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Hospital Carlos III publishes a guide to communication for health in Haiti.

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the Hospital Carlos III publishes a guide to communication for health in Haiti.

The document includes expressions in four languages.

Madrid, July 2010.- unit of Tropical Medicine and Traveler of the Hospital Carlos III has released a guide to communication for health professionals who will travel to Haiti in the holiday period to help assistance and reconstruction of the country. The document contains contains a number of terms that seek to follow the course to make history. The guide includes expressions in Spanish, Creole, English and French.

Hospital Carlos III through the section of Tropical Medicine and Traveler, belonging to the infectious diseases service, has published a guide to communication for health professionals who will travel to Haiti to help victims of the earthquake in January 2010. The guide includes terms and medical expression in four languages: Spanish, Creole, English and French.

Although initially there was the massive influx of volunteers to the area, necessary medical care and follow-up of victims and many aid workers will take the summer to do humanitarian work in Haiti. Therefore, to facilitate this work center has released this paper greeting expressions, some generalities with a series of chapters that try to follow the course when it comes to a patient’s medical history.

The guide begins with questions about the reason for the query, since when the symptom that you worried or upset, allergies and history happens. Then there is a section dedicated to the pain and terms referring to the anamnesis aircraft. Also includes a few pages devoted to indications to prescribe treatments and a small dictionary of medical terms.

This work can be found also a table with the most significant parts of the human body to help understand health and patient in a way faster and more graphic requesting the individual to bring in your body where it hurts or part bothers him or grips.

The authors of the book are the doctors Begoña Alario, Pablo Rivas, María Dolores Herrero and José Medrano. There Anna Gaitero photography and drawing by Marta Rivas. The document is available in the download of the Carlos III Hospital area.

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Malaria, malaria and dengue, among the most common tropical diseases.

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malaria, malaria and dengue, among the most common tropical diseases.

– between 12 and 13 million Spaniards travelling abroad every year and about 9% do so to areas tropical.

-infections are the leading cause of morbidity on return from a trip to the tropics, and many are preventable.

-These infections are still a great unknown for the majority of Spanish doctors and there are few specialized units in them in our country

Madrid, July of 2010. The Spanish society of infectious diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC), which brings together the vast majority of clinical microbiologists and Spanish specialists in infectious diseases, warns about the importance of preventing tropical diseases, and around 1,000,000 Spanish travel to any country in the tropics during the year, being the summer time period in which displacement are delivered to destinations such: 506.000 America Central-Caribe and South, 280,000 to Africa and 165,000 to Asia-Pacific.

It is estimated that for every 100,000 travelers to the tropics 50,000 they will have some health problem, 8,000 will be sick enough to go to the doctor during his trip, 300 will be hospitalized during the journey or return and one fallecerá. Studies conducted in different units of tropical medicine and clinics of the traveller, show that infections are the leading cause of morbidity on return from a trip to the tropics, and many of them preventable.

The format of imported infections is different depending on the type of person who suffers. Travelers who have never been in contact with these pathogens the presentation can be more severe than in subjects living in endemic areas. According to Dr. Gascón, Chief of the section of Tropical Medicine of the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and member of the SEIMC: “ the increase in the number of travellers, some of which suffer from chronic diseases or some type of immunosuppression, coupled with immigrants, tropical infections are more frequent in our environment, and are cause for consultation at all levels of our health care system: primary care, specialized centres and emergency. ”

according to the who risk factors for acquiring certain infections are:

-duration of the trip: long-term, according to sources over one, three or six months.
-destination: tropics and subtropical.
-reason of travel and accommodation: adventure travel, travelers who visit relatives or friends, cooperating etc.
-Type of food, activities or behavior of the traveler.
-State of health prior to travel: chronic disease, immunosuppression, pregnancy.

The most common tropical diseases

Malaria or malaria, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is the most important imported pathology by frequency and its potential gravity. 40% Of the world’s population lives in areas at risk of malaria (Central America and the South, Haiti, Africa, oscensis Asia, Southeast Asia and South Pacific) and the annual prevalence is approximately 500 million affected. The following are some reasons that explain the reason for the potential severity of malaria in travelers:

-lack of immunity of travellers from malaria not having previously been in contact with parasite.
-lack of experience of physicians in non-endemic areas like Spainhim that sometimes it delays the diagnosis and treatment.
– despite the fact that there are drugs highly effective quimioprofilácticos not always are used in a way adequate.
– misinformation or lack of perception of risk are two of the reasons for the non-use or misuse of malaria prophylaxis.

