Publications by authors named "Dina Saulo"
Epidemiology of dengue reported in the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region, 2013-2019.
Western Pac Surveill Response J
April 2023
Article Synopsis
- The global burden of dengue increased significantly over 20 years, with around 70% of cases occurring in Asia, as of 2019.
- In the Western Pacific Region, reported dengue cases rose from 430,023 in 2013 to over 1 million in 2019, highlighting a concerning trend in outbreak frequency.
- The report emphasizes the need for improved dengue surveillance systems to monitor the disease effectively, especially following the introduction of new serotypes that have led to outbreaks in previously unaffected areas.
An epidemiological overview of human infections with HxNy avian influenza in the Western Pacific Region, 2003-2022.
Western Pac Surveill Response J
February 2023
Avian influenza subtype A(HxNy) viruses are zoonotic and may occasionally infect humans through direct or indirect contact, resulting in mild to severe illness and death. Member States in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) communicate and notify the World Health Organization of any human cases of A(HxNy) through the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) mechanism. This report includes all notifications in the WPR with illness onset dates from 1 November 2003 to 31 July 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSouth Sudan implemented Ebola virus disease preparedness interventions aiming at preventing and rapidly containing any importation of the virus from the Democratic Republic of Congo starting from August 2018. One of these interventions was a surveillance system which included an Ebola alert management system. This study analyzed the performance of this system.
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- The study examines the prevalence trends of hepatitis B markers among Indigenous and non-Indigenous prison entrants from 2004 to 2013, highlighting significant differences in infection rates.
- Indigenous entrants showed higher rates of hepatitis B core antibody positivity initially, but the prevalence among them declined significantly by 2013, equalizing with non-Indigenous entrants.
- The research identifies unique risk factors for HBV among both Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, emphasizing the need for tailored public health initiatives addressing these differences.
Background: Cervical cancer occurrence and mortality are strongly correlated with socioeconomic disadvantage, largely due to unequal access to screening and treatment. Universal human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination provides the opportunity to greatly reduce this global health disparity. Australian Indigenous women have substantially higher rates of cervical cancer than non-Indigenous women, primarily due to under-screening.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To examine the impact of the national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program (available to girls and women [12-26 years] since 2007 and to boys [12-15 years] since 2013) on the number of diagnoses of genital warts in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people.
Design, Setting, Participants: Analysis of routinely collected data from patients attending 39 sexual health clinics (SHCs) in the Genital Warts Surveillance Network for the first time.Major outcome: The average annual proportion of Indigenous and non-Indigenous SHC patients diagnosed with genital warts during the pre-vaccination (2004-2007) and vaccination periods (2008-2014), stratified by age group and sex.