Crew and Passenger Health

List of Authorized ports to issue Ship Sanitation Certificates has been updated for Republic of Korea. You will find the new published list of authorized ports here:
http://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/portslanding/en/
Any information related to the points of entry issues can be found here: http://www.who.int/ihr/ports_airports/en/

Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
Acute hepatitis E – Nigeria - http://www.who.int/csr/don/12-july-2017-hepatitis-e-nigeria/en/

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
Cholera – Nigeria - http://www.who.int/csr/don/12-july-2017-cholera-nigeria/en/

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Lassa fever in Nigeria - http://www.who.int/csr/don/28-june-2017-lassa-fever-nigeria/en/ 

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Democratic Republic of the Congo - http://www.who.int/csr/don/13-June-2017-polio-drc/en/

EU SHIPSAN ACT has newly released Newsletter Issue 24, you can read this round-up on latest news at:
http://www.shipsan.eu/Home/NewsandEvents/TabId/116/ArtMID/527/ArticleID/100/EU-SHIPSAN-ACT-JA---Newsletter-Issue-24.aspx
Full text: http://www.shipsan.eu/Portals/0/docs/Issue_24.pdf

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2: http://www.who.int/csr/don/13-June-2017-polio-syrian-arab-republic/en/ 

Please note that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted on WHO website for the following public health event:
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar
http://www.who.int/csr/don/06-june-2017-mers-saudi-arabia-united-arab-emirates-qatar/en/

Please note an update on the "Travel advice on MERS-CoV for pilgrimages" has been posted on the ITH website at: http://www.who.int/ith/en/
To access the travel advice:  http://www.who.int/ith/updates/20170601/en/

22 May 2017 – The seventieth session of WHO’s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, takes place on 22–31 May in Geneva, Switzerland. Attended by delegations from all Member States, the Health Assembly determines organizational policies and approves the proposed programme budget. This year Member States will elect a new Director-General on 23 May.

More information, including link for those interested in watch the sessions live at WHO HOME PAGE: http://www.who.int/en/