International Health Regulations news bulletin, 28 September 2012

The IHR news bulletin No. 19 is released. It is available at http://www.who.int/ihr/ihrnews/ihrnewsissue19/en/index.html.

In this issue :

Editorial :

IHR implementation in countries: Extensions, national action plans and what WHO is doing to support achievement

WHAT’S NEW IN IHR COORDINATION AND SUPPORT

▪    65th World Health Assembly: Resolution WHA65.23 reaffirms need for increased  support to countries to achieve IHR requirements and strengthen capacities for management of public health emergencies

▪    Guidance on coordination between points of entry and national surveillance systems: WHO Expert Consultation, 16−18 July 2012, Lyon, France

▪    IHR core capacities table top exercise development, 23−25 July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

▪    Laboratory: Publication of the Laboratory Assessment Tool

▪    New WHO ship sanitation training toolkit tested in Turkey

▪    WHO ports list

WHAT’S NEW IN RISK AND DISEASE CONTROL

▪    Novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom, cholera in Sierra Leone and Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

▪    Global Foodborne Infections Network Steering Committee meeting, 26−28 September 2012, Lyon, France

▪    International Travel and Health (ITH) book and web site, 2012 edition

▪    International travel and health consultation, 2 May 2012, Singapore

▪    Recommendations on Hajj pilgrimage

WHAT’S NEW IN THE WHO REGIONS

▪    AFRO: International Scientific Meeting on Nodding Syndrome, 30 July-1 August 2012, Kampala, Uganda

▪    EMRO: Sub-regional meetings workshops on IHR national legislation, 2−4 July 2012, Marrakech, Morocco and 9−11 September 2012, Cairo, Egypt

▪    EMRO Sub-regional meetings on laboratory capacities as per the requirements of IHR (2005), 5−6 July 2012, Marrakech, Morocco, and 12−13 September 2012, Cairo, Egypt

▪    EURO: Mass gatherings support to European Football Championship, 8 June−1 July 2012 and Olympic and Paralympic games, 27 June−12 August 2012

▪    PAHO: Laboratory Quality Management System Training of Trainers in the Caribbean, 11−16 June 2012, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

▪    SEARO: Review of IHR core capacities in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 23 July−1 August 2012

▪    WPRO: 21st Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Immunization and Vaccine Preventable Diseases in the Western Pacific Region, 21-23 August 2012, Manila, Philippines

OTHER NEWS

▪    Institut Pasteur and WHO sign Memorandum of Understanding

▪    Laboratory Quality Management System Training Toolkit available on CD-ROM in French