Ongoing outbreak of dengue serotype-3 in Solomon Islands, January to May 2013

Nogareda, Francisco; Joshua, Cynthia; Sio, Alison; Shortus, Matthew; Dalipanda, Tenneth; Durski, Kara; Musto, Jennie; Puiahi, Elliot; Dofai, Alfred; Aaskov, John; Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai; Musso, Didier; Dutta, Nick; Fleisch, Juliet; Nilles, Eric J.

doi:10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.2.013

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“…41 Malaria is endemic to the Solomon Islands and periodic dengue fever outbreaks have occurred throughout the Pacific Islands, including in Honiara in 2013. [42][43][44] Flooding, with substantial increases in standing water and vector habitat, commonly results in explosive outbreaks of both, as has been reported in the Dominican Republic and Brazil. 45 In Honiara, the number of cases of malaria and dengue were lower than the corresponding months during preceding year.…”

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Defining Population Health Vulnerability Following an Extreme Weather Event in an Urban Pacific Island Environment: Honiara, Solomon Islands

Natuzzi

Joshua²,

Shortus

et al. 2016

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Extreme weather events are common and increasing in intensity in the southwestern Pacific region. Health impacts from cyclones and tropical storms cause acute injuries and infectious disease outbreaks. Defining population vulnerability to extreme weather events by examining a recent flood in Honiara, Solomon Islands, can help stakeholders and policymakers adapt development to reduce future threats. The acute and subacute health impacts following the April 2014 floods were defined using data obtained from hospitals and clinics, the Ministry of Health and in-country World Health Organization office in Honiara. Geographical information system (GIS) was used to assess morbidity and mortality, and vulnerability of the health system infrastructure and households in Honiara. The April flash floods were responsible for 21 acute deaths, 33 injuries, and a diarrhea outbreak that affected 8,584 people with 10 pediatric deaths. A GIS vulnerability assessment of the location of the health system infrastructure and households relative to rivers and the coastline identified 75% of the health infrastructure and over 29% of Honiara's population as vulnerable to future hydrological events. Honiara, Solomon Islands, is a rapidly growing, highly vulnerable urban Pacific Island environment. Evaluation of the mortality and morbidity from the April 2014 floods as well as the infectious disease outbreaks that followed allows public health specialists and policy makers to understand the health system and populations vulnerability to future shocks. Understanding the negative impacts natural disaster have on people living in urban Pacific environments will help the government as well as development partners in crafting resilient adaptation development.

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Defining Population Health Vulnerability Following an Extreme Weather Event in an Urban Pacific Island Environment: Honiara, Solomon Islands

Natuzzi

Joshua²,

Shortus

et al. 2016

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…DENV-3 was isolated by cell culture from 4 NS1-positive and IgM-negative samples by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). Ten additional NS1-positive samples were positive by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) for DENV-3 when tested at the Institut Louis Malardé (Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia) ( 6 ). …”

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“…In January 2013, an outbreak of DENV-3 infections was reported in the Solomon Islands ( 6 ). Two months later, DENV-1 and DENV-3 infections were identified in patients in French Polynesia.…”

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Dengue Virus Type 3, South Pacific Islands, 2013

Cao-Lormeau¹,

Roche²,

Musso³

et al. 2014

Emerg. Infect. Dis.

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“…Rates of infectious diseases are high in the Pacific , as are the number of new and re‐emerging disease threats . The ability to respond to outbreaks is often hampered by poor health infrastructure, insufficient human resources, geographical isolation, infrequent and expensive transportation and logistics; poor access to response resources; lack of advanced diagnostic capacities in most countries; and inadequate communication infrastructure.…”

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Early warning epidemic surveillance in the Pacific island nations: an evaluation of the Pacific syndromic surveillance system

Craig

Kama

Samo

et al. 2016

Tropical Med Int Health

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Abstractobjective The Pacific Syndromic Surveillance System (PSSS), launched in 2010, provides a simple mechanism by which 121 sentinel surveillance sites in 21 Pacific island countries and areas perform routine indicator-and event-based surveillance for the early detection of infectious disease outbreaks. This evaluation aims to assess whether the PSSS is meeting its objectives, what progress has been made since a formative evaluation of the system was conducted in 2011, and provides recommendations to enhance the PSSS's performance in the future.methods Twenty-one informant interviews were conducted with national operators of the system and regional public health agencies that use information generated by it. Historic PSSS data were analysed to assess timeliness and completeness of reporting.results The system is simple, acceptable and useful for public health decision-makers. The PSSS has greatly enhanced Pacific island countries' ability to undertake early warning surveillance and has contributed to efforts to meet national surveillance-related International Health Regulation (2005) capacity development obligations. Despite this, issues with timeliness and completeness of reporting, data quality and system stability persist.conclusion A balance between maintaining the system's simplicity and technical advances will need to be found to ensure its long-term sustainability, given the low-resource context for which it is designed.

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Ongoing outbreak of dengue serotype-3 in Solomon Islands, January to May 2013

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Defining Population Health Vulnerability Following an Extreme Weather Event in an Urban Pacific Island Environment: Honiara, Solomon Islands

Defining Population Health Vulnerability Following an Extreme Weather Event in an Urban Pacific Island Environment: Honiara, Solomon Islands

Dengue Virus Type 3, South Pacific Islands, 2013

Early warning epidemic surveillance in the Pacific island nations: an evaluation of the Pacific syndromic surveillance system

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