Crew and Passenger Health

Publication type: 
News
Publication date: 
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Disease Outbreak News

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that Disease Outbreak News have been posted at WHO Website
(http://www.who.int/en/)  for the following public health events:
•    Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China http://www.who.int/csr/don/3-may-2016-ah7n9-china/en/

Publication type: 
Publications
Publication date: 
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

WHO Ad-hoc Advisory Group on aircraft disinsection for controlling the international spread of vector-borne diseases

WHO Ad-hoc Advisory Group on aircraft disinsection for controlling the international spread of vector-borne diseases, Geneva, Switzerland, 21 to 22 April 2016 - Meeting report has been published on WHO website
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/WHO_HSE_GCR_2016_12/en/

 

Publication of the second edition of the European Manual

Submitted by Kuziora on Tue, 04/05/2016 - 17:41

The second edition of the European Manual for Hygiene Standards and Communicable Disease Surveillance on Passenger Ships is now complete and an electronic copy is available for download from the following link:
http://www.shipsan.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=qKzXdLZpIz0%3d&tabid=146&portalid=0&mid=64 

Publication type: 
Publications
Publication date: 
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Publication of the second edition of the European Manual

The second edition of the European Manual for Hygiene Standards and Communicable Disease Surveillance on Passenger Ships is now complete and an electronic copy is available for download from the following link:
http://www.shipsan.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=qKzXdLZpIz0%3d&tabid=146&portalid=0&mid=64

Publication type: 
News
Publication date: 
Monday, April 4, 2016

List of Authorized ports to issue Ship Sanitation Certificates has been updated for Brazil, Spain, Sri Lanka and the UK

List of Authorized ports to issue Ship Sanitation Certificates has been updated for Brazil, Spain, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. You will find the new published list of authorized ports here:

http://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/portslanding/en/

List of Authorized ports to issue Ship Sanitation Certificates has been updated for Brazil, Spain, Sri Lanka and the UK

Submitted by Kuziora on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 09:32

 

List of Authorized ports to issue Ship Sanitation Certificates has been updated for Brazil, Spain, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. You will find the new published list of authorized ports here:

 

http://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/portslanding/en/

 

Standing water on board

Submitted by Jbroekhuijsen on Tue, 03/29/2016 - 14:22

Dear All,

 

In paragraph 13.2 of the ‘Handbook for the Inspection of Ships and Issuance of Ship Sanitation Certificates’ you can find regulations about standing water that can hold insect larvae. I am very interested in what kind of experiences other Ship Sanitation Officers have regarding the presence of standing water and/or larvae on board.  

 

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