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THE head of CARPHA agrees with the oppostion.... but that nuh matta... he calls it an epidemic.. it was a epidemic 4 weeks ago...
when ebola hits Jamaica and it will we better pray the damn minister stop trying to manage perceptions and act in a decisive manner.... not like a female jackass trying to cover ar vagina from sexual congress...
Chick V claiming lives across the region
6:53 am, Fri October 3, 2014
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Dr. James Hospedales, Executive Director of CARPHA
As Jamaica continues to grapple with cases of Chikungunya, the CaribbeanPublic Health Agency, CARPHA, is reporting that the virus is claiming several lives across the Caribbean.
CARPHA data up to September 29 reveal that there have been 12,720 confirmed or probable cases of chikungunya reported across the region, and the death toll has passed one hundred.
"A total of 118 deaths have been reported; a lot of those from the French Department," Dr. James Hospedales, Executive Director of CARPHA, told RJR News.
He added that most of the deaths have occured in cases where the victim had "serious pre-existing conditions - advanced diabetes, heart disease and so on."
Meanwhile, Dr Winston Davidson, Head of the School of Public Health and Health Technology at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTECH) is recommending a specific strategy to tackle Chikungunya, similar to that which was adopted more than thirty years ago to deal with Dengue Fever in Jamaica.
He recalled that an outbreak of Dengue Fever was tackled in the 1970s by a relentless island-wide campaign to clear mosquito breeding sites. He believes such a programme would be just as effective now, but with proper planning to ensure all communities are engaged at the same time.
Dr Davidson said the plan should be followed diligently for the next few years, if Jamaica wants to comprehensively deal with mosquito borne diseases.
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From a friend's Facebook page last night as he watched the news (he lives in Jamaica and works in education so he sees the impact first hand)...
OK ... So in order to get Private Sector to see how illnesses affect business in our country, you downplay an impending epidemic and allow the masses of the nation to get sick ... then the private sector will chip in to help with other health related problems ... BRILLIANT!!! (Watching News)Comment
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'ome remedies....
He used it:
- mint tea or fevah grass in de mawning
- 3 leaf a life fe eliminate de pain wid a lickle bit of watah, you blen' it or juice it and crush it and drink de watah
- chicken soup fe put back strength
- vegetables, bananas - drink de watah, drink de soupLast edited by Tropicana; 10-06-2014, 11:15 AM.Comment
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http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20141005/focus/focus2.html...close to 800,000 Caribbean residents being affected, the bulk of them being in Hispaniola. Maybe no one noticed it, but the majority of persons affected are black. Haiti is more than 90 per cent of African descent, and Dominicans, despite their self-denial, are at least 80 per cent black or 'mixed', like Obama. Could it be targeting us based on our melanin?What is particularly scary here in Jamaica is that doctors have been treating patients who present with the symptoms of chikungunya but who test negative. Worse, it has the same vector as dengue fever, the pesky Aedes aegypti mosquito. Yet, some with symptoms of both also test negative. This thus brings into question the efficacy of the testing methods, or worse, that there is a third microbe that has its own aircraft and doesn't need to book a flight on the white-striped 'maskita' and is clearly unaffected by hot callaloo.
Common symptoms of chikungunya are headache, fever, joint pains, limb swelling, loss of appetite, vomiting, increased sensitivity to pain, and possibly a rash. Dengue has similar manifestations, including the rash. However, another type of dengue, the haemorrhagic one, leads to mild bleeding, and that's dangerous. Bleeding can increase from slight trickles from the nose and gums and become severe, leading to shock and death.
Although it is spread across the Tropics and South East Asia, this last type of dengue has a higher mortality rate, especially among Africans - hmmm - who have a common genetic abnormality called glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
NEW DIRTY 4-LETTER WORD
Ebola, the new dirty four-letter word that even affects my ability to count, was first discovered in 1976 and named after the Ebola River in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Its symptoms include headache, vomiting, fever, and bleeding, both internal and external. It resurged in the early 1990s in the same country, infecting 315 and killing 254 persons.
