Travel Health Service Year 2008

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2008

News Archives December
29 December 2008 Taiwan: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
Africa: Cholera
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever
Gambia: Malaria
Sierra Leone: Yellow Fever
Uganda: Plague
22 December 2008 Mainland: Avian Influenza, poultry
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Bangladesh: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Avian Influenza, poultry
Ireland: Mumps
Africa: Cholera
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Viral Haemorrhagic Fever
Egypt : Avian Influenza, human
15 December 2008 Worldwide: Dengue Fever
Cambodia: Avian Influenza, human
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Indonesia: Rabies, human
Malaysia: Chikungunya Fever
Africa: Cholera
Brazil: Yellow Fever
8 December 2008 Hong Kong: Avian Influenza, poultry
Iraq: Cholera [update 8]
Guatemala: Malaria
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Brucellosis [update 2]
New Zealand: Food Poisoning
Indonesia: Rabies, human
Norway: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Dengue Fever
Dominican Republic: Dengue Fever
India: Malaria
Pakistan: Dengue Fever
Zimbabwe: Cholera [update 3]
1 December 2008 Zimbabwe: Cholera [update 2]
Gambia: Malaria
Zimbabwe: Anthrax
India: Avian Influenza, poultry
Pakistan: Dengue Fever
United Kingdom: Measles
Iraq: Cholera [update 7]
November
24 November 2008 Iraq: Cholera
Philippines: Cholera
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cholera
Zimbabwe: Cholera
Mozambique: Cholera
Guinea-Bissau: Cholera
Sudan: Cholera
Uganda: Typhoid Fever
Indonesia: Chikungunya Fever
Bangladesh: Avian Influenza, poultry
17 November 2008 Mainland: Cholera [update 1]
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Thailand: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Cholera
Vietnam: Dengue Fever
India: Dengue Fever
India: Japanese Encephalitis
India: Malaria
Pakistan: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Iraq: Cholera [update 5]
Mexico: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Yellow Fever
Africa: Cholera
Angola: Schistosomiasis
Zimbabwe: Anthrax
10 November 2008 United Kingdom: Mumps
USA: Pertussis
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Laos: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Dengue Fever
Burkina Faso: Yellow fever
South America: Dengue Fever
Uganda: Plague, human
3 November 2008 Mainland: Cholera
Mainland: Rabies, human
Indonesia: Chikungunya Fever
Thailand: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Dengue Fever
Pakistan: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
France: Norovirus Infection
United Kingdom: Anthrax, human
United Kingdom: Measles
Brazil: Dengue Fever
October
27 October 2008 Mainland: Measles
Germany: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Malaria
Iraq: Cholera [update 4]
Africa: Cholera
Madagascar: Plague
Oceania: Dengue Fever
20 October 2008 Canada and USA: West Nile Virus Infection
Germany: Avian Influenza, bird
Africa and Asia: Poliomyelitis
Vietnam: Cholera
Iraq: Cholera [update 3]
Guinea-Bissau: Cholera [update 1]
Nigeria: Malaria
13 October 2008 Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever
Indonesia: Chikungunya Fever
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
Germany: Avian Influenza, poultry
Nepal: Cholera
Pakistan: Cholera
Pakistan: Dengue Fever
Afghanistan: Cholera
Iraq: Cholera [update 2]
Africa: Cholera
Yellow Fever: Central African Republic
South Africa: Undiagnosed death
New Caledonia: Dengue Fever
6 October 2008 South Korea : Avian Influenza, poultry
Malaysia: Dengue Fever
India: Chikungunya Fever
India: Dengue Fever
Iraq: Cholera [update 1]
Czech Republic: Hepatitis A
Latvia: Hepatitis A
Fiji: Dengue Fever [update 1]
Mexico: Dengue Fever
Guyana: Dengue Fever
Trinidad and Tobago: Dengue Fever
Ghana: Yellow fever
Pakistan: Hong Kong Travellers contracted Hepatitis A
September
29 September 2008 Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Leishmaniasis
Mexico: Hepatitis A
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Peru: Dengue Fever
Iraq: Cholera
Guinea: Yellow Fever
Guinea-Bissau: Cholera
Zimbabwe: Cholera
Fiji: Dengue Fever
Mainland: Plague, human
22 September 2008 Philippines: Cholera
New Zealand: Avian Influenza, poultry
Pakistan: Poliomyelitis
Pakistan: Terrorist Attack
Iraq: Cholera
Kyrgyzstan: Anthrax, human
Russia: Rabies, human
