PERSIAN GULF GENERAL INFORMATION

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Subject: PERSIAN GULF GENERAL INFORMATION                                

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Folder Title: VARIOUS NAVAL MESSAGES FOLDER 1                                                                 

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          Prepared by: NEPMU-7, Naples, Italy
          Date of last review/revision: 10 Aug 90

          PLAD: NAVENPVNTMEDU SEVEN NAPLES IT//04//
          Address: Box 41 FPO New York, NY 09521-4200
          Phone: AV 625-4468 or COMM 039-081-724-4468/9/4470
          FAX: 0039-81-762-4174

          1. Pass to Medical.

          2. The following Disease Risk Assessment Profile (DISRAP) on the
          Democratic Yemen has been prepared by NEP14U-7.         in assigning
          measures of risk (high, moderate, low) to diseases, we are
          indicating the risk of acquisition during a routine port visit or
          in-country deployment of brief (3 weeks or less) duration unless
          otherwise stated. If your operations in Yemen Democratic Republic
          differ from the above (such as extended in-country         missions),
          please contact NEPMU-7 for possible changes in         assignment of
          disease risk.

          3. We encourage user feedback and/or information relevant to this
          DISRAP.      Contributions   from deployment     reports   and    Port
          Surveillance    Questionnaires    (contained   in  NEPMU-7     Medical
          Infmoration Advisory) are incoporated into updates of our DISRAPS.

          4. This information should not be considered current after March
          1991.

          5. Gastrointestinal Diseases

              High risk. This group will probably have the greatest impact
          on personnel.    Routine Travelers diarrhea (E. Coli) is the most
          significant threat.     Diseases known to have high endemic rates
          include:      Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers,          Salmonellosis,
          Shigellosis,    Viral    Hepatitis,   Amebiasis,    Giardiasis     and
          Helminthiasis.    Cholera is not active at present but has been
          reported in sporadic epidemics in the past, last in Jan 81.
          The most important preventive measure is avoidance of contaminated
d. Presume all local water (including ice) is not
          potable, even in hotels and restaurants.        All water     consumed
          should be either bottled or treated. Uncooked foods likely to be
          contaminated with local water (for example:        lettuce, unpeeled
          fruits and vegetables) should be avoided.         Local street food
          vendors should be avoided. Meat should be thoroughly cooked. Raw
          milk and raw fish should not be consumed.

              Typhoid immunizations should be up to date.          All persons
          should have completed a polio vaccine series. Furthermore, anyone
          without a documented polio booster as an adult should receive one
          dose of either OPV or IPV.         Cholera immunizations are       not
          routinely recommended.

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