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The Executive Board (EB), 144th session takes place this week from 24 Jan-1 Feb. The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. The annual Board meeting is held in January when the members agree upon the agenda for the World Health Assembly and the resolutions to be considered by the Health Assembly. The main functions of the Board are to implement the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, and advise and generally to facilitate its work.

WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs) Latest DONs available at: https://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/year/2019/en/

Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire publié le 18 janvier 2019 est disponible sur: https://www.who.int/wer/2019/wer9403/fr/
Sommaire:
- Application des sciences sociales dans la riposte à la maladie à virus Ebola, province de l’Équateur, République démocratique du Congo
 - Enseignements tirés de la surveillance de la maladie à virus Ebola dans la province de l’Équateur, mai-juillet 2018

Weekly Epidemiological Record published on 18 January 2019 is available at: https://www.who.int/wer/2019/wer9403/en/ 
Content:
- Application of social science in the response to Ebola, Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
 - Lessons learnt from Ebola virus disease surveillance in Équateur Province, May–July 2018
 - Preventing the international spread of Ebola virus by comprehensive, risk-informed measures at points of entry and compliance with the International Health Regulations (2005) 

To access WHO statement on the ninth meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding MERS-CoV, you may click under this link : http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2015/ihr-ec-mers/en/