WHO & Regional Offices [to 7 May 2016]

Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) 6 May 2016, vol. 91, 18 (pp. 237–248)
Contents
237 Policy statement on data sharing by WHO in the context of public health emergencies (as of 13 April 2016)
[see full text above]
240 Global measles and rubella laboratory network support for elimination goals, 2010–2015
247 Monthly report on dracunculiasis cases, January– March 2016

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GIN – April 2016 pdf, 1.97Mb

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Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
:: Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – China 3 May 2016
:: Yellow fever – Uganda 2 May 2016
:: Yellow fever – Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 May 2016

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:: WHO Regional Offices
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
WHO African Region AFRO
:: Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, calls for change in approach to health systems strengthening to achieve the SDGs
Johannesburg, 06 May 2016 – The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti has called for a change in approach from treating single diseases to promoting health, and to investing in strong national health systems in order to be able to deliver on people’s demands and expectations.
:: Closing doors stops deadly surgical site infections in Uganda – 04 May 2016
:: WHO launches a manual proposing effective and sustainable oral health solutions for Africa – 04 May 2016

WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
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WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
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WHO European Region EURO
:: Poliomyelitis (polio) transmission in Ukraine interrupted, but efforts must continue to protect children 06-05-2016
:: Country-by-country profiles on national health situation relaunched 06-05-2016

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: Fifth seminar on health diplomacy convenes in Cairo
Cairo, 7 May 2016 – The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean is holding its fifth annual seminar on health diplomacy from 7 to 8 May 2016 in Cairo, Egypt. The seminar was first convened in 2012 as a regional initiative bringing together representatives of ministries of health and foreign affairs to explore the multidimensional relationships between health and foreign policy. It has since evolved into an annual event, which, this year, hosts more than 70 ministers of health, senior officials from ministries of foreign affairs and ministries of health, ambassadors, representatives of United Nations missions in Geneva, deans of diplomatic institutes, parliamentarians and global health diplomacy experts from around the world.

WHO Western Pacific Region
:: The Western Pacific Region takes part in a global switch to a new polio vaccine: A key step in achieving a polio free world
MANILA, 5 May 2016 – In the largest synchronized event in the history of vaccines, 155 countries and areas have simultaneously participated in the switch to a new oral polio vaccine (OPV) between 17 April and 1 May. 16 Member States in the Western Pacific Region successfully made the switch…