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  • Study: Effects of flu on global health

    14 December, 2018

    A study on the global health due to influenza was conducted by researchers from the Global Disease Burden 2017 Influenza Collaboration and published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

    Seasonal Flu

  • MERS-CoV cases December 2018

    Saudi Arabia // 26 December, 2018

    The following cases have been reported by the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health in December:

    MERS-CoV

  • Influenza pandemic preparedness in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

    Afghanistan // Bahrain // Djibouti // Egypt // Iran // Iraq // Jordan // Kuwait // Lebanon // Libya // Morocco // Oman // Pakistan // Palestinian Territory // Qatar // Saudi Arabia // Somalia // Sudan // Syria // Tunisia // United Arab Emirates // Yemen // 16 December, 2018

    According to the authors of an article currently in press in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal "influenza preparedness and response remain weak in the EMR."......

    General Articles

  • Ebola updates 3 - 9 December

    Congo DRC // 10 December, 2018

    Daily news updates from the Ministry of Health....

    Ebola

  • WHO Ebola situation report 25 September

    Congo DRC // 26 September, 2018

    The WHO have published their latest Ebola situation report dated 25 September.

    Ebola

  • WHO First Meeting of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board

    Switzerland // 11 September, 2018

    The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board made up of members of the World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank Group...

    General Articles

  • WHO flu update 10 December 2018

    Canada // United States // Bahrain // Saudi Arabia // Haiti // Cameroon // Kenya // Mauritius // Mozambique // India // Iran // 11 December, 2018

    WHO released latest flu update on 10 December.

    Seasonal Flu, Influenza B, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 "swine flu", Influenza H3N2, SARS

  • WHO Ebola situation report 12 December

    Congo DRC // 12 December, 2018

    WHO has published the 19th Ebola situation report

    Ebola

  • WHO MERS situation update

    Saudi Arabia // United Kingdom // 11 September, 2018


    The WHO update for August reports that...

    MERS-CoV

  • WHO guide for developing and testing pandemic preparedness plans

    04 September, 2018

    The World Health Organization has published "A practical guide for developing and conducting simulation exercises to test and validate pandemic influenza preparedness plans” ....

    General Articles

  • WHO vaccine recommendations for the 2019 southern hemisphere influenza season

    28 September, 2018

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the recommendations for the use of vaccines...

    Seasonal Flu, Influenza B, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 "swine flu"

  • WHO Flu update 17 September 2018

    Argentina // Chile // Paraguay // Uruguay // Guatemala // Panama // Peru // Cambodia // Laos // 19 September, 2018

    Seasonal Flu, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 "swine flu", Influenza H3N2, Influenza B

  • WHO update on the Ebola outbreak a month since it began

    Congo DRC // 08 September, 2018

    One month in, WHO examines the progress points and the threats posed by the Ebola outbreak.

    Ebola

  • WHO influenza update

    Argentina // Chile // Paraguay // Uruguay // Guatemala // Panama // Peru // Kenya // Bangladesh // Philippines // Laos // 05 September, 2018

    According to the latest flu update, flu activity continued to remain high in...

    Seasonal Flu, Influenza B, Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 "swine flu"

  • MERS-CoV cases September 2018

    Saudi Arabia // 30 September, 2018

    The following cases have been reported in September...

    MERS-CoV

  • WHO raises Ebola risk from high to very high on a regional level

    Congo DRC // 28 September, 2018

    Risk raised from "high" to "very high" within the DRC and in the surrounding region.

    Ebola

  • imported MERS-CoV case in Seoul

    South Korea // Kuwait // 12 September, 2018

    A 61-year-old man who returned to Seoul, South Korea, following travel to Kuwait, has been confirmed infected with MERS-CoV. ...

    MERS-CoV

  • WHO H7N9 Update in China

    China // 05 September, 2018

    H7N9 cases have been reported much less frequently during the latest (sixth) wave of H7N9 in China...

    Bird flu H7N9

  • Ebola updates 10 to 16 September

    Congo DRC // 16 September, 2018

    Daily updates from the Ministry of Health.

    Ebola

  • Ebola update 3 - 9 September

    Congo DRC // 10 September, 2018

    Updates from the Ministry of Health this week:

    Ebola