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ULAC is a governmental institution subordinated to the Ministry of Health. Competencies: national epidemiological surveillance, control and management of the communicable diseases, immunoprophylaxis, informal education, coordination and monitoring of the harm reduction sites all over Lithuania.
The first death from flu complications. The elderly woman, who died in Šiauliai, was suffering from a number of chronic diseases and had not had a flu vaccination. It is believed that she contracted the disease from family members. Flu and other similar disease infection rates are rising around the ...
In Lithuania more than 90% people living with HIV are aware of their HIV status. By this indicator, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Lithuania is among the most advanced in Europe. According to the latest data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Co...
Eighty-eight persons, including 69 men and 19 women, were diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Lithuania in January through July this year, down from 142 cases in the same period last year, the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said.
Tests have found no Vibrio bacteria, causing diarrhea and infections, in the Baltic Sea water in Lithuania's port of Klaipėda after the country's Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS recently warned about possible spread of the bacteria.
Listeria-tainted frozen vegetables, produced by Polish company Greenyard Frozen Poland, are being removed from the Lithuanian market. Vegetable mixes were supplied to the Lithuanian market for at least two years.
Lithuania has Europe's worst multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) treatment success rate and the number of children ill with tuberculosis in the country is on the increase, the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS has warned.
The number of Hepatitis A infections in Lithuania tripled in 2017, as compared with the year before, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS (ULAC) said on Thursday.
Flu cases in Lithuania have been on the decline for the past three weeks, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said.
Flu and cold cases in Lithuania have been on the decline for the past two weeks, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said on Monday.
Seven people have died of influenza in Lithuania this season and the number of ill pregnant women is on the rise, the National Public Health Centre said.
An influenza epidemic has already been declared in 30 out of Lithuania's 60 municipalities, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS (ULAC) said on Monday.
An influenza epidemic has already been declared in 24 out of Lithuania's 60 municipalities, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS (ULAC) said on Wednesday.
An influenza epidemic has already been declared in 18 out of Lithuania's 60 municipalities, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said on Tuesday.
The rate of tuberculosis (TB) cases among Lithuanian children has almost doubled over the past three years, the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said.
Three cases of tetanus were registered in Lithuania this year, the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said on Thursday.
An influenza epidemic has been declared in 16 out of Lithuania's 60 municipalities, according to the latest figures released on Tuesday.
Forty-four people, 32 men and 12 women, were diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Lithuania in the first quarter of this year, the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS said on Tuesday.
Flu continues to spread in Lithuania with 16 municipalities out of 60 having declared epidemics. One death from flu-related complications was reported on Monday.
In 2015, 157 new HIV cases - 115 men and 42 women, were recorded in Lithuania by the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS.
Nine out of 60 municipalities in Lithuania have declared a flu epidemic.
