Ports and Shipping

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 - http://www.who.int/csr/don/09-october-2017-mers-saudi-arabia/en/

WHO is rapidly scaling up its response to an outbreak of plague in Madagascar that has spread to the capital and port towns, infecting more than 100 people in just a few weeks
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/plague/en/
Specific information for travelers at : http://www.who.int/ith/updates/20171003/en/

The Spanish translation of the  Handbook for the Management of Public Health Events in Air Transport has been published on WHO website and is available here:
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/9789241510165_eng/es/

Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
- Plague in Madagascar - http://www.who.int/csr/don/29-september-2017-plague-madagascar/en/

Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
- Chikungunya in Italy - http://www.who.int/csr/don/29-september-2017-chikungunya-italy/en/

Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire (REH) du 29 septembre 2017 est disponible sur: http://www.who.int/wer/2017/wer9239/fr/  
Dans ce numéro:
- Arménie, Maldives, Sri Lanka et Kirghizistan certifiés exempts de paludisme
- Elimination du paludisme: rapport du forum mondial inaugural des pays en mesure d’éliminer le paludisme d’ici à 2020
- Rapport mensuel des cas de dracunculose, janvier-août 2017

Weekly Epidemiological Record 29 September 2017 is available at: http://www.who.int/wer/2017/wer9239/en/  
In this issue:
-  Armenia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan certified malaria-free
-  Malaria elimination: report from the inaugural global forum of countries with potential to eliminate malaria by 2020
-  Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January-August 2017

Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
- Chikungunya in France:  http://www.who.int/csr/don/25-august-2017-chikungunya-france/en/