Traduction de «Lignes directrices pour la lutte contre la maladie » (Français → Anglais) :

The Commission will discuss below the conditions for the applicability of Article 87(2)(b) of the EC Treaty and of the provisions of the 2000-2006 agricultural guidelines on animal diseases, which were in force when the above measure was notified in 2005.

take note of the development of guidelines and recommendations for the elaboration of national action for rare diseases by relevant authorities at national level in the framework of the ongoing european project for rare diseases national plans development (EUROPLAN) selected for funding over the period 2008-2011 in the first programme of Community action in the field of public health (9).

(Return tabled) Question No. 8 Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis: With respect to the government’s actions to detect, prevent and treat Lyme disease in Canada: (a) by what standard is the accuracy of Lyme disease testing conducted at the National Microbiological Laboratories evaluated; (b) when was the most recent independent evaluation of the proficiency of this testing conducted, by whom and what were the results; (c) what are the current criteria for determining whether a geographical area is deemed to be endemic for Lyme-infected ticks; (d) what is the projected schedule of field study with regard to such endemic areas; (e) with respect to the recommendations of the National Conference on Lyme Disease hosted by the Public Health Agency of Can ...[+++]ada (PHAC) in March 2006, (i) have the committees to develop new guidelines on surveillance, clinical and laboratory criteria been formed and, if so, when have they met, (ii) what stakeholder groups have participated in the development of new guidelines, what form has that participation taken, and when did it occur; (f) what is the government's strategy to protect canadians from the increase in incidents of Lyme disease anticipated by PHAC; (g) what is PHAC's strategy to increase (i) physicians' and other health professionals' awareness of the symptoms of Lyme disease, (ii) the canadian public's awareness of the symptoms of Lyme disease; (h) what measures has the PHAC taken in conjunction with provincial health authorities to increase professional and public awareness; (i) what are PHAC's measurable targets for the future increase of awareness and diagnostic accuracy of Lyme disease; (j) does Health Canada recommend the screening of blood for Lyme disease or co-infections such as babesiosis, as done in the United States and, if not, why not; and (k) what research projects into lyme borelia and tick-borne co-infections, their epidemiology, their possible role in the occurence of other diseases, and their treatment are current ...

Action (EU and Member States) Develop guidelines and surveillance mechanisms on the health impacts of climate change by 2011. Step up existing animal disease surveillance and control systems. Assess the impacts of climate change and adaptation policies on employment and on the well-being of vulnerable social groups. |

Guidelines for infection control are important to clarify the routes of transmission and ways to interrupt transmission through hygienic measures.

- the reduction of sexual transmission : . education and information programmes, . creation and launching of media campaigns (television, radio, films, etc.), . educational programmes aimed at specific groups, . improvement of programmes to control sexually transmitted diseases (STD) ; - 4 - - the reduction and control of perinatal transmission : . screening of pregnant women, . counselling of seropositive women on the consequences of HIV infection, . advice to seronegative women on how to avoid infection, . screening and counselling of other members of the family where necessary ; - the reduction of transmission through use of contami ...[+++]ned needles, syringes and other skin-piercing instruments : . improvement of standards of professional hygiene, . education of health workers on HIV infection and transmission, . provision of needles and syringes where required, . protection of health workers ; - setting up of surveillance systems to assess the affect of control programmes and the development of the disease ; - supply of material, technical and financial aid to national AIDS control committees ; - participation in the overall assessment of national AIDS control programmes under the aegis of the WHO's SPA ; - the operational research geared to public health which forms part of any national AIDS control programme.