Other diseases are also transmitted by mosquito bites are dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever, among others. For yellow fever vaccines exist but for the majority of infections transmitted by mosquitoes, as in the case of dengue fever and chikungunya, there is no specific prevention measures by following some preventive rules General recommended. The stimulus that attracts in the mosquito is the olfactory but also the visual and the heat. The temperature and body moisture, as well as the discharge of carbon monoxide and lactic acid irresistibly attracts mosquitoes as well as soaps, perfumes and creams so it is desirable to avoid this kind of very perfumed products. Use repellents of mosquitoes and preferably color clothing clear covering up the wrists and ankles.

Traveler’s diarrhea is more common in travelers health disorder. About 40-60% of travellers experience an episode of diarrhea during the trip. Personal hygiene (washing hands before meals), and eating are two essential factors in an attempt to prevent traveler’s diarrhea. Depending on the type of trip, it is important to provide a form of purification of the water to be consumed.

Other infections that can be purchased at travel to tropical countries are sexually transmitted in trips abroad are more frequent intercourse with strangers and generally little used condoms. There is no chemoprophylaxis or vaccination to prevent the spread of these diseases by what is fundamental to the health education of the population.

Preventive measures we must take

According to Dr. Gascon: “ before a trip to tropical countries it is necessary to attend specialized centres and carrying out some preventive. measures ” some of the most important recommendations are:

-carry out prophylactic drugs (i.e. take preventive drugs) when indicated, since malaria is imported pathology serious more frequent.
-use repellents, mosquito nets and clothing to avoid mosquito bites
-receive vaccines required depending on the country of destination and the type of trip that takes place.
-caution when eating food that they must always be well cooked and wash your hands before handling any food.
-drink only drinks bottled.
-make use of the condom if you have sexual intercourse with a partner not usual.
-avoid contact with water in rivers and lakes where there is schistosomiasis.
-have a good health insurance to cover any emergency (automobile accidents …).

In addition, according to experts, is necessary to go back to the doctor to the back of the trip when:

– incurred in some type of risk for acquiring diseases (such as bathing in rivers or lagoso has suffered some animal bite).
– manifested some kind of health as fever problemdiarrhea and skin lesions.

The SEIMC

The Spanish society of infectious diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) is a scientific society that brings together professionals working in the field of Infectious Pathology, both from a clinical point of view the etiologic diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious processes.

The fundamental purpose of the SEIMC is the promote, encourage and disseminate the study and research of infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, in terms of epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control is concerned, as well as in their interrelations.

Currently with more than 2,600 partners, more than 1,500 correspond to the section of clinical microbiology and about 1,150 to infectious diseases.

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GlaxoSmithKline is the pharmaceutical company committed to facilitating access to medicines in developing countries, according to “Access to Medicine Index”.

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GlaxoSmithKline is the pharmaceutical company committed to facilitating access to medicines in developing countries, according to “ Access to Medicine Index ”.

Madrid, July 2010.- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been singled out by the “ Access to Medicine Index ” as the pharmaceutical company, responsible and committed sector in humanitarian work by sending continuous medicines to countries in developing. This prestigious ranking, which analyzes the efforts of the leading companies in this sector, has been located at GSK in the first place in the ranking.

The authors of this report, the second carried out after the first edition published in 2008, have pointed out that the pharmaceutical industry has evolved in these two years in the number of initiatives in CSR. Thus, include areas such as research and development and more equitable and accessible pricing.

The co-founder of this ranking, Wim Leereveld, stressed the long way to go has the pharmaceutical industry in the world. For its part, Carissa Etienne, Assistant Director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has been added to the “ Access to Medicine Index ” in addition to assess industry individually promoted access to essential medicines.

In the 2010 edition of “ Access to Medicine Index ” highlights the fact that six of the ten companies with best score are European and four American.

The above ranking, which can be consulted on the website http://www.accesstomedicineindex.org, was created by the Dutch Foundation “ Access to Medicine ” in collaboration with the consultant “ RiksMetrics ”, specializing in corporate social responsibility (CSR).

GlaxoSmithKline – one of the leading companies in research-based pharmaceutical and health care is committed to the improvement of the quality of life of people doing that to live more and better.

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Viajarsano.com, website of reference before you leave home.

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Viajarsano.com, web reference before you leave travel.

This Web site, that counts with the collaboration of GlaxoSmithKline, has spent eight years offering information on travel and health.

-Provides specific recommendations country by country, a complete list of diseases, vaccination tips and a guide for the traveller

Madrid, July 2010.- the Spanish society of Tropical Medicine and Health International (SEMETS), with the technical of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) collaboration, offers travelers rigorous information mainly concerning health and travel through the Viajarsano web of free access for the general public.

www.viajarsano.com is the website of reference for the traveller, especially at this time that increase international transfers. This portal informs of sanitary precautions before embarking on a trip, also offered practical advice on vaccinations, disease, and specific recommendations depending on the country of destination.

