Ports and Shipping

Please note that  WHO Statement on the Second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) concerning Yellow Fever announcement has been posted on WHO Website.

URL to access the announcement: http://www.who.int/emergencies/yellow-fever/en/ 

Zika situation report of 25 August 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/25-august-2016/en/
Full text: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/249573/2/zikasitrep25Aug16-eng.pdf

Please note that the WHO Statement following the 10th IHR Emergency Committee for Polio has been posted on the WHO public website
URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/10th-ihr-emergency/en/

Zika situation report of 18 August 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/18-august-2016/en/
Full text: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/249534/1/zikasitrep18Aug16-eng.pdf?ua=1

Zika situation report of 11 August 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/11-august-2016/en/
Full text: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/249518/1/zikasitrep11Aug2016-eng.pdf?ua=1

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
- Chikungunya in Kenya: http://www.who.int/csr/don/09-august-2016-chikungunya-kenya/en/

The Yellow Fever situation report of 5 August 2016 has been posted on the Event Information Site for IHR National Focal Points at
http://apps.who.int/ihr/eventinformation/announcement/32802-yellow-fever-situation-report-5-august-2016

The report will also be available at the WHO Yellow Fever web site: 
http://www.who.int/emergencies/yellow-fever/en/

Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire (REH) du 5 août 2016 est disponible sur: http://www.who.int/wer/2016/wer9131/fr/
Dans ce numéro:
- Le point sur les poliovirus dérivés de souches vaccinales détectés dans le monde, janvier 2015- mai 2016
- Isolement de poliovirus circulants dérivés d’une souche vaccinale dans l’environnement après l’interruption de la transmission du poliovirus sauvage, Nigéria, 2016

Weekly Epidemiological Record 5th August 2016 is available at: http://www.who.int/wer/2016/wer9131/en/
In this issue:
- Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses worldwide, January 2015–May 2016
- Environmental isolation of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus after interruption of wild poliovirus transmission, Nigeria, 2016
Full text at: http://www.who.int/entity/wer/2016/wer9131.pdf?ua=1

WHO Bulletin, August 2016 is available at http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/