The WHO Collaborating Centre for Biosafety in Microbiology

WHO Global Collaborating Centre for Diphtheria & Streptococcal Infections, Public Health

We describe the case of a patient with cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans who developed a right hand flexor sheath infection and symptoms of sepsis such as fever, tachycardia, and elevated C-reactive protein, after contact with domestic cats and dogs, and a fox. We summarise the epidemiology, clinical presentation, microbiology, diagnosis, therapy, and public heal...

WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Newborn Care Collaborating Centre for Training in Clinical Laboratory Genetics in Developing Countries Department of Pediatrics AIIMS, New Delhi, India

Background Approximately 6.3 million live births and fetal deaths occurred during the ascertainment period in the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program registry. American-Indian and non-Hispanic white women delivered 40,268 and 2,044,118 births, respectively. While much information has been published about non-Hispanic white infants, little is known regarding the risks of birth defects am...

WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Newborn Care Collaborating Centre for Training in Clinical Laboratory Genetics in Developing Countries Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

Objective: To investigate the impact of early skin-to-skin contact (SSC) provided for first 24?h on incidence of hypothermia in stable newborns weighing 1800?g or more during first 48?h of life. Study Design: Stable newborns (term and late preterm: Mean gestational age 37.7 (1.35) weeks, range 34-40 weeks) having birth weight 1800?g or more (Mean weight 2605.6 (419.8) grams) were enrolled after...

WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL at the FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY

The WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Control of Schistosomiasis at Niamey, Niger.

The Centre de Recherche sur les Méningites et les Schistosomes (CERMES) is a research institute depending on the Organisation de Coordination et de Coopération pour la lutte contre les Grandes Endémies--a West African Organization for Public Health--devoted to the studies on schistosomiasis and meningitis. The staff includes 32 persons with 11 scientists and one financial officer. The activitie...