PSM -news -YELLOW FEVER AND AIRPORT HEALTH ORGANISATION CHENNAI AIRPORT AND YELLOW FEVER PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURESat present many passengers enter india without yellow fever vaccine cardthe danger lies on public health measures because many stay here for treatment purposes and college academicscentered around most of the chennai surroundings including vels college, global hospitals, appollo most of them come for this onlywat does public health measures taken by us???very simply i have describedwe simply QUARANTINE for 6 DAYSaedes aegypti index is kept < 1 % in airports as there are regular ANTI - MOSQUITO MEASURES TAKEN CARE OF regularlychance of spread is REMOTE !WE ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE VACCINATED BEFORE IF THEY COME THE SECOND TIME.AND VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE IS THAT,FOR WHO IF A YELLOW FEVER VACCINE HAD ONCE IS PROTECTIVE FOR LIFE LONG BUT IN INDIA IT IS 10 YRS ONLYPROTECTIVE IMMUNITY STARTS ONLY AFTER 10 DAYS OF VACCINATION THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN CONCERN . i will explain how it is..in case if a passenger lands in chennai airport within 2 days of vaccination then next 8 days he will be quarantined.in case lets consider a pasenger comes the second time with already he had a vaccine wen he came first time, now he had 1 day vaccine then he can be allowed inside india as with respect he should be in regular watch were he goesYELLOW FEVER IS NOT ENDEMIC IN INDIA and hence india does not accepts any HUMAN REMAINS OR ASHES ENTERING INDIA WITH HISTORY OF DEATH DUE TO YELLOW FEVER To see complete article click this link- mbbsdost/fbapp/index.php?mno=2398 To get medical knowledge updates on your facebook profile visit- mbbsdost/fbup/
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:30:03 +0000
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