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26/03/2020

Be active and stay healthy at home!
Here are some physical activities you can do at home during COVID-19 outbreak:

🤸‍Try exercise classes online
💃Dance to music
🎮Play active video games
🤾Try skipping rope
💪Do some muscle strength & balance training

17/01/2020

04/11/2019

Complications of diabetes can lead to:
-Heart attack
-Stroke
-Blindness
-Kidney failure
-Amputations

01/06/2019

01/06/2019

The viral infection known as mumps can lead to hearing loss. If your child experiences hearing loss after mumps, schedule an appointment with a hearing healthcare professional as soon as possible.

01/06/2019

Vaccine-preventable diseases include:
Cervical cancer
Cholera
Diphtheria
Hep B
Influenza
Japanese encephalitis
Measles
Meningitis
Mumps
Pertussis
Pneumonia
Polio
Rabies
Rotavirus
Rubella
Tetanus
Typhoid
Varicella
Yellow Fever

Yes, vaccines work!

06/02/2019

The flu shot could save your life if you have heart disease! According to a recent study, the risk of death was reduced by about 18% in heart-failure patients who had the flu shot: https://bit.ly/2CouS6n Will you be getting your shot in March/April this year? Just remember to check in with your doctor first - in rare instances, the vaccination can be dangerous.

16/01/2019

SASTM NEWSFLASH

DIARRHEAL SHELLFISH POISONING - NAMIBIA: (ERONGO), ALERT

The fisheries ministry has warned the public not to consume oysters and mussels produced at Walvis Bay, due to an outbreak of diarrhectic [diarrhetic, diarrheal] shellfish poisoning (DSP). As part of the national shellfish sanitation program, the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI) recently tested oysters and mussels for biotoxins and discovered that the results revealed the presence of DSP, the ministry said in a media statement on Fri 11 Jan 2019. The ministry said it was not safe to consume oysters and mussels sourced from Walvis Bay because of to the unusual level of DSP found in tested samples.

The public should note that marine biotoxins are not destroyed by cooking or freezing, the ministry cautioned. The fisheries ministry also said DSP manifested itself with intense diarrhoea, severe abdominal pains, nausea and vomiting. The condition sets in within about half an hour after ingesting infected shellfish and lasts for about one day. Although not known to be fatal, the condition causes profuse intense diarrhoea with a high risk of dehydration, the ministry also said.

Should an individual experience any of the mentioned symptoms, they are urged to seek immediate medical assistance and should inform a medical practitioner that they consumed molluscan shellfish.

Communicated by: ProMED-mail

16/01/2019

SASTM NEWSFLASH

TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS - SWITZERLAND

Ticks have become such a menace across Switzerland that the government is urging everyone to get vaccinated against one of the diseases they cause, early summer meningo-encephalitis (ESME) [tick-borne encephalitis, TBE]. Health insurers will reimburse vaccination costs.

Previously only recommended in specific regions, the net for vaccinations has now been cast wider. That's because of an increase in cases of ESME [TBE], a disease which attacks the central nervous
system: 380 cases were reported in 2018, compared to 100 per year in previous years.

According to the government information platform ch.chexternal link, the most widespread tick species in Switzerland is the wood tick [_Ixodes ricinus_ commonly known as the castor bean tick, sheep tick, or deer tick]. It prefers deciduous woods with abundant undergrowth, the edge of the forest and forest paths, and waits on low growing plants until a warm-blooded host (a person or animal) brushes against the plant. Ticks do not fall from trees.

Ticks have to be properly removed with tweezers. If part of the tick remains under the skin for longer than around 36-48 hours, there is a risk of becoming ill.

The Swiss league for patients with tick-borne diseases external link recommends that people prevent bites by avoiding bushes and tall grass, by wearing clothing that covers the arms, legs and feet, and by checking the body carefully for ticks and their larvae.

Communicated by: ProMED-mail

With the steady increase in TBE cases over recent years, advice for those individuals who frequent wooded areas in Switzerland to be vaccinated is prudent.

In a previous comment in 2017 concerning TBE in Switzerland, Dr Ivo M Foppa indicated that the incidence of TBE in Switzerland has increased markedly since 2000, roughly about 50 percent. The reason for the increase of TBE incidence in Central/Western/Northern Europe is unknown.

TBE is a virus infection caused by one of 3 TBE virus subtypes belonging to the _Flaviviridae_ family: Central European, Siberian, and Far Eastern (formerly known as Russian spring-summer encephalitis). It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ixodes ticks.