Public Health Emergency at Points of Entry

Please be informed that the following article has been published on Eurosurveillance:
- The Maritime Declaration of Health (MDH) as a tool to detect maritime traffic-related health risks: analysis of MDH forms submitted to Spanish ports, October 2014 to March 2015
The article can be found here: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22815

List of Authorized ports to issue Ship Sanitation Certificates has been updated for Republic of Korea. You will find the new published list of authorized ports here:
http://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/portslanding/en/
Any information related to the points of entry issues can be found here: http://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/en/

Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
Acute hepatitis E – Nigeria - http://www.who.int/csr/don/12-july-2017-hepatitis-e-nigeria/en/

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
Cholera – Nigeria - http://www.who.int/csr/don/12-july-2017-cholera-nigeria/en/

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Lassa fever in Nigeria - http://www.who.int/csr/don/28-june-2017-lassa-fever-nigeria/en/ 

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Democratic Republic of the Congo - http://www.who.int/csr/don/13-June-2017-polio-drc/en/

EU SHIPSAN ACT has newly released Newsletter Issue 24, you can read this round-up on latest news at:
http://www.shipsan.eu/Home/NewsandEvents/TabId/116/ArtMID/527/ArticleID/100/EU-SHIPSAN-ACT-JA---Newsletter-Issue-24.aspx
Full text: http://www.shipsan.eu/Portals/0/docs/Issue_24.pdf

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2: http://www.who.int/csr/don/13-June-2017-polio-syrian-arab-republic/en/ 

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar
http://www.who.int/csr/don/06-june-2017-mers-saudi-arabia-united-arab-emirates-qatar/en/