confirmed on Sunday, January 5, the death of the fifth person in case of dengue, first as far this year.

Bonilla reported that it was a village of Tocumen patient, who was hospitalized since last Friday. Citizen 35 years was hospitalized in St. Thomas.

Currently, the number of dengue-infected is 3,307, according to Bonilla said. He reiterated that the MoH will maintain its contingency plan against "Aedes aegypti" until next January 31.
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http://www.prensa.com/uhora/locales/caso-dengue-panama-quinta-muerte/255228
 
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Authorities confirm sixth death from dengue in Panama
Published January 09, 2014EFE
(Leave confirmation sixth death)

Health officials in Panama today confirmed the sixth fatality from dengue in recent months, four months old baby , died Dec. 30 .

The infant lived in the town of New Libya, in the district of San Miguelito, northeastern outskirts of the capital, and was not brought to medical care in time , said the national director of the Ministry of Health, Carlos Galvez, Channel 2 local television.

He explained that the victim was reported on December 30 , but studies of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical Studies only now confirmed the cause of death
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http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/es...-confirman-sexta-muerte-por-dengue-en-panama/
 
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google translated;

Death by dengue in Cocl??
January 11
12:47

The possibility of another death from dengue in the country, this time in the province of Cocle, was released yesterday, which to be positive, it would be the seventh victim between 2013 and 2014 so far.
Through RPC Radio, it was learned that an 8-year-old died in the capital, after being transferred a few days ago Aguadulce Hospital for medical attention.
Has not been confirmed yet if this child died of dengue, but according to reports, was taken with the symptoms of this disease.
Meanwhile, in the capital and other provinces are operating to eliminate mosquito breeding sites mortal.
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- See more at: http://www.critica.com.pa/notas/1690210-muerte-dengue-cocle- # sthash.Ndwz5pWp.dpuf
 
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MoH seeks to confirm two deaths from dengue

URANIA CECILIA MOLINA
umolina@prensa.com
16/01/2014 - The Ministry of Health (MoH) is waiting to confirm or rule two deaths due to dengue.

The National Director of Health MoH Carlos Galvez said the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies do not confirm or rule out the death of an eight-year-old native of Aguadulce, Cocle province, nor that of a woman 28 years of La Higuera, in Chepo.

Galvez said the confirmation of these cases raise to eight the death toll from the epidemic.
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http://www.prensa.com/impreso/panorama/minsa-busca-confirmar-dos-muertes-por-dengue/260705

I believe the child from Cocle has been ruled out - see post above this one - Ro
 
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Source: http://www.entornointeligente.com/articulo/1889666/Ministry-confirms-seventh-dengue-death-

Publicado por EntornoInteligente.com
el Viernes, 17 de Enero del 2014
Ministry confirms seventh dengue death


La Prensa / 17/01/2014 − Ministry of Health General Director Carlos G?lvez today confirmed the seventh death from dengue in the past few months.

Galvez said that the victim was a 52−year−old man who resided in the Bayano River sector of Panama.

This is the second fatality occurring in 2014...
 
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Source: http://www.newsroompanama.com/panama/7074-tourism-manager-wants-to-cap-panama-dengue-reports.html

Tourism manager wants to cap Panama dengue reports
Monday, 20 January 2014 14:23


PANAMA government authorities are calling on local media to ease up on publishing news about the dengue epidemic in the country, because of its effect on tourism.

As Panama America, puts it they are ?calling for the prudent management of information on the subject, believing that there is much less impact from the disease in Panama than in other countries in the region.?...
 
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Investigated for possible dengue 4 deaths
January 20
7:24
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Investigated for possible dengue 4 deaths
The Ministry of Health urges citizens stronger cooperation to eliminate mosquito breeding sites .
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Lourdes Moreno, head of the Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, revealed that there are currently 4 deaths under investigation to confirm or exclude that the cause was dengue .
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"The numbers are alarming dengue have 480 cases in total 39 warning signs . " Insisted the doctor.
http://www.critica.com.pa/notas/1693693-investigan-4-defunciones-posible-dengue
 
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15 days to see if minor died of dengue
January 21
00:00

15 days to see if minor died of dengue

Thays Dom?nguez / Herrera
About two weeks the family will have to wait four years the child died in Chitre to know if your child died from dengue or otherwise.
This was revealed by the regional director of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Herrera, Jose Delgado, who said that the tissue samples taken at the lowest, and the results of the practiced necropsy will be sent to the
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- See more at: http://www.critica.com.pa/notas/1694035-15-dias-saber-si-menor-murio-dengue-#sthash.coOFq9wZ.dpuf
 
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There are 43 hospitalized for dengue
DEIVIS CERRUD
dcerrud@laestrella.com.pa
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There are patients in hospitals in Panama Este, Herrera and Cocle. Two people are in serious condition
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There are 43 hospitalized for dengue
25.01.2014 - 12:00:00 AM - PANAMA . The epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health (MoH ) , within 24 days of the year , 789 reported cases of dengue in the country , of which 710 are no warning signs , warning signs with 75 and 4 cases of severe dengue.

In the same period last year there were only 132 cases , which represents an increase of 497 % (it was six times higher ) .

In just 10 days this year 201 cases of the disease were recorded . That is, within fourteen days there was an increase of 588 cases, almost quadruple .

There are to date two deaths from dengue serotype 2 : a man of 52 who worked in Rio Bayano but lived in Las Cumbres and a 35 -year- Bethlehem, Tocumen .

Authorities have confirmed one death and four suspicious deaths are awaiting testing.
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http://www.laestrella.com.pa/online/impreso/2014/01/25/hay-43-hospitalizados-por-dengue-195259.asp
 
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1,002 new dengue cases in 26 days
MONDAY, 27 JANUARY 2014 08:36

THERE WERE 1,002 confirmed new cases of dengue in Panama in the first 26 days of the year says the secretary general of the Ministry of Health (MoH) F?lix Bonilla.

The bite of the Aedes aegypti transmits fengueThe bite of the Aedes aegypti transmits fengue

The figure is almost a third of the 3,232 cases in 2013 and comes at a time when traditionally, furing the summer season, the number of cases declines.
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http://www.newsroompanama.com/panama/7117-1002-new-dengue-cases-in-16-days.html
 
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