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News
Publication date: 
Friday, September 16, 2016

Disease Outbreak News: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
 - Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: http://www.who.int/csr/don/16-september-2016-mers-saudi-arabia/en/

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Publications
Publication date: 
Friday, September 16, 2016

Handbook for management of public health events on board ships available in French

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that the Handbook for management of public health events on board ships is now available in French on WHO website:
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/9789241549462/fr/

Publication type: 
News
Publication date: 
Friday, September 2, 2016

WHO statement and live press conference following the fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) on Zika and microcephaly

The fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) on Zika and microcephaly convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and Zika virus was on 1 September 2016. The Committee agreed that Zika virus infection and its associated congenital and other neurological disorders continues to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

Publication type: 
News
Publication date: 
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

WHO Statement following the 10th IHR Emergency Committee for Polio

Please note that the WHO Statement following the 10th IHR Emergency Committee for Polio has been posted on the WHO public website
URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/10th-ihr-emergency/en/

Publication type: 
News
Publication date: 
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Chikungunya outbreak – Kenya

Dear Colleagues,
Please note for your information that a Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
- Chikungunya in Kenya: http://www.who.int/csr/don/09-august-2016-chikungunya-kenya/en/

Publication type: 
Publications
Publication date: 
Friday, August 5, 2016

Weekly Emidemiological Record (WER) August 5th 2016

Weekly Epidemiological Record 5th August 2016 is available at: http://www.who.int/wer/2016/wer9131/en/
In this issue:
- Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses worldwide, January 2015–May 2016
- Environmental isolation of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus after interruption of wild poliovirus transmission, Nigeria, 2016
Full text at: http://www.who.int/entity/wer/2016/wer9131.pdf?ua=1

Publication type: 
Publications
Publication date: 
Friday, August 5, 2016

Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire (REH) 5 août 2016

Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire (REH) du 5 août 2016 est disponible sur: http://www.who.int/wer/2016/wer9131/fr/
Dans ce numéro:
- Le point sur les poliovirus dérivés de souches vaccinales détectés dans le monde, janvier 2015- mai 2016
- Isolement de poliovirus circulants dérivés d’une souche vaccinale dans l’environnement après l’interruption de la transmission du poliovirus sauvage, Nigéria, 2016

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