Dear colleagues,

Please note that the WHO Lyon Office activity report, Support to Countries for Strengthening Public Health Capacities Required under the IHR (2005), is now available online.
The report is available in English and French:
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/activity_report_2015/en/
http://www.who.int/ihr/publications/activity_report_2015/fr/

Disease Outbreak News has been posted for the following public health event:
Rift Valley Fever in Niger: http://www.who.int/csr/don/24-november-2016-rift-valley-fever-niger/en/

The eleventh meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened via teleconference by the Director General on 11 November 2016.
Read more here: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/11th-ihr-polio/en/

WHO Bulletin, Volume 94, Number 11, November 2016, 785-860 now published and available at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/94/11/en/
Highlights from the November 2016 issue:
- Why we need research on community-based health workers
- The elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis in Cuba and Thailand
- Growing awareness of transgender health
- Interview: health reform in Kazakhstan
- Tracking microcephaly in Brazil
- Hepatitis B immunization in adults in Australia