According to Dr. Rogelio López-Velez, director of the initiative and responsibility for the unit of Tropical Medicine at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, the website is structured in such a way that allows easy and comfortable access and offers a very complete information for those interested.

“ Is possible to report accurately – explains the doctor López-Vélez – of the necessary precautions when it comes to embark on a journey. The traveller needs individualized advice because the epidemiology changes. Naturally, the chances of contracting a disease vary greatly according to the conditions of travel and the peculiarities of the traveller. The risk factors most supported in the type of trip are rucksack and adventure routes, stay in rural areas away from the usual tourist circuits, the journey over four weeks and having as destination the Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the rainy season ”.

The website was the first characteristics to March Spanish in the year 2002 and its value has been increasing with various updates. Recently has been a review in depth and have expanded the content, including information about new diseases and upgrading specific recommendations about precautions to take in each country.

Vaccination has a decisive impact on the prevention of infectious diseases. One of the most useful information is the location of the vaccination centres in each autonomous community, which is essential to go before undertaking any international travel, as well as information on recommended vaccinations depending on the country you’re going to visit and the planned risk such as hepatitis A virus and vaccines mandatory in certain circumstances and (b), the difteria-tétanos or typhoid fever, among others.

Malaria or malaria for its wide distribution is a disease that requires a specific section that provides detailed information on how it is produced and its consequences, how to avoid, when to suspect, how to diagnose and how to deal with her.

Passenger guide

The website includes an ‘ Traveler Guide ’ with General advice on specific issues such as rules for traveling with children, during the pregnancy, if it’s older people or when you have a chronic disease.

How to protect themselves from the Sun and heat, protection against arthropod or acclimatization to high altitude are other sections of this guide. This is not to mention other aspects such as the food risks and by water, economy class syndrome or jet lag.

Moreover, even if trip is over and now we are back at home there which ‘ lower our guard at all ’ that some tropical diseases are not manifest immediately.

Another issue that should not be forgotten when traveling is the preparation of a first aid kit with medical supplies. Www.viajarsano.com recommends include basic medicines to treat common ailments, for first aid items and any special product may require the traveler personally.

Medications that need prescription must be accompanied by a report signed by a physician which expose the traveller needs that medication for his personal treatment based on their diagnosis.

Also please carry medicines in hand baggage to avoid possible losses during the trip but more desirable would be duplicate equipment in checked baggage.

SEMETS

www.viajarsano.com is part of the external coverage of the Spanish society of Tropical Medicine and international health (SEMETS), a multidisciplinary medical society composed of more than 400 specialists dealing, inter alia, the issue of the medicine of the traveler from points of view as diverse as basic researchmedical attention and international cooperation.

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National and international experts analysed in “Malaria day workshop” key in the fight against malaria.

National and international experts analysed in “Malaria day workshop” key in the fight against malaria.

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National and international experts analysed in “Malaria day workshop” key in the fight against malaria.

Reduce mortality and morbidity and interrupting the transmission of malaria, double aim of current research.

-The eradication of malaria depends largely on the development of new drugs to treat it, as well as new tools to break the cycle of the causative parasite of this disease.

-To get a new generation of drugs we need to make progress in the research of malaria, which can only be achieved with the collaboration between private companies and public entities.

to right: doctors TIM WELLS, Director of Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV); NICK CAMMACK, Director of the Campus for the development of drugs for diseases in countries in development (DDW) and PEDRO ALONSO, Director of the Centre for research in international health from Barcelona (CRESIB). Malaria Workshop

to right: doctors TIM WELLS, Director of Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV); NICK CAMMACK, Director of the Campus for the development of drugs for diseases in countries in development (DDW) and PEDRO ALONSO, Director of the Centre for research in international health from Barcelona (CRESIB). Malaria Workshop

On Friday presented the latest advances in malaria research directed at the control and eradication of this disease in the “Malaria Day Workshop”, organized by the Campus for the development of drugs for diseases in countries in development of GlaxoSmithKline (DDW – GSK) and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV).

This meeting has become apparent that the intensification of research efforts is allowing progress in malaria control. The increased use of the tools available to control the vector of malaria (mosquito of the Anopheles species), such as mosquito nets and insecticides, already is translating in a reduction in the number of deaths from malaria, which coupled with the availability and implementation of a future and upcoming vaccine, are essential for progress in controlling this disease. However, to achieve the ultimate goal, i.e., passing control to the eradication of malaria, we depend on to a large extent the discovery of new drugs to treat it and break the cycle of infection in such a way that will gradually reduce the number of malaria cases until you reach zero, explained Dr. Tim Wells, director of MMV.