Nigeria: Cholera
Tanzania: Cholera
Togo: Avian Influenza, bird
15 September 2008 Asia: Cholera
Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever
India: Dengue Fever
Sri Lanka: Leptospirosis
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Laos: Avian Influenza, poultry
USA: West Nile Virus Infection
Fiji: Dengue Fever
Africa: Cholera
Djibouti : Poliomyelitis
8 September 2008 Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever
Malaysia: Chikungunya Fever
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever [update 3]
Thailand: Travel Advice
USA: Avian Influenza, poultry
Palau: Dengue Fever
Iraq: Cholera
Iran: Cholera
Africa: Cholera
Uganda: Hepatitis E [update 2]
1 September 2008 Taiwan: Dengue Fever
Philippines: Dengue Fever
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever [update 2]
Thailand: Dengue Fever
Afghanistan: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
India: Dengue Fever
Pakistan: Dengue Fever
South Pacific Islands: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Benin: Avian Influenza, poultry
Russia : Enterovirus Infection
August
25 August 2008 Vietnam: Cholera
India: Cholera
USA: Avian Influenza, poultry
Turkey: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
Africa: Dengue Fever
Benin: Cholera
Guinea-Bissau: Cholera
Sudan: Measles
18 August 2008 Southeast Asia: Cholera
Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever [update 1]
Thailand: Hong Kong Traveller contracted Dengue Fever
Bangladesh: Hong Kong Traveller contracted Dengue Fever
Africa: Cholera
Cote d'Ivoire: Yellow Fever [update 1]
Nigeria: Avian Influenza, poultry
American Samoa: Dengue Fever
11 August 2008 Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever
Singapore: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease [update 3]
Thailand: Dengue Fever
Vietnam: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Cote d'Ivoire: Yellow Fever
Federated States of Micronesia: Hepatitis A
Malaysia: Hong Kong Traveller contracted Leptospirosis
4 August 2008 Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Indonesia: Cholera [Update 1]
Malaysia: Malaria
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever
Vietnam: Cholera
India: Avian Influenza, bird
India: Cholera
Netherlands: Measles
Africa: Cholera
South Africa: Rabies, animals
Brazil: Dengue Fever
July
28 July 2008 Mainland China: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Argentina: Rabies, human
India: Japanese Encephalitis
Russia: Anthrax, human
Russia: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
21 July 2008 Indonesia: Chikungunya Fever
Indonesia: Dengue Fever
Vietnam: Anthrax, human
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Dengue Fever
Italy: Measles
Mongolia: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Yemen: Dengue Fever
South America: Dengue Fever
14 July 2008 Brazil: Dengue Fever
Venezuela: Dengue Fever
Indonesia: Dengue Fever
Egypt: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
Brazil: Yellow Fever
Turkey: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
Uganda: Dutch traveller contracted Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever
USA: Measles
Australia: Measles
7 July 2008 Indonesia: Cholera
Malaysia: Dengue Fever
Vietnam: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Dengue Fever
India: Cholera
Pakistan: Cholera
Turkey: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever [update 1]
Yemen: Dengue Fever [update 2]
Africa: Cholera
June
30 June 2008 Malaysia: Chikungunya Fever
Vietnam: Cholera
India: Chikungunya Fever
Pakistan: Avian Influenza, poultry
Kenya: Cholera
Uganda: Cholera
23 June 2008 Indonesia: Dengue Fever
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Laos: Dengue Fever
Philippines: Dengue Fever
Maldives: Dengue Fever
Afghanistan: Cholera
Nigeria: Poliomyelitis
South Africa: Cholera
Sudan: Cholera
Uganda: Cholera
Uganda: Hepatitis E [update 1]
Brazil: Dengue Fever
16 June 2008 Singapore: Chikungunya Fever
Canada: Mumps
USA: Avian Influenza (H7N3), poultry
South America: Dengue Fever
Argentina: Yellow Fever [update 1]
Brazil: Spotted Fever
Brazil: Yellow Fever [update 1]
Paraguay: Yellow Fever [update 6]
Africa and Asia: Poliomyelitis
Yemen: Dengue Fever [update 1]
Turkey: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
9 June 2008 Turkey: Diarrhoea
Kenya: Cholera
Zambia: Cholera
Guinea Bissau: Cholera
Guinea: Cholera
Sudan: Cholera
Democratic Republic of Congo: Cholera
Uganda: Cholera
