Publications

The WHO Handbook for inspection of ships and issuance of ship sanitation certificates is joined by a new language version--Manual para la inspección y emisión de certificados de sanidad a bordo.  Please check it out at http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/handbook_ships_inspection/es/

The French version of the Handbook for inspection of ships and issuance of ship sanitation certificates - Manuel pour l’inspection des navires et la délivrance des certificats sanitaires de navire - now is published on WHO website

For your information and attention, the Guide for Public Health Emgergency Contigency at Designated Points of Entry is now available at the website: http://www.wpro.who.int/entity/emerging_diseases/documents/PHECP_Guide_web.pdf 

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