In 2000, another outbreak in Uganda killed 224 out of 425 individuals. Again in 2003 in the Republic of Congo - not Zaire -a 90 per cent mortality rate took home 128 out of 143 people.
In its current manifestation, 3,091 of the 6,574 Ebola victims have died. All have been black West Africans, like most of us.
Interestingly, it is not a respecter of social status, but it seems to be race-sensitive. It took the life of Sierra Leone's chief medical hero in the anti-Ebola war, but his American counterparts flew to America and were miraculously saved by a hitherto-unknown 'experimental' drug. While I doubt the viral Internet story alleging that the antiviral only works on Caucasians, I am still dumbfounded that it was not tried on the Sierra Leonean as well.
There is just too much correlation between terminal pandemics and skin colour. Apart from malaria killing more than 600,000 Africans in 2012, where most deaths were, the top 35 countries with the highest HIV prevalence are black majority populations. In the United States, black people account for 44 per cent of all cases, although they are just 13 per cent of the population. And it is not a matter of economics. The Bahamas is ranked 24th in prevalence, yet it has the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of US$32,000, in the same company as the United Kingdom at US$37,000, and France at US$35,000 and better than Spain, whose GDP is US$30,000 per annum.
Prostate cancer, chronic heart and vascular diseases and diabetes affect us disproportionately, compared to whites. This is just coincidental. Why are so many of the terminal epidemics heavily concentrated among black populations?
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognised the potential for Ebola in biological warfare. Although the Russian agency Biopreparat concluded that it was too fragile in open air to be effective, it is deadly when passed on by any type of body fluid. If the Ebola virus is one that selectively attacks black people, could it be deliberately used to eliminate us?
Obama would be a prime target because the biggest secret about the American Secret Service is that it has never sacrificed any of its members in saving the president, although their legends speak of doing so. Moreover, four of the 44 presidents have been assassinated, two more suspected of being murdered, and more than 20 have had unsuccessful attempts. Had Andrew Jackson been less skilful and not beaten up his attacker, the number assassinated would have been five.
True, we in Jamaica are worried that we are underprepared for the advent of Ebola with our already-overburdened health-care system. But patriotic Americans must be petrified because an American citizen breached the warning systems and took it to Texas, potentially affecting at least 80 persons. Furthermore, another had made mockery of White House security and reached into the hallways.
Another, a convicted felon, somehow not screened and eliminated as a security contractor, rubbed shoulders with the Prez, in an elevator, with an armed pistol. It would take nothing for someone then to put a little nose snot or other innocuous bodily secretion and kill off the black side of the president.
Nevertheless, for all the speculation, if there is any time to be cautious and finicky about our health and cleanliness, it is now. I will be the scornful dog that refuses to eat the 'dutty puddn'Comment
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Minister of Health, Dr Fenton Ferguson is admitting that there appears to be some discrepancy between the number of suspected and reported Chikungunya cases on the island.The country now has 352 suspected and 31 confirmed cases of Chikungunya.
However, there have been wide scale absences at schools and business places with persons complaining of Chikungunya like symptoms.
The government’s handling of the virus has been widely criticised, with several sectors accusing the Health Ministry of under-reporting the virus’ prevalence.
However, according to Ferguson, the ministry is facing a difficulty as private medical doctors often do not report suspected cases.
He says it is critical that doctors pass this information on so the Health Ministry can have an accurate picture of the spread of the virus.
Meanwhile, Ferguson is appealing to members of the public to continue seeking out and destroying mosquito breeding sites.
He says it is not enough to wait on the Ministry to carry out fogging in communities, as the exercise only kills adult mosquitoes.
Minister Ferguson was speaking at a JIS Think Tank session yesterday.Comment
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113 Suspected Chik-V-Related Deaths In Region
THE PAN American Health Organization (PAHO) is reporting at least 113 suspected chikungunya-related deaths in the Caribbean, mainly due to complications from other illnesses.
Jamaica has recorded at least two deaths suspected to be related to the virus, which has a fatality rate of less than one per cent.
Earlier this week, seven-year-old Xavier Miller, a Mona Primary School student from St Andrew, and 14-year-old Azee Baker, a St Jago High School student from St Catherine, died after contracting the chikungunya virus (chik-V).
According to the PAHO data, 55 deaths have been linked to the chik-V outbreak in Martinique since last December, when the disease was first detected in the Americas and the Caribbean. Forty-nine deaths were reported in Guadeloupe, six in the Dominican Republic, and three in St Maarten. Puerto Rico is now investigating whether two recent deaths were related to the virus.
OTHER ILLNESSES
Health authorities said although all the victims were infected with the virus, chikungunya may not have been the main cause of death. The victims were reported to have other illnesses, which caused complications.
The Caribbean Public Health Agency said a total of 644,686 suspected and 9,640 confirmed chikungunya cases have been reported in the region as of September 8.
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Symptoms include high fever, severe joint pain, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue, rash, vomiting and diarrhoea. There is no specific treatment, but medications can be used to reduce the symptoms.
Health authorities continue to emphasise the importance of taking measures to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes, especially at this time of the year, the peak transmission season in the Caribbean due to increased rainfall.
Some 850,000 people in the Americas have contracted dengue, which is spread by the same mosquitoes, and 470 have died from the virus in 2014, PAHO said.
Notice how cautious the health officials are in their choice of words and these are medical professionals and officials.Last edited by Tropicana; 10-06-2014, 02:06 AM.Comment
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So hole on deh... it look like nuff peeple nuh tink seh a maskito spread chik-v:
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But only 2 people dont believe it is not an epidemic one is a kanadian and the other is the minister of health!Originally posted by Blackstar* View PostComment
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Originally posted by Wahalla View Post
When its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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because ppl swear sey mosquito nuh bite dem but de get sick..is the same ppl yuh si mosquito a pitch pan and den dem tell yuh sey dem never get a mosquito bite yet.Originally posted by Blackstar* View PostWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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Chikungunya-Like Symptoms Force Nearly 4,000 Students To Miss School To Date
Published: Wednesday October 8, 2014 | 9:21 am0 Comments
The Ministry of Education says near 4,000 students and just under 600 teachers have missed school due to chikungunya-like symptoms.
According to the Ministry, up to yesterday, suspected cases of the chikungunya virus had resulted in up to 30 per cent absenteeism of staff and students in schools across the six regions.
A survey by the Ministry revealed that 3,911 students and 591 teachers were absent from schools.
The most affected parishes, with 2,487 suspected cases, were Kingston and St Andrew, which comprise region one.
This is followed by 945 suspected cases in region two, which includes St Thomas, Portland and St Mary.
The least affected parishes, with 23 suspected cases, were Manchester and St Elizabeth which are located in region five.
Education Minister Ronald Thwaites has commended the management and staff of the affected schools for their efforts in keeping the institutions open as well as for providing as much health care as possible to students.
Minister Thwaites has appealed to parents to be on the alert for symptoms of chic-V and other illnesses and to get medical attention for their children immediately.
When its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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since dem nuh sick wid chick v court martial dem..
JDF camp faced with major ChikV outbreak
6:10 pm, Wed October 8, 2014
RJR News understands that there has been a major outbreak of the Chikungunya virus at the Jamaica Defence Force Up Park Camp.
Over the past two weeks, hundreds of military personnel have reportedly received treatment for the virus at the JDF's medical centre.
According to our sources over 500 soldiers have been treated for the mosquito-borne disease.
Military personnel who have been posted at Kings House and Jamaica House, have also come down with the virus, putting a strain on the medical centre.
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yuh nuh si Dr Dawes sey is jus flu dem have?
why dem a try panic the tourists?
very irresponsibleWhen its hot in the jungle of peace I go swimming in the ocean of love.....Comment
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