Indonesia: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Yemen: Dengue Fever
Guyana: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Yellow Fever
Peru: Yellow Fever
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Yellow Fever
United Kingdom: Avian Influenza, poultry
Hong Kong SAR: Avian Influenza, poultry
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever
Sri Lanka: Leptospirosis
2 June 2008 Indonesia: Chikungunya Fever
Macao SAR: Enterovirus 71 infection
Thailand: Dengue Fever
Singapore: Dengue Fever
Uganda: Hepatitis E
Angola: African Trypanosomiasis
Madagascar: Schistosomiasis
May
26 May 2008 Bangladesh: Avian influenza, human
Mongolia: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Central African Republic: Yellow Fever
Philippines: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Laos: Dengue Fever
Vietnam: Dengue Fever
India: Chikungunya Fever
United Kingdom: Measles
Turkey: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
Bosnia / Herzegovina: Brucellosis
19 May 2008 Maldives: Hong Kong travellers contracted Dengue Fever
South Korea: Avian Influenza, poultry [update 2]
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Indonesia: Dengue Fever
Mongolia: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
India: Avian Influenza, bird
Africa: Cholera
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Peru: Dengue Fever
Russia: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
12 May 2008 Mainland China: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease [update 2]
Macao SAR: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Taiwan : Enterovirus 71 infection [update]
Japan: Avian Influenza, bird [Update]
South Korea: Avian Influenza, poultry [update]
Myanmar: Cholera
Indonesia: Chikungunya Fever
Indonesia: Dengue Fever
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever
Singapore: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease [update 2]
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
Canada: Measles
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Peru: Yellow Fever
5 May 2008 Mainland: Enterovirus 71 infection [update]
Japan: Avian Influenza, bird
South Korea: Avian Influenza, poultry [update]
Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever
Sri Lanka: Chikungunya Fever
Argentina: Yellow Fever
Brazil: Dengue Fever [update]
Taiwan : Enterovirus 71 infection [update]
Singapore: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease [update]
April
28 April 2008 Mainland: Enterovirus 71 infection
Taiwan : Enterovirus 71 infection
Asia: Cholera
Singapore: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
South Korea: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Avian Influenza, poultry
Switzerland: Measles
Argentine: Yellow Fever
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Liberia: Yellow Fever [Update]
21 April 2008 Japan: Cholera
Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever
Vietnam: Cholera [update 2]
India: Chikungunya Fever
Bahamas: Malaria
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Africa: Cholera
Egypt: Avian Influenza, human
Liberia: Yellow Fever [update]
Madagascar: Rift Valley Fever
14 April 2008 South Korea: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Cholera [update]
New Zealand: Dengue Fever
India: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Chikungunya Fever
Africa: Cholera
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Typhoid Fever
Egypt: Avian Influenza, human
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Russia: Avian Influenza, poultry
7 April 2008 Global: Cruise passengers contracted Hepatitis E
France: Avian Influenza, bird
South Korea: Avian Influenza, poultry
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Vietnam: Cholera
Pakistan: Avian influenza, human [update]
Africa: Cholera
Egypt: Avian Influenza, human
Liberia: Yellow Fever
South America: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Yellow Fever [update 8]
Peru: Yellow Fever
March
31 March 2008 Indonesia: Dengue Fever
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Avian Influenza, poultry
Australia: Dengue Fever
Switzerland: Avian Influenza, bird
Africa: Cholera
Moldova : Mumps
Argentina: Yellow Fever [update]
Brazil: Dengue Fever
24 March 2008 Turkey: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Cholera
Laos: Avian Influenza, poultry
Mainland: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, human
Brazil: Dengue Fever
Central America and Caribbean: Dengue Fever
New Caledonia: Dengue Fever
Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever
Africa: Cholera
17 March 2008 Egypt: Avian Influenza, human
Philippines: Typhoid Fever [update 1)
Africa: Cholera
Paraguay: Yellow Fever [update 5]
Argentina: Yellow Fever
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
Burkina Faso: Meningitis
Thailand: Dengue Fever
10 March 2008 Philippines: Typhoid Fever (update)
India: Poliomyelitis
Sri Lanka: Chikungunya Fever
Africa: Cholera
Egypt: Avian influenza, human
South America: Dengue Fever
Argentina: Yellow Fever
Paraguay: Yellow Fever [update 4]
Trinidad and Tobago: Dengue Fever
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Avian Influenza, poultry
Asia: Dengue Fever
Oceania: Dengue Fever
Australia: Dengue Fever
3 March 2008 Mainland: Avian Influenza, poultry
Philippines: Diarrhoea
Philippines: Typhoid Fever
Vietnam: Avian influenza, human
Pakistan: Avian Influenza, poultry
United Kingdom: Avian Influenza, bird
Africa: Cholera
Egypt : Avian Influenza, human
Brazil: Yellow Fever [update 7]
Paraguay: Yellow Fever [update 3]
Russia: Rabies, human
Ukraine: Rabies, human
February
25 February 2008 Mainland: Avian Influenza, human
Mainland: Avian Influenza, poultry
Mainland: Measles
Asia: Dengue Fever
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, human
South America: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Yellow Fever [update 6]
Dominican Republic: Canadian traveller contracted Malaria
Paraguay: Yellow Fever [update 2]
Africa: Cholera
Africa: Meningococcal Meningitis
Yemen: Cholera
18 February 2008 Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever [update]
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, human
South America: Dengue Fever
Paraguay: Yellow Fever [update]
Brazil: Yellow Fever [update 5]
Africa: Cholera
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, poultry
Bangladesh: Avian Influenza, poultry
Central Africa Republic: Meningococcal Meningitis
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Plague, human
Indonesia: Rabies
11 February 2008 Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Philippines: Dengue Fever
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever
Bangladesh: Avian Influenza, poultry
Pakistan: Avian Influenza, poultry
South America: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Yellow Fever [update 4]
Paraguay: Yellow Fever
Fiji: Typhoid Fever
New Caledonia: Dengue Fever
Turkey: Avian Influenza, poultry
Africa: Cholera
Chad: Security concern
Columbia: Security concern
Ukraine: Avian Influenza, poultry
4 February 2008 Mainland: Avian Influenza, poultry
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human [update 2]
Laos: Cholera
Philippines: Dengue Fever
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever
Bulgaria: Avian Influenza, bird
Saudi Arabia: Avian Influenza, poultry
Saudi Arabia: Dengue Fever
South America: Dengue Fever
Central America and Caribbean: Dengue Fever
Paraguay: Yellow Fever
January
28 January 2008 Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human [update]
Thailand: Avian Influenza, poultry
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, human
India: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: European traveller contracted Malaria
Turkey: Avian Influenza, poultry
USA: Plague, human
Brazil: Yellow Fever [update 3]
Angola: Cholera
Kenya: Security Concern
Mozambique: Cholera
Sudan: Rift Valley Fever [update 4]
21 January 2008 Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Singapore: Chikungunya Fever
Bangladesh: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Avian Influenza, poultry
Brazil: Yellow Fever [update 2]
Peru: Anthrax, human
Africa: Cholera
Ukraine: Avian influenza, poultry
Iran: Avian Influenza, poultry
14 January 2008 Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Indonesia: Avian Influenza, human
Laos: Cholera
United Kingdom: Avian Influenza, bird
South America: Dengue Fever
Brazil: Yellow Fever
Angola: Cholera
Madagascar: Plague
Mozambique: Cholera
Nigeria: Cholera
Zimbabwe: Cholera
7 January 2008 Mainland: Avian Influenza, poultry
Mainland: Food Poisoning affected Hong Kong travellers
United Kingdom: Norovirus Infection
Indonesia: Chikungunya Fever
Vietnam: Avian Influenza, human and poultry
Bangladesh: Avian Influenza, poultry
India: Chikungunya Fever
Israel: Avian Influenza, poultry
Africa: Cholera
Egypt: Avian Influenza, human [update]
Uganda: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever [update 2]