WHO & Regionals [to 7 February 2015]

:: 136th WHO Executive Board session
26 January–3 February 2015
Geneva, Switzerland
Documentation

:: Global Alert and Response (GAR): Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
– Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia 3 February 2015
– Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – Canada 1 February 2015

:: The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) 6 February 2015, vol. 90, 6 (pp. 33–40)
Contents
33 Chagas disease in Latin America: an epidemiological update based on 2010 estimates
43 Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January– November 2014

:: GIN January 2015 pdf, 1.82Mb
30 January 2015

:: Cholera prevention measures reduce transmission in South Sudan
6 February 2015 — When violence erupted in South Sudan, tens of thousands of people fled the conflict and sought refuge in United Nations bases in the hopes of protection. As the rainy season approached it increased the risk of water-borne diseases, like cholera, and the potential for explosive outbreaks in congested camps. A timely decision to start cholera prevention and control measures, averted illness and death among the vulnerable camp inhabitants who had been at high-risk of the disease.

:: Preventing premature cancer deaths
4 February 2015 — Annually there are 14 million new cases of cancer and over 8 million people die from cancer, with 60% of deaths in Africa, Asia and Central and South America. WHO is working with countries to build solutions to reduce premature deaths from cancers through its global drive to prevent premature deaths from NCDs by 25% by 2025.
Read the commentary on cancer and tobacco
WHO Regional Offices

WHO African Region AFRO
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WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
:: PAHO/WHO says accessible, cost-effective measures can prevent premature cancer deaths (02/02/2015)

WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
:: Beat cancer: Prevent, detect early 04 February 2015

WHO European Region EURO
:: WHO strengthens health operations in eastern Ukraine 06-02-2015
:: Influenza season underway in WHO European Region 04-02-2015

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
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WHO Western Pacific Region
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