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Synopsis for September 29, 2000
MMWR articles are embargoed until 4 p.m. E.S.T.
Thursdays.
- Cluster of HIV-Infected Adolescents and Young
Adults Mississippi, 1999
- Nutrition Assessment of Nepalese Adolescents Among
Bhutanese Refugee Camps Nepal, 1999
- Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication
Ethiopia, 1997August 2000
Notice to Readers
Changes in National Notifiable Diseases Data Presentation
This issue of the MMWR incorporates modifications to Tables I and II;
specifically adding diseases designated nationally notifiable by the
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, in conjunction with CDC.
Contact: John Ward, M.D.
CDC, Epidemiology Program Office
(404) 6393636
Synopsis for September 29, 2000
Cluster of HIV-Infected Adolescents and Young Adults
Mississippi, 1999
Seven young people diagnosed with HIV in small
Mississippi town underscore need for HIV and STD screening, treatment and
prevention in rural areas.
PRESS CONTACT:
Office of Communications
CDC, National Center for HIV, STD and TB
Prevention
(404) 6398895 |
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Working with the Mississippi State and District
Health Department, CDC researchers recently investigated a cluster of
HIV-infected individuals within a social network of 122 young men and
women in rural Mississippi. Results from the investigation indicated that
of 78 people tested for HIV, five young women (median age, 16 years) and
two men (median age, 25 years) were infected, all of whom are believed to
have acquired HIV through heterosexual sex. Interviews with the seven
infected persons and 22 uninfected sexual partners reveal a network of
young people at high risk for HIV. Over half (52%) had a history of STDs
and almost all (97%) reported multiple sexual partners. The young people
infected were more likely to have initiated sex at a younger age than
their uninfected counterparts, and the young women infected reported
having had sexual partners much older than themselves (at least 10 years).
Nutrition Assessment of Nepalese Adolescents Among
Bhutanese Refugee Camps Nepal, 1999
A high prevalence of low iron, low vitamin A
, and signs of micronutrient deficiencies was found among adolescent
Bhutanese refugees.
PRESS CONTACT:
Heidi Blanck, M.S., Ph.D.
CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention & Health Promotion
(770) 4886025 |
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Between 1990 and 1993, about 83,000 ethnic Nepalese
living in Bhutan left the country and relocated to refugee camps in
southeastern Nepal. Although nutrition surveys of Bhutanese refugee
children < 5 years of age have been conducted by international
agencies, no health assessment of adolescents or adults has occurred since
the refugees arrival. In October 1999, a team of CDC researchers
assessed the nutritional status of adolescent Bhutanese refugees 10-19
years of age, 10 months after the withdrawal of a nutrient-rich cereal
blend from the rations. A high prevalence of thinness, low iron status,
and low vitamin A status, as well as other signs of nutritional
deficiencies were found. These findings highlight the need for increased
emphasis on nutrition in adolescent refugees who may be at risk for
malnutrition because of their relatively high energy and nutrient
requirements.
Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication
Ethiopia, 1997August 2000
Over the past 3 years,
important progress has been made in implementation of polio eradication
strategies in Ethiopia.
PRESS CONTACT:
Victor Caceres, M.D., M.P.H.
CDC, National Immunization Program
(404) 6398252 |
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In 1988 the World Health Assembly of WHO resolved to
eradicate poliomyelitis globally by 2000. Following the signing of the
Yaounde Declaration on Polio Eradication in Africa in 1996, the Government
of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia joined the global polio
eradication effort, and over the past year has accelerated implementation
of polio eradication strategies. Although routine coverage with oral polio
vaccine remains low in many areas, supplemental immunization activities,
including national immunization days (NIDs) and sub-national immunization
days (SNIDs), using a door-to-door vaccination strategy, are reaching
greater numbers of children. Improving surveillance has enabled the
detection of two wild polioviruses type 1 in central Ethiopia over the
past year. However, further improvements in AFP surveillance are vital to
better assess the extent and magnitude of poliovirus circulation.
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