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The Mongolian Intelligence Agency has issued a warning to
the City Professional Inspections Office (PIO) regarding eggs that were
supplied from the Hebei province of China,
which are harmful to people’s health, the PIO said Wednesday.
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”In 2004,
only 5 cases of HIV infection were recorded throughout the country, but this
number increased up to 25 and 4 people died by November of this year,” A.
Otgonbold, vice minister of health announced Friday at a conference marking
World AIDS Day.
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An outbreak of neonatal infection in maternity hospital # 2
was nosocomial, caused by a breach in routine checks against infection, said M.
Tsolmon, doctor and head of the reconnaissance and prevention group of the Center
for nosocomial infections, according to tests run by the inspectors.
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Owners of Ulaanbaatar’s computer games
centers have admitted to profiteering from children’s games addictions by
violating their license hours and staying open all night, while doctors claim psychological dammage to the children.
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Reproductive
health policy and guidelines and its implementation will be discussed at the
4th National conference next week, Ministry of Health and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) officials
said Thursday.
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 Scientists
from the United States Geological Survey, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
and the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said
preliminary testing for bird flu conducted during August at more than ten sites
in northeast Mongolia have not found any positive cases of the H5N1 virus.
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Four cattle from three herder
families died on July 18 in the Mukhar Turuu area of Bayan-Uul bagh,
Battsengel soum, Arkhangai province. One more cow died four days later in
the same place. Local veterinary officials confirmed on July 24 that those
cattle died from anthrax, a highly infectious animal disease that can be
transmitted to people.
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 This week a group of international scientists will resume testing for the H5N1 strain of avian influenza while thousands of migratory birds arrive in Mongolia for the summer months. Previous outbreaks in Mongolia have differed from those in other areas, presenting new information,
as well as causes for concern.
(Ruddy shelduck, one species undergoing H5N1 testing. Image: L. Distelhorst)
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