Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific as of 19 September 2023 - World reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p>Residents of the village of Navatuyaba in the Fijian Province of Rewa are benefiting from a partnership between two relief agencies.</p>
Leptospirosis cases up in Fiji with 5 deaths recorded
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The teams will facilitate community awareness and public health measures to reduce the risk of the spread of Leptospirosis, Typhoid, and Dengue (LTD’s) and will further ensure that community screening remains the priority for early diagnosis and treatment of LTD’s and any other undiagnosed medical problems.
The recent natural disasters have escalated the surge in communicable diseases such as LTD’s in various sub-divisions and every effort is made to contain further spread of the diseases.
The current trends according to baseline thresholds for each disease indicates that: