By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence Every year millions of people go on pilgrimages. Pilgrims are classified into three groups: ‘religious pilgrims’ who visit religious shrines, ‘cultural pilgrims’ who visit places of cultural significance and ‘notable pilgrims’ high ranking individuals and leaders who travel for personal and political reasons [1]. Religious pilgrims, in particular,
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By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence Articles: “ Danger of swine flu is not what it is, but what it could become” by Bob Lamendola [1] “ Swine flu shot: Intense tracking for side effects” by Lauran Neergaard [2] “Public health surveillance: America the backward” by revere [3] M ass immunization is a process
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Recommended Reads: Ravalli County: Few know where all the bodies are buried [1] & Dedicated Natural Burial Grounds [2] By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence I was reading the news on Google this morning when the following headline caught my attention: Ravalli County: Few know where all the bodies are buried. It proved to
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Via: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/ksu-tgc090409.php Originally posted: Sept. 04, 2009; Contact: Douglas Powell at: dpowell@k-state.edu, Kansas State University “The path to poor hand sanitation is paved with good intentions, according to researchers from Kansas State and North Carolina State Universities. As college campuses prepare for an expected increase in H1N1 flu this fall, the researchers said students’ actions
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Via: Paul Webster, Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/181/5/E90 Originally posted by CMAJ on: Sept. 01, 2009 Toronto, Ont. “Longstanding federal strategies and polices have exacerbated the rapid spread of Novel A(H1N1) influenza in remote First Nations communities, public health officials and aboriginal health experts charge. The federal government is unprepared to adequately manage or
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West Nile virus found in B.C. mosquitoes Via: CBC News (originally posted: Aug. 26, 2009) “The West Nile virus has been found in B.C. for the first time, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. Mosquitoes collected in a trap in B.C’s south Okanagan have tested positive for the virus, officials said. The centre
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By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence Male Circumcision to Fight Spread of HIV / AIDS Malawi is a land-locked country located in southern Africa. It is situated east of Zambia and shares borders with Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. It is a small country; the total area of Malawi is slightly less than that of
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By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence The reason I ask myself this question is because my CTO sent me a link to an article from the New Scientist Online News that addresses this topic. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada Business Continuity Plan, it is appropriate to expect an absenteeism rate of
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By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence News briefs about Influenza A (H1N1) always show people in public places wearing face masks. Some people wear them correctly but many individuals have the mask covering only their mouth. If you choose to wear a mask, how effective is it, especially if not worn properly ? With
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By: Rosemary Stephen, Elements: Environmental Health Intelligence Once in a while our work involves giving recommendations that are outside the scope of our expertise. Back in the early 1980′s, I was involved in something that I never dreamed would become my responsibility. At that time I was posted in a Military Base as a Preventive
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