HEALTH Sep 31st, 2013 - Volume:1, Issue: 4 Epidemic control: Dengue counters set up at LGH IN THIS BULLETIN Seven more dengue patients confirmed in Mayo Hospital Lahore Punjab health department put on alert over Congo fever Health News 2-11 Dengue on the rise in Punjab Polio eradication: Provinces endorse three-year plan Healt deartments and Monitoring 12-13 Swat Declares Health Emergency Over Dengue bodies Publications WHO rings alarm over measles Anti –Measles drive delayed due to finance ministry stubbornness Balochistan EQ 2013 - Potentially 14 58m have no access to safe drinking water Affected Health Facilities Contamination risks: Think twice before you take a sip of your tap water Govt committed to making Pakistan polio-free: PM Health Response by Humanitarian 15-18 Precautionary measures: Health officials prepare to tackle Congo virus Post-natal screening: Sindh Assembly passes ‘newborn screening bill’ Partners in Awaran EQ - Balochistan PM lauds Bill Gates’ support on polio eradication in Pakistan LHC rebukes health DG in measles case District Health Profile Peshawar 19 Micro plan NID polio round from Sept Polio virus: BA voices fear Pakistanis might face travelling ban Urdu News 20-23 Meeting with PM: Donors share anguish over polio campaign First sexual health curriculum launched in Pakistan Health Maps 24-27 Balochistan Health department on high alert Pakistan lagging behind in child survival, maternal health development Health Directory 28-46 WHO polio chief in Pakistan honoured DRUG USE IN PAKISTAN 2013 KECH - POTENTIALLY AFFECTED HEALTH FACILITIES MAP BALOCHISTAN EARTHQUAKE-2013 HEALTH MAP (RELIEF & RESCUE) PESHAWAR - HEALTH FACILITY MAP MAPS AWARAN - POTENTIALLY AFFECTED HEALTH FACILITIES MAP DRUG USE IN PAKISTAN - 2013 Annual Prevalence of Drug use in Pakistan, By Gender Legend Men Women Drug Users Drugs Name Estimate Number Low High Estimate Number Low High T a jj ii k ii s tt a n C No Record Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate h i 11% Cannabis 6.80% 3,940,000 6.50% 7.20% 0.20% 95,000 0.10% 0.20% n Opiates 1.70% 970,000 1.20% 2.10% 0.10% 50,000 0.00% 1.00% a 3.8% Cocaine 0.01% 7,700 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% 80 0.00% 0.00% 4.8% All opioids 3.30% 1,900,000 3.10% 3.50% 1.50% 810,000 1.40% 1.70% ATS 0.10% 60,000 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 73,000 0.10% 0.20% Gilgit Baltistan 5.1% Amphetamines 0.10% 39,000 0.04% 0.10% 0.10% 72,000 0.10% 0.20% 6.5% Methamphetamine 0.04% 21,000 0.01% 0.10% 0.00% 1,000 0.00% 0.01% Drug Treatment Centre Injecting drug use 0.80% 440,000 0.70% 0.90% 0.10% 7,000 0.00% 0.10% Tranquilizers/sedatives 1.30% 750,000 1.20% 1.40% 1.60% 840,000 1.40% 1.70% Painkillers 1.60% 930,000 1.50% 1.80% 1.40% 760,000 1.30% 1.60% Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Solvents/inhalants 0.10% 33,000 0.03% 0.10% 0.00% 400 0.00% 0.00% Private Any illicit drug use 8.50% 4,900,000 8.10% 8.90% 2.90% 1,600,000 2.70% 3.10% Peshawar NGO Female Drug Users ! 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Vohra was presiding over a meeting to review dengue arrangements at the hospital. The meeting was attended by Dr Ghayasun Nabi Tayyab, Dr Ihtishamud Din, Medical Superintendent Amjad Shahzad, the nursing superintendent, the blood bank in-charge and other doctors. Vohra said no patient with dengue fever symptoms had been brought to LGH, but the hospital was equipped to handle an outbreak. He said the hospital was being sprayed with insecticide regularly to prevent dengue mosquito breeding. Vohra directed the doctors to ensure presence of subordinate staff during all three shifts and to send reports about latecomers to the medical superintendent. He also directed the nurses to keep patients’ charts updated. Seven more dengue LAHORE: Seven more dengue patients were confirmed in Lahore’s Mayo hospital on patients confirmed in Wednesday, increasing the dengue affected people to 105 in the city. Mayo Hospital Lahore According to Punjab health department, seven more patients were brought to Mayo Hospital where they were diagnosed positive of dengue fever after their tests. The doctors admitted The Nation September 11, 2013 them immediately in the hospital for treatment. The dengue affected persons were identified as Nadeem,17, Hira,20, from Ferozwala, Bushra,50, from Shahdra town, Arshad, 20, Chand,15, Abdullah,22, and Mehak, 24, residents of Shalimar Town Punjab health department LAHORE: In view of the possible spread of Congo fever due to large scale movement of sacrificial animals on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the Punjab Health Department has put all put on alert over Congo government hospitals, autonomous medical institutions, private hospitals and EDOs Health fever on high alert and directed them to make immediate arrangements for controlling this disease and the treatment of patients. The News, September 14, 2013 The Health Department’s spokesperson said Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was a viral disease which was transmitted by “ticks” found on animals. He said that, as a preventive measure, the Health Department had issued warning to doctors, nurses, paramedical staff as well as common citizens to take precautionary measures against this disease and provide timely treatment to the patients at hospitals. The spokesman said the EDOs Health of all districts had been directed to contact officers of Livestock and Dairy Development Department for ensuring spray in the cattle markets, slaughter houses, dairy, Gawala colonies, sacrificial animals’ sale yards and other animal gathering places. The spokesman advised the people to ensure examination of diseased animals from veterinary doctor so that transmission of CCHF to human beings could be prevented. He advised doctors that, in case of arrival of any CCHF patient in hospital, case management guideline should be followed in the treatment Dengue on the rise in LAHORE:Five more were tested positive for dengue at Mayo Hospital on Monday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the province to 134. Two patients from different parts of Punjab Lahore, two from Shikhupura and one from Okara were brought to Mayo Hospital where they were tested positive for dengue.