WHO & Regionals [to 14 February 2015]
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:: Global Alert and Response (GAR): Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
– 13 February 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – The Philippines
– 12 February 2015 Human infection with avian influenza A(H5N6) virus – China
– 11 February 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
– 11 February 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Qatar
– 11 February 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – United Arab Emirates
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:: The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) 13 February 2015, vol. 90, 7 (pp. 45–56) includes:
:: Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination: validation surveys in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, December 2013

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WHO Regional Offices

WHO African Region AFRO
:: Cholera prevention measures reduce transmission among displaced people in South Sudan – 09 February 2015

WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
:: New PAHO/WHO publication gives guidance on early diagnosis of childhood cancer (02/12/2015)

:: Recent measles outbreaks point to gaps in elimination efforts in the Americas (02/10/2015)

WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
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WHO European Region EURO
:: WHO opens office on primary health care in Kazakhstan 11-02-2015

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: Mobile clinics bring health services to communities in need in Iraq
7 February 2015 – In December 2014, WHO handed over 12 mobile medical clinics to the Federal Ministry of Health of Iraq and the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan region to support the provision of primary health care services in underserved areas housing populations in need. Funding for the clinics was provided by Saudi Arabia. Four clinics were deployed to the Dohuk governorate, in which a large influx of large internally displaced people has put enormous pressure on the health system and its ability to deliver health care services…

WHO Western Pacific Region
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