NCGM Disease Control and Prevention Center

28/02/2020

Dr. Norio Ohmagari from the National Center for Global Health and Medicine has advised the Japanese government as a leading expert of infectious diseases. He spoke to NHK World about the state of emergency in Hokkaido that comes amid a surge in coronavirus infections in the northern prefecture.

26/02/2020

On February 24, Experts held a press conference on the case of the coronavirus at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Please refer to the handout: http...

22/02/2020

Aminoglycoside inhalational therapy: a potential pitfall of antimicrobial stewardship in outpatient settings

Yoshiki Kusama, Masahiro Ishikane, Chika Tanaka, Yuki Kimura, Daisuke Yamasaki, Masaki Tanabe, Yuichi Muraki, Norio Ohmagari

JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2020, dlaa004,

our study revealed that aminoglycosides were the most frequently prescribed PABs in outpatient settings, especially in children, in Japan. It was hypothesized that aminoglycosides were used as inhalational therapy. Thus, aminoglycoside inhalational therapy may be a pitfall of ASPs in outpatient settings and further studies evaluating the reasons behind aminoglycoside use in outpatient settings are needed.

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06/02/2020

The 3 cases of 2019-nCoV infection at Center Hospital of National Center for Global Health and Medicine

We report 3cases of 2019-nCoV infection that diagnosed in our hospital. It is difficult to make a diagnosis　based on clinical symptoms because the initial symptoms in the three cases are minor, such as sore throat, nasal discharge, cough, and mild fever. All have had a history of staying in Wuhan and are thought to have been infected in Wuhan, so it is important to have a history of travel to Wuhan for the past 14 days. However, at present, cases are reported all over China other than Wuhan City, and it is considered that in cases suspected from clinical
symptoms, 2019-nCoV infection should be differentiated outside Wuhan City. The majority of cases are in China.
However, the number of cases in Japan including　asymptomatic cases is 20 on February 3, but there is no report of clinical features in Japan, and the number may increase in the future. Here, we report three cases experienced in our hospital, because grasping the general clinical picture may contribute to the treatment of 2019-nCoV infection in the future.

04/02/2020

CEPI call for proposal: Proven vaccine technologies, applicable for large scale manufacturing, for rapid response against novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV

10/12/2019

For the treatment of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia, anti-staphylococcus penicillins such as nafcillin and oxacillin or cefazolin are often used. On the other hand, penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (PSSA) is a certain proportion in MSSA, and it is said that PSSA bacteremia can be treated with penicillin G or ampicillin, but the evidence is poor. Therefore, NCGM conducted a five-year retrospective cohort study of PSSA bacteremia, indicating that "penicillins (penicillin G and ampicillin) might be a definitive therapy against PSSA bacteremia under stable conditions" and was accepted by the Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy.

Cefazolin has been the first-choice drug to treat penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (PSSA) bacteremia, because oxacillin and nafcillin are not approved in Japan. Since February 2019, cefazolin supply is stagnant in Japan because of possible contamination issues. To look for cefazolin alte...

15/05/2018

DCC-WHO collaboration Center has been involved in developing the network of ID specialists in the world.
We invited the dedicated professionals from Indonesia for Emerging and Re-emerging ID seminar 2017.

インドネシアの感染症専門医療機関スタッフを対象とした新興再興感染症および院内感染対策研修

27/04/2018

Dr. Moriyama, Dr. Kato joined the meeting of high level isolation unit workshop held in NIH, US.
NCGM is one of the designated hospitals for highly contagious infectious diseases in Japan.

19/04/2018

Health officials in Japan are urging people to get vaccinated against measles, fearing that an outbreak in the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa could spread to other parts of the country.

12/03/2018

Open seminar of The 87th Japanese Society of Parasitology

Prof. sir Brian Greenwoodis
Tropical Medicine at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

第87回日本寄生虫学会大会での特別公開講演として、ロンドンスクール衛生・熱帯医学の教授で､第１回野口英世アフリカ賞受賞者である、Prof. Sir Braian Greenwood先生の講演会があります。是非ご参加ください。

①Malaria マラリア
2018年3月18日（日）16時45分〜17時30分
研修棟５階大会議室
ELIMINATION OF MALARIA – HALF WAY THERE BUT STILL MUCH TO DO.

■要旨：There has been considerable progress towards elimination of malaria during the past two decades with the estimated number of deaths from malaria falling by over a half, from approximately one million deaths per year in 2000 to an estimated 429,000 (Uncertainty Interval 235-639,000) deaths from malaria in 2016 (WHO World Malaria Report 2017). Clinical cases have fallen by 41% and 17 countries have achieved elimination during the same period. These advances have been achieved without the deployment of any new ‘magic bullet’ but because an increase in funding for malaria control has allowed widespread deployment of the malaria control tools that were available 20 years ago ・・・そして薬剤耐性マラリアの拡散がその対策を危うくしているお話しの続きは会場で！！

②Meningitis 髄膜炎菌感染症
2018年3月19日（月）17時30分〜18時30分
研究所A・B会議室（本講演は長崎大学大学院熱帯医学・グローバルヘルス研究科とNCGMとの共催企画です）

PREVENTION OF EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS IN AFRICA
‒A GLOBAL HEALTH SUCCESS STORY.􀀁
■要旨：Invasive meningococcal infection is probably a relatively new disease. The first recorded outbreak occurred in Geneva in 1805. The following year, typical cases of meningococcal meningitis (cerebrospinal meningitis) were seen in New England and epidemics occurred across Europe and North America throughout the nineteenth century. In 1840, the first outbreak in Africa was reported among French troops based in Algiers and during the latter half of the 19th century several outbreaks occurred in Egypt and the Sudan. However, it was not until 1905 that the first major epidemic in West Africa was
reported・・・・・・さて、髄膜炎菌感染症のアフリカでの制圧成功の話は続きます。是⾮会場でお越しください!

■講師紹介：Professor Brian Greenwoodis Manson Professor of Tropical Medicine at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) where he coordinates the Malaria Capacity Development Consortium (MCDC), which is supporting the post graduate training of African scientists in malaria research in five African universities. He also coordinates the African Meningococcal Carriage Consortium which is investing the impact of a new vaccine against epidemic meningitis in seven countries in the African meningitis belt. Before joining the staff of LSHTM he worked for 30 years in West Africa, first in Nigeria where he helped to establish a new medical school at Ahamdu Bello University, Zaria in northern Nigeria and then for 15 years in The Gambia where he directed the Medical Research Council Laboratories. His main research interests are malaria, pneumonia and meningitis in African children.

26/01/2018

"How Does Politics Influence Global Health Policy?: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Pandemic Influenza"

February 27, 2018, 17:00-19:00
Institute for Global Health Policy Research, Bureau of International Cooperation (Ground floor, Training Center Building)
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo
Access
http://kyokuhp.ncgm.go.jp/eng/aboutus/access.html
English
Free of charge and open to general public, and a light meal will be provided.
Advance registration is required.
Please register through the link provided here for your attendance
https://goo.gl/forms/2luBNe9oc9Q3Cu4K2

2018/1/24 SEMINAR "How Does Politics Influence Global Health Policy?: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Pandemic Influenza", February 27, 2018 Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), the Bureau of International Health Cooperation, in joint collaboration with the Disease Control and Prev...

21/12/2017

Our pediatric team started the great project.

When children are hospitalized for a long period with a serious illness, missing out on school and playing with other kids can have a big impact on their d