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الثلاثاء, أبريل 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

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News
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الاثنين, أبريل 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

 

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

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.  

 

Feedback from UK Training event - Virtual Ship Inspection

A couple of weeks ago, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Port Health Special Interest Group (CIEH Port Health SIG) organised a 1 day training event. I am a member of the CIEH as it is my professional body and am the Seminar Secretary for the Port Health SIG.

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News
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الأربعاء, مارس 9, 2016

WHO statement on the 2nd meeting of IHR Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations

The second meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders in some areas affected by Zika virus was held by teleconference on 8 March 2016, from 13:00 to 16:45 Central European Time. You may find the statement at http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/2nd-emergency-committee-zika/en/.

2nd meeting of IHR emergency committe on Zika virus

Dear colleagues,

Kindly find, hereinafter, the link leading to the WHO statement on the 2nd meeting of IHR emergency committe on Zika virus:

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/2nd-emergency-commit...

Regarding the points of entry, it has been recommended that:

Conveyance Disinsection

Dear colleagues,

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