WHO & Regional Offices [to 4 June 2016]

Highlights
End of Ebola transmission in Guinea
June 2016 – It has been 42 days since the last person confirmed to have Ebola in the Republic of Guinea tested negative for the virus disease, for the second time. The Republic of Guinea now enters a 90-day period of heightened surveillance.

Landmark working group on health and human rights of women, children and adolescents
May 2016 – WHO and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have announced the establishment of a high-level working group of global champions on health and human rights of women, children and adolescents.

Double burden of malnutrition
May 2016 – Addressing undernutrition along with overweight and obesity, or diet-related noncommunicable diseases, within individuals, households and populations will be key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In low- and middle-income countries, roughly 5 million children die of undernutrition-related causes every year. These same populations are also experiencing a rise in childhood overweight and obesity – increasing 30% faster than high-income countries.

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Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) 3 June 2016, vol. 91, 22 (pp. 285–296)
Contents
285 Epidemic focus: Influenza
287 Leishmaniasis in high-burden countries: an epidemiological update based on data reported in 2014

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Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
:: 3 June 2016 – Oropouche virus disease – Peru
:: 2 June 2016 – Yellow fever – Democratic Republic of the Congo

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DoV Secretariat – Call for 3 proposals pdf, 115kb
2 June 2016
Deadline for application: 23 June 2016

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GIN – May 2016 pdf, 3.05Mb
1 June 2016

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Fact sheets
:: Human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer – June 2016
:: Zika virus – 2 June 2016
:: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) – 1 June 2016
:: Yaws – 1 June 2016
:: Tobacco – 1 June 2016

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:: WHO Regional Offices
Selected Press Releases, Announcements
WHO African Region AFRO
:: End of Ebola transmission in Guinea
Brazzaville, 1 June 2016 – Today the World Health Organization (WHO) declares the end of Ebola virus transmission in the Republic of Guinea. Forty-two days have passed since the last person confirmed to have Ebola virus disease tested negative for the second time. Guinea now enters a 90-day period of heightened surveillance to ensure that any new cases are identified quickly before they can spread to other people. r
:: WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, calls on African countries to adopt plain packaging of tobacco products – 31 May 2016

WHO Region of the Americas PAHO
:: World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2016: ‘Get ready for plain packaging’ (05/31/2016)

WHO South-East Asia Region SEARO
:: • Maldives and Sri Lanka eliminate lymphatic filariasis 03 June 2016

WHO European Region EURO
:: Can a mobile phone help you stop smoking? 03-06-2016
:: Closing of the World Health Assembly: WHO Framework for Engagement with Non-State Actors adopted 01-06-2016
:: Day 4 of the World Health Assembly: Two new strategies call for action on women’s and children’s health, ageing 01-06-2016
:: Day 3 of the World Health Assembly: New Health Emergencies Programme adopted 31-05-2016
:: Norway announces decision to send bill on plain packaging to Parliament 31-05-2016

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region EMRO
:: WHO condemns attack on Benghazi Medical Center in Benghazi, Libya 30 May 2016

WHO Western Pacific Region
:: WHO urges the use and promotion of plain packaging to reduce tobacco-related harms
MANILA, 31 May 2016 – On World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific continues its call for governments, civil society and other partners, to support the implementation and promotion of the use of plain packaging as a tobacco control measure. “Plain packaging is a good public health measure because it prevents tobacco companies from using packaging as an effective marketing tool,” said Dr Shin Young-soo, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific.