A health advisory for the EURO 2012 is now available. It provides tips to enjoy a safe travel to Poland and Ukraine for the 2012 European Football Championship. Also, EURO 2012 is a tobacco free event, please read more specific information at http://www.who.int/ith/updates/20120224/en/index.html (WHO International Travel and Health). You may also wish to check out relevant mass gathering updates at http://www.who.int/csr/mass_gatherings/en/.
WHO Assessment tool for core capacity requirements at designated airports, ports and ground crossings now has new language version- Russian in the wake of English, French and Spanish versions, please check it out at WHO web site:
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has published new guidelines on chikungunya, a mosquito-transmitted virus transmitted that causes fever and severe joint pain. Please read more at http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6464&Itemid=1926
Vector surveillance and control is an important component in the prevention and control of vector-borne diseases, please find following WHO guidance pertinent to this subject contributing to the reduction of the public health burden caused by vector-borne diseases.
