tailieunhanh - Emergency appeal operation update Viet Nam: Hand, foot and mouth disease 23 November 2012

Most cases of dengue in Myanmar occur from May to October, during the rainy season, and peak in July. In the current circumstances, health-care facilities and staff are likely to see an increase in the numbers of patients with injuries and trauma, leading to greater difficulties in the early detection of symptoms of dengue and treatment for those who progress to DHF. It is important that health personnel are alerted to the likely increase in cases, how to recognize the early features of the disease such as sudden rise in fever, facial flush and flu-like symptoms, and to. | Saving lives changing minds. Emergency appeal operation update Viet Nam Hand foot and mouth disease m- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Emergency appeal n MDRVN010 glide n EP-2012-000045-VNM Operation update n 4 23 November 2012 Period covered by this operations update 16 August to 15 November 2012 Appeal target current CHF 758 416 Appeal coverage 82 per cent Appeal history 3 April 2012 This emergency appeal was launched for CHF 758 416 to assist 752 255 beneficiaries including 196 200 direct beneficiaries for nine months. Disaster Relief Emergency Fund DREF CHF 100 000 was initially allocated to support the initial response of the national society to the emergency. click here to see the financial report1 current donor response Mrs. Le Thi Kim Sa from an informal daycare centre in Can Giuoc Town Can Giuoc District in Long An Province together with the children met with a Red Cross volunteer in a session on HFMD prevention in September 2012. Photo Thuan Nguyen IFRC or contact details Summary Viet Nam has experienced unprecedented increase in cases of hand foot and mouth disease HFMD since 2011. There have been two peaks in HFMD during 2012. The first one occurred between March and July with the weekly caseload reaching its peak in the 16th week from 15 to 21 April with more than 4 000 new cases of infection in that week alone. The second started in August with the highest weekly caseload in the 38th week reaching more than 6 000 cases - the highest weekly caseload between January 2012 to 4 November 2012. From April to September 2012 Viet Nam Red Cross VNRC has focused on prioritized interventions covering 292 communes in 20 districts in eight selected provinces2. Activities implemented during this period include project orientation in provinces selection of in-community volunteers provision of refresher training for active trainers and promoting behaviour change through house-to-house visits to the families of .