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Life-saving health supplies blocked in Yemen
7 January 2016 — WHO calls for immediate access to Taiz City for the delivery of life-saving health supplies. The health situation continues to deteriorate as more than 250 000 people have been living in a state of virtual siege since November 2015. All of the city’s 6 hospitals have been forced to partially close services and are overwhelmed with injured patients. Humanitarian organizations are struggling to deliver medical and surgical supplies due to the insecurity.

GIN December 2015 pdf, 3.02Mb 6 January 2016

Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) 8 January 2016, vol. 91, 1 (pp. 1–12):
1 WHO informal consultation on surveillance of respiratory syncytial virus on the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) platform, 25–27 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
3 Detection of influenza virus subtype A by polymerase chain reaction: WHO external quality assessment programme summary analysis, 2015

Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
:: 8 January 2016 Microcephaly – Brazil
:: 8 January 2016 Zika virus infection – United States of America – Puerto Rico
:: 7 January 2016 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Oman
:: 4 January 2016 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
:: 4 January 2016 Human infection with avian influenza A(H5N6) virus – China

Stories from Countries
:: Insecurity drives health workers out of Yemen 7 January 2016
:: WHO fosters local, global collaboration to fight NCDs 6 January 2016
:: Surviving the war to fight diabetes as a refugee 5 January 2016
:: Shouldering the care of refugees 5 January 2016
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:: WHO calls for immediate access to Taiz City for delivery of life-saving health supplies
7 January 2015, Sana’a, Yemen – The World Health Organization is concerned about the deteriorating health situation in Taiz, where more than 250 000 people have been living in a state of virtual siege since November 2015. All of city’s 6 hospitals have been forced to partially close some services, and are overwhelmed with injured patients. Humanitarian organizations are struggling to deliver medical and surgical supplies due to the insecurity…

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