Ports and Shipping

List of Authorized ports to issue Ship Sanitation Certificates has been updated for Pakistan. 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/ 

Weekly Epidemiological Record 18th  August 2017 is available at: http://www.who.int/wer/2017/wer9233/en/
In this issue:
-  Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication: Afghanistan, January 2016–June 2017
-  Human cases of influenza at the human-animal interface, January 2015–April 2017
-  Health conditions for travellers to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj), 2017

Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire (REH) du 18 août 2017 est disponible sur: http://www.who.int/wer/2017/wer9233/fr/
Dans ce numéro:
- Progrès accomplis en vue de l’éradication de la poliomyélite: Afghanistan, janvier 2016-juin 2017
- Cas humains de grippe à l’interface homme-animal, janvier 2015-avril 2017
-  Dispositions sanitaires pour les voyageurs se rendant en Arabie saoudite pour le pèlerinage à La Mecque (Hadj), 2017

Weekly Epidemiological Record 11th  August 2017 is available at: http://www.who.int/wer/2017/wer9232/en/
In this issue:
-  Deployments from the oral cholera vaccine stockpile, 2013–2017
-  Yellow fever in Africa and the Americas, 2016
Full text at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/258707/1/WER9232.pdf?ua=1

Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire (REH) du 11 août 2017 est disponible sur: http://www.who.int/wer/2017/wer9232/fr/
Dans ce numéro:
- Déploiements à partir du stock de vaccins anticholériques oraux (VCO), 2013-2017
- Fièvre jaune en Afrique et dans les Amériques, 2016
Texte intégral: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/258707/1/WER9232.pdf?ua=1

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/