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WHO Updates

• Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo June 13, 2019
  The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to show a decrease in the number of new cases in hotspots such as Katwa, Beni and Kalunguta health zones. However, in other areas such as Mabalako and Butembo, moderate rates of transmission continue. With ongoing EVD transmission within communities […]
• Ebola virus disease – Republic of Uganda June 13, 2019
  On 11 June 2019, the Ugandan Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed a case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Kasese district, Uganda. The patient is a 5-year-old child from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who travelled with his family from Mabalako Health Zone in DRC after attending, on 1 June 2019, the funeral […]
• Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Cameroon June 6, 2019
  On 23 May 2019, WHO received notification through the Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN) of the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) from an environmental sample collected on 20 April 2019 in a hospital in Northern Cameroon which borders Borno state in Nigeria and Chad.
• Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo June 6, 2019
  As the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak surpasses the 2000 case mark, indicators over the past two weeks provide early signs of an easing of the transmission intensity. This follows a period of improved security and therefore access to communities, allowing response teams to operate more freely. A total of 88 confirmed cases were reported […]

Zika Updates

• Archived Zika virus classification tables June 29, 2017
  WHO: Zika virus classification tables
• Zika virus classification table April 13, 2017
• Zika situation report March 10, 2017
• Zika: Then, now, and tomorrow February 9, 2017
  They are tiny animals that live near or inside human dwellings where contact with people is high. Every few days, they lay 100-150 eggs which develop into adults in about a week. They are mosquitoes. The adult females feed on people’s blood, several times during the day.

Dengue Updates

• New study suggests bacteria-loaded mosquitoes may halt spread of Dengue fever June 11, 2019
  Dengue fever stopped spreading in an Australian city, called Townsville, after an army of mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacterium was released on it.
• War against mosquitoes saves lives and money in Sri Lanka June 6, 2019
  A large-scale drive against mosquitoes in Sri Lanka reduced the incidence of dengue fever and saved a lot of money as well, according to a study led by the New York University of Global Public Health.
• FDA approves first vaccine for prevention of dengue disease in endemic regions June 6, 2019
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of Dengvaxia, the first vaccine approved for the prevention of dengue disease caused by all dengue virus serotypes (1, 2, 3 and 4) in people ages 9 through 16 who have laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection and who live in endemic areas.
• IVI and MCRI to coordinate global push for developing vaccine against Strep A bacteria May 31, 2019
  The International Vaccine Institute and Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute will coordinate a global push to free the world of Group A Streptococcus, the contagious bacteria that kills half a million people every year and is developing resistance to antibiotics.

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