Brazil sets up medical situation room to monitor acute hepatitis in kids

BRASILIA: The Brazilian government has announced the establishment of a special situation room with technicians from the Pan American Health Organization that will monitor and investigate cases of acute hepatitis in children.

At least 44 cases of the disease have been reported in the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso, and Pernambuco by the Secretariat of Health Surveillance at the Ministry of Health.

"The goal (of the situation room) is to contribute to the international effort to identify the etiological agent responsible for acute hepatitis of unknown origin," said a statement of the Ministry of Health. At the request of the World Health Organization (WHO), Brazilian health officials last week met representatives from the UK, the US, Canada, France, Portugal, Spain, Colombia, and Argentina to discuss the disease. The situation room is designed to centralize information and recommendations for doctors across Brazil. (IANS)

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