Public Health Emergency at Points of Entry

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/

Handbook for management of public health events on board ships has been published on WHO website
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/9789241549462/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/

EU SHIPSAN ACT has newly released Newsletter Issue 19, you can read this round-up on latest news at:
http://www.shipsan.eu/Home/NewsandEvents/TabId/116/ArtMID/527/ArticleID/89/EU-SHIPSAN-ACT-JA---Newsletter-Issue-19.aspx

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