This “Malaria Day” has brought together basic and clinical researchers from Spain and Portugal, who have shared information about the mechanisms of action of the new drugs in development and advances occurring in the knowledge of the pathogen (Plasmodium species parasite). Likewise, it has been argued on the research strategy which must continue, given the enormous complexity of the cycle of the malaria parasite, and critical aspects on which have to move forward in the knowledge of the biology of the parasite, immunology, epidemiology, biological vectors and interactions with the human host. Difficult understanding of certain mechanisms currently constitutes an important impediment to the development of tools for the control, and ultimately, the eradication of malaria.

Dr. Pedro Alonso, director of the Center for research in international health from Barcelona (CRESIB, Hospital Clinic-Universitat de Barcelona), has emphasized during the plenary Conference, research plays a key role in the fight against malaria, both for its prevention and control, diagnosis and treatment. The objective of research in malaria has control of the disease as a first step, reducing morbidity and mortality, but the ultimate goal is to achieve the eradication or interruption of transmission. So far the research has focused on human malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, but Dr. Alonso says that it is essential to develop research into another large parasite causing human malaria, Plasmodium vivax.

The malaria parasite is a very complex organism, and the emergence of resistance to drugs antimalarial drug commonly used for the treatment of this disease lies also in its complexity. The lack of efficacy of available treatments makes essential the development of innovative therapeutic alternatives which are very effective and advance scientific knowledge to prevent the occurrence of resistance in the future.

In this regard, Dr. Nick Cammack, director of GSK DDW, explains that the primary objective of DDW is find effective compounds of easy administration by mouth, well tolerated, rapid action and appropriate treatments for few days. This new generation of antimalarial drugs, to be directed to the very broad sector of the world’s most economically depressed population, must be especially affordable and put them within reach of these populations are those most in need. DDW commitment is to maintain a continuous flow of projects in r & d leading to drugs to be usable by the public health agency to control in the first instance and then eradicate this disease.

Public-private partnership

Dr. Tim Wells, director of the MMV, explained that “to achieve this new generation of treatments need new discoveries that can only be achieved with collaboration between the public academic field and the pharmaceutical industry.” Both actors are essential to achieve the proposed objectives. Access to the patient and the basic science are in hospitals and universities, respectively and the science, technology and knowledge that transform these ideas into new drugs are pharmaceutical companies. “So we are proud to have been working with GSK here, in three Cantos, during eight years in the development of a collection of new research projects that will come from new drugs which will contribute to the eradication of malaria”.

For its part, Prof. Virgilio do Rosario, of the Institute of hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the Nova University of Lisbon and co-organiser of the Iberian platform of Malaria, stands out as an intensified efforts to control this devastating disease, but that progress years ago do not always apply today and that malaria can be reemergiendo in countries where already considered eradicated.

Thus, Prof. do Rosario draws attention to the great work being done by scientists and researchers (only in Spain and Portugal there are 34 research groups which collaborate with each other) and on new technologies that are being implemented to improve the knowledge of the relationship between the pathogen and the host.

Likewise, explains Prof. do Rosario there are certain aspects of difficult research by the complexity of the cycle of the parasite and that differences in levels of prevalence and incidence of disease among the different regions of the world, involves approaches and different strategies which will further complicate the work.

In this line, Prof. do Rosario insists that there are other important factors to achieve the desired success as well as the research: have good health infrastructure, trained personnel and the commitment of Governments and affected communities. Given this scenario, most likely in the coming years to increase the interaction between science and society.

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is committed to searching for solutions to alleviate the effects of malaria. In this regard, in addition to working on the development of a vaccine, it has a Campus for the development of drugs for diseases in developing countries (DDW) in Tres Cantos (Madrid) in which work in the discovery of new drugs for diseases that disproportionately affect the economically weaker populations. The research model which GSK remains in the center of Tres Cantos is based on collaboration with public and private, national and international institutions, among which are the Medicines for Malaria Venture and the Centro de investigación en Barcelona international health (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona).

You medicines for Malaria Venture

You medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) is a non-profit created in 1999 and dedicated to the discovery, development and provision of safe, effective and affordable antimalarials through a series of partnerships between the public and private sectors.

MMV aims to heal and protect the millions of people exposed to malaria through effective and affordable medicines and future, to eradicate this terrible disease.

Currently, MMV manages the largest portfolio of research projects and development of ever assembled antimalarial drugs, nearly 60 projects in 44 countries, in collaboration with more than 130 partners from the pharmaceutical industry, academia and the malaria-endemic countries.

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips