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• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 37

  Posted: August 31st, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

• Influenza - update 115

  Posted: August 27th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Worldwide, H1N1 2009 virus transmission remains most intense in parts of India and in parts of the temperate southern hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and more recently in Australia.

• Influenza - update 114

  Posted: August 20th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  The situation in New Zealand and India remains largely unchanged since the last update. Influenza H1N1 (2009) virus transmission remains locally intense in parts of India and New Zealand.

• Influenza - update 113

  Posted: August 13th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  Influenza H1N1 (2009) virus transmission remains locally intense in parts of India and New Zealand.

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 36

  Posted: August 12th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

• Plague in Peru

  Posted: August 10th, 2010, 5:12am CDT

  As of 30 July 2010, the Ministry of Health in Peru confirmed a total of 17 cases of plague in Ascope province of Department La Libertad. Of these, four are pneumonic plague, 12 are bubonic plague and one was septicemic plague, (all non-fatal). The onset of symptoms for the last reported case of pneumonic plague was on 11 July 2010. During the investigations, 10 strains of Y. pestis were isolated from humans, rodents and domestic cats.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 112

  Posted: August 6th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  As of 1 August 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18449 deaths.

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update 3

  Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 34-year-old female from Tangerang District, Banten Province developed symptoms on 2 July, was hospitalized on 4 July and died on 7 July. Laboratory tests were positive for H5N1 virus infection. Investigations into the source of her infection are ongoing.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 111

  Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  As of 25 July 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18398 deaths.

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 35

  Posted: July 29th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

• Polio in Tajikistan – Update

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan has since 1 January 2010 reported 430 cases of polio following the importation of a wild poliovirus type 1 into the country. Nineteen of the cases were fatal. Seven virologically related cases have been detected in the Russian Federation, the only other country in the WHO European Region to confirm cases. The poliovirus causing the outbreak originated in northern India. This is the first outbreak of polio since the Region was certified polio-free in 2002.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 110

  Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  As of 18 July 2010, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18366 deaths.

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update 2

  Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 13-year-old female from Sukoharjo District, Central Java Province developed symptoms on 16 June, was hospitalized on 21 June and died on 24 June. Laboratory tests were positive for H5N1 virus infection. Investigations into the source of her infection indicate poultry deaths, in the neighbourhood, one week before onset of case’s symptoms.

• Yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Posted: July 19th, 2010, 5:36am CDT

  On 25 June 2010, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) reported a suspected case of Yellow fever in Titule, Base Ouele district of Orientale province (northern part of the country). Between March and June, 11 other suspected cases were reported, including two deaths.

• Polio in Angola – high risk of international spread

  Posted: July 19th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  As of 19 July the Ministry of Health of Angola has reported 15 cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) since the beginning of 2010, signalling an expansion of an ongoing outbreak. All of these cases have been detected since February in the capital Luanda or in provinces which were previously polio-free (Bie, Bengo, Huambo, Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul). One genetically-related case was detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (in Kasai Occidentale province, which borders Angola), with onset of paralysis on 25 May.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 109

  Posted: July 16th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  As of 12 July, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18337deaths.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 108

  Posted: July 9th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  As of 4 July, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18311 deaths.

• Nigeria: mass lead poisoning from mining activties, Zamfara State

  Posted: July 7th, 2010, 3:05am CDT

  A major outbreak of lead poisoning in children has been occurring in Zamfara State, Nigeria since at least March 2010, related to the processing of lead-rich ore for the extraction of gold.

• Nigeria: mass lead poisoning from mining activities, Zamfara State

  Posted: July 7th, 2010, 3:05am CDT

  A major outbreak of lead poisoning in children has been occurring in Zamfara State, Nigeria since at least March 2010, related to the processing of lead-rich ore for the extraction of gold.

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia - update

  Posted: July 5th, 2010, 5:00am CDT

  The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 34-year-old female from South Jakarta District, DKI Jakarta Province developed symptoms on 25 May, was hospitalized on 27 May and died on 1 June. Laboratory tests were positive for H5N1 virus infection. The case was possibly infected from environmental exposure to manure in her plant nursery.

• Suspected Acute Haemorrhagic Fever in the Republic of the Congo update

  Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 5:09am CDT

  Blood samples taken from one of the suspected cases in Sangha Region, Republic of Congo, tested negative for several viral haemorrhagic fevers (Ebola, Marburg, CCHF, Arenavirus). Additional laboratory investigations are ongoing. The tests were carried out by the Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF) in Gabon. Samples from the other three suspected fatal cases could not be obtained .

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 107

  Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  As of 27 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18239 deaths.

• Suspected Acute Haemorrhagic Fever in the Republic of the Congo

  Posted: June 29th, 2010, 5:09am CDT

  WHO has received preliminary reports of five suspected cases, including three deaths, with acute haemorrhagic fever from Mokouangonda, an isolated forest village of about 100 inhabitants in Mokoke district, Region of Sangha, in northern Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville).

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 106

  Posted: June 25th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  As of 20 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18209 deaths.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 105

  Posted: June 18th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  As of 13 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18172 deaths.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 104

  Posted: June 11th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  As of 6 June, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18156 deaths.

• Avian influenza – situation in China

  Posted: June 8th, 2010, 5:27am CDT

  The Ministry of Health in China has announced a new confirmed human cases of H5N1 infection. The case is a 22-year-old pregnant female from Hubei Province. She had onset of symptoms on 23 May and died on 3 June. Investigations into the source of her infection indicate exposure to sick and dead poultry. Close contacts of the case are being monitored and to date all remain well.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 103

  Posted: June 4th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  As of 30 May, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18138 deaths.

• Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 102

  Posted: May 28th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  As of 23 May, worldwide more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18114 deaths.

• Yellow fever in Cameroon

  Posted: May 27th, 2010, 4:00am CDT

  On 25 January 2010, the Ministry of Health (MoH), Cameroon reported one case of yellow fever in Kumba district in the country's south-western region, close to the border with Nigeria's Cross River State.