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DISEASE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

South Africa has a routine notification system for reporting notifiable medical conditions. The notification of certain medical conditions in South Africa is based on the government’s Health Act, Act No. 61 of 2003, coupled with regulations on the reporting of specific diseases to the Local, Provincial and/or National Health Department.

The notification system has several objectives:

  • At the national level, it helps the National Department of Health (NDOH) to plan and implement health promotional and intervention strategies.
  • It helps the NDOH to monitor disease trends over time. In time this will permit an evaluation of the effectiveness of promotional and intervention strategies.
  • At provincial it helps to implement immediate interventions

Notification from the public sector is often lacking due to uncertainty of the channels to be followed to report notifiable diseases. The following contact details may be used for notification purposes in Gauteng:

City Of Johannesburg:

Phumzile at phumzilez@joburg.org.za 0829324845

OR Antonia at AntoniaB@joburg.org.za 0829669956

Tshwane:

Rina at RinaVDG@TSHWANE.GOV.ZA 0832325443

OR David at david.mpambane@gauteng.gov.za 0725602282

West Rand:

Yolanda at cluther@mweb.co.za 0828375655

Sedibeng:

Motshabi at Motshabi.khampepe@gauteng.gov.za 0828131706

Ekurhuleni:

Julia Leballo at Julia.Leballo@gauteng.gov.za 0722592288.

The following is a list of notifiable diseases in South Africa:

List of Notifiable Medical Conditions in South Africa

ICD9 ICD10 Medical Condition
AFP AFP Acute flaccid paralysis
022 A22 Anthrax
023 A23 Brucellosis
001 A00 Cholera
090 A50 Congenital syphilis
0650 A98 Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Other haemorrhagic fevers of Africa
032 A36 Diphtheria
005 A02&A05 Food poisoning
HIB HIB Haemophilus influenzae type B
984 T56 Lead poisoning
040L A48 Legionellosis
030 A30 Leprosy
084 B54 Malaria
055 B05 Measles
036 A39 Meningococcal infection
0029 A01 Paratyphoid fever
020 A20 Plague
989 T57&T60 Poisoning agricultural stock remedies
045 A80 Poliomyelitis (ICD10: Acute)
071 A82 Rabies, human
390 100 Rheumatic fever
037 A35 Tetanus (ICD10: other)
7713 A33 Tetanus neonatorum
076 A71 Trachoma
010 A16.7 Tuberculosis Primary
011 A16.2 Tuberculosis Pulmonary
012 A16.9 Tuberculosis (other respiratory organs)
013 A17.0&G01 Tuberculosis of meninges
014 A18.3 Tuberculosis of intestine, peritoneum
015 A18.0 Tuberculosis of bones and joints
016 A18.1 Tuberculosis of genito-urinary system
017 A18.8 Tuberculosis of other organs
018 A18.9 Tuberculosis miliary
0020 A01 Typhoid fever (ICD10: Typhoid fever)
080 A75.0 Typhus fever (lice-borne)
081 A75.2 Typhus fever (ratflea-borne)
0701 B15.9 Viral hepatitis type A (ICD10: Acute)
0703 B16.9 Viral hepatitis type B (ICD10: Acute)
0705 B17.8 Viral hepatitis non-A non-B (ICD10: Acute)
0709 B19 Viral hepatitis unspecified
033 A37 Whooping cough
0600 A95 Yellow fever

 

For more information and contact details for other provinces, please visit the Department of Health website at http://www.doh.gov.za/show.php?id=2662

SEASONAL FLU VACCINE

The seasonal flu vaccines are now available

The southern hemisphere flu vaccines for 2012 contain the following flu strains:

– an A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
– an A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)-like virus;
– a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus.

Worldwide, annual influenza epidemics result in about three to five million cases of severe illness, and about 250 000 to 500 000 deaths.

An annual flu vaccination is recommended for all patients from 6 months of age.

It is especially important that the following groups be vaccinated:

1.       Pregnant women

2.       Children younger than 5, but especially children younger than 2 years old

3.       People 65 years of age and older

4.       People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions

5.       People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities

6.       People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including:

  • Health care workers
  • Household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu
  • Household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age (these children are too young to be vaccinated)

SASTM TRAVEL MEDICINE CONFERENCE

More information may be obtained from the following link: http://www.sastm.org.za/updates.php?postBackURL=events.aspx?event_id=6

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