scholarly journals Immunisation against meningococcal meningitis for haj and Umrah

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Lea ◽  
S Hahné
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Meningococcal Meningitis ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Communicable Disease Report

This year’s recommendations by the Department of Health (DH) for England for immunisation against meningococcal meningitis for pilgrims planning to travel to Mecca on haj or Umrah were reported in last week’s Communicable Disease Report (1). An outbreak of meningococcal serogroup A infection occurred among pilgrims on the haj pilgrimage of 1987, resulting in outbreaks in other countries including the United Kingdom (UK).

scholarly journals Sporadic case of bat rabies in the United Kingdom

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Fooks ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Antibody Test ◽  
Sporadic Case ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Myotis Daubentonii ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Communicable Disease Report ◽  
Bat Rabies

On 28 September 2002 a sporadic case of a lyssavirus in a Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) was detected in the United Kingdom (UK) using the fluorescent antibody test, as reported in this week’s Communicable Disease Report (1). Further tests on the bat sample were performed, including a rabies tissue culture inoculation test and pan lyssavirus polymerase chain reaction. These confirmed the presence of a lyssavirus.

scholarly journals Reports on HIV/AIDS and STIs in the United Kingdom published

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (49) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Communicable Disease Report ◽  
Hiv Aids

To coincide with World AIDS Day 2001 (1 December) two new reports presenting latest HIV and STI data in the United Kingdom (UK) have been published, as mentioned in the Communicable Disease Report last week (1,2). HIV and AIDS in the UK – an epidemiological review: 2000 (<www.phls.org.uk/facts/HIV/HIVreport.pdf>) describes the HIV epidemic in the UK from its beginnings through to the end of 2000. By that time over 44 000 cases of HIV infection had been reported as diagnosed in the UK, and the number of people reported as seen for HIV related care during 2000 was over 23 000.

HIV and other STIs in the United Kingdom: further increases

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Health Protection Agency ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Living With Hiv

The Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre for England and Wales and others have reported that the number of people living with HIV in the UK has increased

scholarly journals Clinical Ethics Committees in the United Kingdom: Towards Evaluation

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Williamson ◽  
Sheila McLean ◽  
Judith Connell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Clinical Ethics ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

In the United Kingdom there is a growing conviction that CECs have an important role to play in helping health care professionals address ethical dilemmas. For example, the Royal College of Physicians, the Nuffield Trust and the unofficial Clinical Ethics Network, which has received financial support from the Department of Health, commend the use of CECs in the UK. The growth of such committees has been influenced by the legal and policy support they have received in the United States. However, there is increasing concern about both the benefits and the quality of work produced by CECs. In addition, despite the rapid increase in the number of CECs in the UK, outside of the United States they remain under-researched and no formal mechanism exists to assess their performance. As a result we know little about the structure, function, impact and effectiveness of CECs. We are currently conducting a research project funded by the Wellcome Trust that seeks to interrogate the competing claims regarding the benefits and disbenefits of CECs. This initial account of our research provides a detailed analysis of theoretical issues that surround the development and use of CECs and points towards the questions that lie at the heart of the social science strand of our project.

scholarly journals Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Reid
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Jakob Disease

The Department of Health in the United Kingdom has issued the latest figures on known cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, including cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the form of the disease linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy. To 7 January 2002, 104 deaths from vCJD have occurred in the United Kingdom

scholarly journals UK blood donors identified as at increased risk of vCJD are to be notified of their status

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (29) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Soldan
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Jakob Disease

England’s Department of Health have announced the beginning of notification of a group of individuals who are newly identified as at increased risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom

scholarly journals Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (45) ◽  
Author(s):  
E Hoile
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Jakob Disease

The Department of Health in England has issued the latest figures on known cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom (UK), including cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the form of the disease thought to be linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

scholarly journals Nosocomial outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT 6a (Nx, CpL) in the United Kingdom

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (43) ◽  
Author(s):  
S O’Brien ◽  
L Ward
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Salmonella Enteritidis ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Nosocomial Outbreak ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
Shell Eggs ◽  
The United Kingdom

During an ongoing investigation into a nosocomial outbreak of S. Enteritidis PT 6a (Nx, CpL) in London, where raw shell eggs were being used, the London Food, Water and Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (LFWE) tested 402 raw shell eggs obtained from the premises. Two hundred and forty of these were labelled as imported, and four of the 40 samples of six pooled whole eggs were positive. The Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens (LEP) at the Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (PHLS CDSC) confirmed the presence of S. Enteritidis PT 6 (one sample), S. Enteritidis PT 13a (one sample) and S. Enteritidis PT 14b (one sample). Of the 27 samples from the unlabelled eggs (162 eggs) one sample was positive for S. Enteritidis PT 6. Results are awaited on the final isolate. Since the raw eggs have been withdrawn from use no further cases have occurred. Hospitals in the United Kingdom are reminded that advice issued by the Chief Medical Officer in 1988 that raw shell eggs should be replaced with pasteurised eggs in recipes in institutions with high risk groups (1) is extant and must be adhered to if vulnerable patients are not to be put at risk.

Promoting Organ Donation and Transplantation among South Asians in the United Kingdom: The Role of Social Networks in the South Asian Community

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurch Randhawa
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
South Asian ◽  
South Asians ◽  
Community Networks ◽  
The South ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The United Kingdom

The percentage of South Asians on the kidney transplant waiting list in the United Kingdom is 3 times their percentage in the general population. Obviously, organ donation and transplantation among South Asians in the United Kingdom needs improvement. In recent years, ethnically targeted campaigns in the mass media have specifically attempted to attract donors from the South Asian communities. A number of pilot studies have been done to evaluate the effectiveness of these initiatives in providing information about organ donation to South Asians. Results indicate that detailed information related to transplantation was learned mainly by people within the community receiving transplants and was transmitted through various informal community networks rather than through the resources provided by the Department of Health. This article provides an overview of who South Asians are and how these community networks were established. Transplant professionals must devise effective strategies to access these community networks, thereby raising the consciousness of transplantation among South Asians in the United Kingdom.

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