PoE Vector Identification Platform

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) in China: http://www.who.int/csr/don/01-may-2017-ah7n9-china/en/

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on the WHO website for the following public health event:
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in United Arab Emirates: http://www.who.int/csr/don/24-april-2017-mers-uae/en/

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on the WHO website for the following public health event:
- Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) in Chin: http://www.who.int/csr/don/20-april-2017-ah7n9-china/en/

Four meeting reports of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group on Geographical Yellow Fever Risk Mapping (GRYF) have been published on the WHO/GRYF page
You can find them under the following link:  http://www.who.int/ith/yellow-fever-risk-mapping/GRYF-meeting-reports/en/

The International Travel and Health -  Chapter 6 (update 2017) has been published on the WHO/ITH website.
You can find it under the following link: http://www.who.int/ith/ITH-Chapter6.pdf?ua=1
WHO/ITH website: http://www.who.int/ith/en/

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) in China - http://www.who.int/csr/don/05-april-2017-ah7n9-china/en/

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
Yellow fever in Brazil - http://www.who.int/csr/don/04-april-2017-yellow-fever-brazil/en/

Dear Colleagues,

Please be informed that Guidance and Tools information has been updated on PAGNet with new publications in different languages.
URL: https://extranet.who.int/pagnet/?q=content/guidance-and-tools

Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
Yellow fever in Suriname - http://www.who.int/csr/don/28-march-2017-yellow-fever-suriname/en/

Simulation exercises have been identified as a key component in the validation of core capacities under the International Health Regulation monitoring and evaluation framework (2016), which was noted by the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly. Simulation exercises, along with After Action Reviews (AAR), represent the functional assessment of capacities and complement the self-assessments (Annual Reporting), independent reviews, and external evaluations (Joint External Evaluation (JEE)).