Vector Surveillance and Control

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that Disease Outbreak News have been posted for the following public health events:
• Haemorrhagic fever syndrome in South Sudan http://www.who.int/csr/don/19-may-2016-hf-south-sudan/en/
• Lassa Fever in Liberia http://www.who.int/csr/don/18-may-2016-lassa-fever-liberia/en/

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that Disease Outbreak News have been posted for the following public health events:
•    Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Qatar http://www.who.int/csr/don/16-may-2016-mers-qatar/en/
•    Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia http://www.who.int/csr/don/16-may-2016-mers-saudi-arabia/en/

Please note for your information that a WHO Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event: Human infection with avian influenza A(H5N6) virus in China http://www.who.int/csr/don/6-may-2016-ah5n6-china/en/

WHO Ebola Situation Report (05 May 2016) is available at: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/ 

The Zika situation report of 05 May 2016 has been posted at the WHO Zika virus web site at URL: http://www.who.int/emergencies/zika-virus/en/

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that Disease Outbreak News have been posted at WHO Website
(http://www.who.int/en/)  for the following public health events:
•    Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China http://www.who.int/csr/don/3-may-2016-ah7n9-china/en/

WHO Ad-hoc Advisory Group on aircraft disinsection for controlling the international spread of vector-borne diseases, Geneva, Switzerland, 21 to 22 April 2016 - Meeting report has been published on WHO website
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/WHO_HSE_GCR_2016_12/en/

Handbook for Vector surveillance and control at ports, airports and ground crossings has been published
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/9789241549592_eng/en/

The second edition of the European Manual for Hygiene Standards and Communicable Disease Surveillance on Passenger Ships is now complete and an electronic copy is available for download from the following link:
http://www.shipsan.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=qKzXdLZpIz0%3d&tabid=146&portalid=0&mid=64