Vector Surveillance and Control

Zika situation report of 24 November 2016 has been posted. The report is available on the WHO Zika virus web site:
URL: http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/situation-report/24-november-2016/en/
Full text: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/251648/1/zikasitrep24Nov16-eng.pdf?ua=1

Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
Rift Valley Fever in Niger: http://www.who.int/csr/don/24-november-2016-rift-valley-fever-niger/en/

The eleventh meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened via teleconference by the Director General on 11 November 2016.
Read more here: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/11th-ihr-polio/en/

The fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) on Zika and microcephaly convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and Zika virus was held by teleconference on 18 November 2016. Read more here: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/zika-fifth-ec/en/

Zika situation report of 17 November 2016 has been posted. The report is available on the WHO Zika virus web site:
URL: http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/situation-report/17-november-2016/en/
Full text: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/251462/1/zikasitrep17Nov16-eng.pdf?ua=1

EU SHIPSAN ACT has newly released Newsletter Issue 22, you can read this round-up on latest news at:
URL: http://www.shipsan.eu/Home/NewsandEvents/TabId/116/ArtMID/527/ArticleID/96/EU-SHIPSAN-ACT-JA---Newsletter-Issue-22.aspx
Full text: http://www.shipsan.eu/Portals/0/docs/SHIPSAN_22.pdf

The Yellow Fever situation report of 28 October 2016 has been posted on the WHO Yellow Fever web site:
http://www.who.int/emergencies/yellow-fever/situation-reports/28-october-2016/en/

WHO Bulletin, Volume 94, Number 11, November 2016, 785-860 now published and available at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/94/11/en/
Highlights from the November 2016 issue:
- Why we need research on community-based health workers
- The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Cuba and Thailand
- Growing awareness of transgender health
- Interview: health reform in Kazakhstan
- Tracking microcephaly in Brazil
- Hepatitis B immunization in adults in Australia

The Yellow Fever situation report of 21 October 2016 has been posted on the Event Information Site for IHR National Focal Points at:
http://apps.who.int/ihr/eventinformation/announcement/32939-yellow-fever-situation-report-14-october-2016