WHO & Regionals [to 20 June 2015]
Nepal Earthquake – Global Health Cluster
Health Cluster Bulletin No. 6 pdf, 1.11Mb
19 June 2015

Global Alert and Response (GAR) – Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
20 June 2015 – Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Republic of Korea
20 June 2015 – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
5 June 2015 – Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Republic of Korea
4 June 2015 – Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Republic of Korea
4 June 2015 – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia

The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) 19 June 2015, vol. 90, 25 (pp. 309–320) includes:
:: Update on vaccine-derived polioviruses worldwide, January 2014–March 2015

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:: WHO Regional Offices
WHO African Region AFRO
:: WHO mobilizes 164 500 doses of oral cholera vaccine to help control the cholera outbreak in Tanzania
Kigoma, 18 June 2015 – The cholera risk remains high in villages around entry points for asylum seekers in Kigoma region, Western Tanzania. The daily influx of asylum seekers has caused the population in the Nyarugusu camp in Tanzania to swell to over 55,500.
:: Rural mothers in Namibia given access to quality maternal and newborn care – 17 June 2015
:: Experts meet to discuss a range of public health issues in the African Region – 16 June 2015

WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
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WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
:: WHO calls for stepping up vigil for MERS, Thailand confirms case
18 June 2015

WHO European Region EURO
:: Stepping up action on migrant and refugee health 18-06-2015
:: Health a priority for European Development Days 17-06-2015

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: Kuwait donation supports scaling up of health care services to displaced populations and host communities in Iraq
18 June 2015
:: WHO airlifts from Damascus medical supplies to the besieged Deir ez-Zor city and Qamishly
18 June 2015
:: WHO welcomes new Kuwait donation for Syrians in need
15 June 2015

WHO Western Pacific Region
:: WHO recommends continuation of strong disease control measures to bring MERS-CoV outbreak in Republic of Korea to an end
MANILA, 13 JUNE 2015 – A joint mission by the World Health Organization and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare to review the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) in the Republic of Korea has recommended that continuing strengthening of contact tracing, monitoring and quarantine as well as expanded laboratory testing will prevent further spread of the virus.