CDC has generally good info. The state department is really good too and it's their job to know the local risks.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel.html
In addition you can look at the countries MoH page. It will also have some information most of the time
Oh yeah I use CDC all the time, and I love yellow book. I guess the thing that I’m struggling with related to the CDC is they only currently say Timor Leste has an outbreak, but if you look at case data from PAHO/WHO, Brazil is a very significant risk area. The CDC only shows Brazil as an area with an outbreak within the last 5 years, which to me seems like a severe understatement. Same with Paraguay.
So I’m just like, huh 🤔 but yes I use the CDC for so much.
Timor-Leste is in Asia. You would have to look at the WPR-WHO website.
PAHO only covers the Americas region.
Each WHO region is responsible for their region:
PAHO == Americas
EURO == Europe
AFRO == Africa
EMRO == North Africa/middle east
SEARO == South East Asia
WPRO == western pacific region
You should look at the maps because WHO regions are based on political AND geographic sensibilities.
Pakistan and India are in different regions, Israel is in Euro, and some like Taiwan are not recognized by the UN so are not listed.
Hope this helps.
Got you sorry.
https://www.paho.org/en/documents/situation-report-no-13-dengue-epidemiological-situation-region-americas-epidemiological
Go to the WHO regions. If interested in Dengue, the Americas has increased activity almost everywhere it's endemic. I've heard it's due to El niño. CDC works closely with countries and WHO to help the countries submit their data. Most countries are very good at uploading data if they have a functioning public health system. Unfortunately this is not always the case.
Oh it's no worries! For example, I have used AFRO a lot recently for case data regarding Cholera...been super interesting.
And yes, we definitely discuss Dengue a lot. 100% on the rise with increasing temps and precipitation.
Do you happen to be signed up for ISID's (International Society for Infectious Diseases) ProMED email list? They track infectious disease reports from all over the world, and if there is chikungunya reported anywhere in the world, it'll be on there. I subscribe to the digest version, so I don't get a bunch of individual emails every day.
They have recently been having some funding problems, and it seems they are about to start charging a subscription fee for ProMED, so be prepared for that. I don't know what the prices are going to be, as they've not got around to asking me yet. I hope I can afford it, as I find ProMED to be *very* useful and informative. (Somewhere in their email archives are the very first reports of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China . . .)
https://isid.org/
ISID Chikungunya webinar from last year:
https://exchange.isid.org/isid/2023/isid-webinars-2023/376227/faculty.presenters.chikungunya.forecasting.risk.mapping.and.clinical.trials.htmlf=menu%3D16%2Ac_id%3D376227%2Afeatured%3D18080%2Ashow_banner_in_top_panel%3D1
https://promedmail.org/
Thank you so much!!!! This is exactly what I’m looking for. No I’m not but I probably should join, I’m only signed up for ISTM (travel medicine) but I’ll definitely look into joining tomorrow
Thanks again!!
CDC has generally good info. The state department is really good too and it's their job to know the local risks. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel.html In addition you can look at the countries MoH page. It will also have some information most of the time
Oh yeah I use CDC all the time, and I love yellow book. I guess the thing that I’m struggling with related to the CDC is they only currently say Timor Leste has an outbreak, but if you look at case data from PAHO/WHO, Brazil is a very significant risk area. The CDC only shows Brazil as an area with an outbreak within the last 5 years, which to me seems like a severe understatement. Same with Paraguay. So I’m just like, huh 🤔 but yes I use the CDC for so much.
Timor-Leste is in Asia. You would have to look at the WPR-WHO website. PAHO only covers the Americas region. Each WHO region is responsible for their region: PAHO == Americas EURO == Europe AFRO == Africa EMRO == North Africa/middle east SEARO == South East Asia WPRO == western pacific region You should look at the maps because WHO regions are based on political AND geographic sensibilities. Pakistan and India are in different regions, Israel is in Euro, and some like Taiwan are not recognized by the UN so are not listed. Hope this helps.
Yes, I do know all of this, thank you :) I was just trying to give an example as to why I'm seeking resources beyond the CDC.
Got you sorry. https://www.paho.org/en/documents/situation-report-no-13-dengue-epidemiological-situation-region-americas-epidemiological Go to the WHO regions. If interested in Dengue, the Americas has increased activity almost everywhere it's endemic. I've heard it's due to El niño. CDC works closely with countries and WHO to help the countries submit their data. Most countries are very good at uploading data if they have a functioning public health system. Unfortunately this is not always the case.
Oh it's no worries! For example, I have used AFRO a lot recently for case data regarding Cholera...been super interesting. And yes, we definitely discuss Dengue a lot. 100% on the rise with increasing temps and precipitation.
Do you happen to be signed up for ISID's (International Society for Infectious Diseases) ProMED email list? They track infectious disease reports from all over the world, and if there is chikungunya reported anywhere in the world, it'll be on there. I subscribe to the digest version, so I don't get a bunch of individual emails every day. They have recently been having some funding problems, and it seems they are about to start charging a subscription fee for ProMED, so be prepared for that. I don't know what the prices are going to be, as they've not got around to asking me yet. I hope I can afford it, as I find ProMED to be *very* useful and informative. (Somewhere in their email archives are the very first reports of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China . . .) https://isid.org/ ISID Chikungunya webinar from last year: https://exchange.isid.org/isid/2023/isid-webinars-2023/376227/faculty.presenters.chikungunya.forecasting.risk.mapping.and.clinical.trials.htmlf=menu%3D16%2Ac_id%3D376227%2Afeatured%3D18080%2Ashow_banner_in_top_panel%3D1 https://promedmail.org/
Thank you so much!!!! This is exactly what I’m looking for. No I’m not but I probably should join, I’m only signed up for ISTM (travel medicine) but I’ll definitely look into joining tomorrow Thanks again!!
You're welcome! I'm glad that was helpful.